BPFK Section: Highlight Discursives

cmavo: ji'a (UI3b)

Proposed Definition

Discursive. Used to indicate an additional case or additional cases.

Proposed Keywords

• also
• too
• additionally
• in addition
• as well
• moreover
• furthermore
• to boot
• even

See Also

• jmina

Usage Examples

lo plise cu xamgu lo nu kanro .i ji'a py. kukte

Apples are good for your health, and, in addition, they taste great.

mi ji'a nelci lo plise

I too like apples.

lo xagji cribe cu citka lo cinki ku ji'a sai

A hungry bear will eat even insects.

cmavo: ku'i (UI3b)

Proposed Definition

Discursive. Used to indicate a contrasting case or contrasting cases.

Proposed Keywords

• however
• but
• in contrast

See Also

• karbi
• dukti
• nalpanra

Usage Examples

mi ca cliva .i ku'i mi ba za xruti

I'm leaving now, but I'll be back in a while.

cmavo: mi'u (UI3b)

Proposed Definition

Discursive. Used to indicate the same case or cases.

Proposed Keywords

• ditto
• the very
• himself
• herself
• itself
• themselves

See Also

• mintu

Usage Examples

mi pu zi co'a cusku di'u mi'u la .djan.

I was just saying the very same thing to John.

cmavo: mi'u nai (UI3b)

Proposed Definition

Discursive. Used to indicate another case or other cases.

Proposed Keywords

• another

See Also

• drata

Usage Examples

mi pu lebna lo cukta la .djan. gi'e dunda cy. mi'u nai la .djein.

I took a book from John and gave another one to Jane.

cmavo: po'o (UI3b)

Proposed Definition

Discursive. Used to indicate the only relevant case or cases.

Proposed Keywords

• only
• just
• merely

See Also

• pamei
• mulno
• frica

Usage Examples

mi pu tcidu le pamoi po'o xe fanva

I read only the first translation.

mi troci lo nu daspo lo dacti se pi'o le mi menli ku po'o

I try to destroy an object using just my mind.

po'o lo pavyseljirna na zasti

The only thing is, unicorns don't exist.

cmavo: si'a (UI3b)

Proposed Definition

Discursive. Used to indicate a similar case or similar cases.

Proposed Keywords

• similarly
• analogously

See Also

• simsa
• panra

Usage Examples

ka'u mi zmajbi lo smani lo ratcu .i si'a lo mlatu jo'u lo gerku cu zmajbi vo'a lo bakni jo'u lo xarju

We know that we are closer to monkeys than to rodents. Similarly cats and dogs are closer to one another than to cows or pigs.