This section is for general issues surrounding an entire grammatical category, or whatever. Stuff that would otherwise get repeated many, many times in the various definitions.
Stuff that should go here:
This is a very rough draft, largely stolen from bancus.
Every BAI expression is equivalent to a FIhO + selbri + FEhU
expression. Both forms are valid in all places the each form is
valid.
This contradicts the CLLv1, but the CLLv1 clearly states the old
behaviour was due to parser limitations.
It has been determined that BAI is effectively fi'o BAPLI, and that the following
derivation exists:
* SE BAI == fi'o SE BAPLI
* BAInai == fi'o na BAPLI
* na'eBAI == fi'o na'e BAPLI
* to'eBAI == fi'o to'e BAPLI
This is shown as the following:
* ri'a == with cause
* ri'anai == not with cause
* to'eri'a == prevented by
* to'eri'anai == not prevented by (despite)
Putting KU immediately after a BAI tag is equivalent to "BAI zo'e"
in all respects. It is generally translated into English as an
adverb. For example, "mi klama bai ku" is "I compelledly go".
Putting a BAI tag immediately before the selbri is exactly the same
as putting BAI + KU immediately before the selbri.
BAI can interact with connectives in various ways, which are mostly
beyond the scope of this document (see CLL or other Lobjan learning
materials). In particular, BAI before a forethought connective
causes the BAI to have scope over the entire structure, and BAI + BO
after an afterthought connective causes the BAI to have scope over
the structure to the right (after the BAI + BO).
This is worth mentioning here because constructs like ".i ri'a bo"
meaning "because" (specifically a physical cause) are incredibly
common in Lojban.