History: BPFK Section: Digressives

Source of version: 36 (current)

! Proposed Definitions And Examples {BOX()} !! cmavo: sei (SEI) !!! Proposed Definition Starts a discursive (metalinguistic) bridi used to express the speaker's state, opinion or beliefs about the surrounding sentence(s). In particular, it can be used to indicate who the speaker of a quoted text is. The cmavo ''sa'a'' or ''sa'anai'' can be added to indicate that the ''sei''-expression is an insertion or part of a verbatim quote respectively. The discursive bridi can't have trailing sumti unless linked to the selbri with BE/BEI/BEhO. !!! See Also * {se'u} * {be} * {bei} * {be'o} !!! Proposed Keywords * discursive bridi !!! Usage Examples ;.i ku'i fe'e mo'a roi trene sei mi zo roi kelci pilno:''But there are trains in too few places (to use "roi" playfully).'' ;.i lu ko jgari be cy. sisti sei ko'a cusku li'u:''Let go of him, he said.'' {BOX} {BOX()} !! cmavo: se'u (SEhU) !!! Proposed Definition Terminator for SEI and SOI. !!! See Also * {sei} * {ti'o} * {soi} !!! Proposed Keywords * terminator !!! Usage Examples ;lo ve skina cu sei la tsani cu jinvi se'u jai te finti lo skina:''The audience —thinks Sky— is the purpose for which are made movies.'' {BOX} {BOX()} !! cmavo: to (TO) !!! Proposed Definition Indicates the start of a parenthetical remark which must be grammatical Lojban text. !!! See Also * {toi} !!! Proposed Keywords * start parenthesis !!! Usage Examples .i ba bo lo fengu voksa to be la ractu toi co'e lu ju'i .pat. ju'i .pat. do ma zvati li'u%%% ''Next came an angry voice--the Rabbit's--'Pat! Pat! Where are you?' '' {BOX} {BOX()} !! cmavo: to'i (TO) !!! Proposed Definition Indicates the start of an editorial remark which must be grammatical Lojban text. Equivalent to {to sa'a}. !!! See Also * {to} * {toi} * {sa'a} !!! Proposed Keywords * editorial unquote !!! Usage Examples ;lu .ei do ckeji sei la .alis. cusku .i do barda nixli to'i ju'o drani toi .i .i'e nai ca'o tai klaku .i .e'i ko ca sisti li'u:'' 'You ought to be ashamed of yourself,' said Alice, 'a great girl like you,' (she might well say this), 'to go on crying in this way! Stop this moment, I tell you!' '' {BOX} {BOX()} !! cmavo: toi (TOI) !!! Proposed Definition Terminator for TO. Used to end an parenthetical or editorial remark. !!! See Also * {to} * {to'i} !!! Proposed Keywords * end parenthesis * terminator !!! Usage Examples ;.i do doi la .aisas. to ma .au dai do mi cmene toi ckire la vensa bau la glibau ki'u ma:''You, Aisas (how do you want me to call you?), thank Springtime in English for what reason?'' !!! Notes TOI is currently seldom elidable. I believe that currently it is only elidable at the end of text. It is the belief of .xorxes., me, and possibly others that it should never be elidable. - .aionys. * TOI is elidible in lots of places. It's rather easy to come up with examples such as ''mi klama to zo'o gi'e stali'' or ''mi to mi tatpi cu surla''. --((selpa'i)) {BOX} ! Poll {POLL(pollId=>34)}BPFK Poll: Digressives{POLL}