Proposed Definitions And Examples

cmavo: do (KOhA3)

Proposed definition

A pro-sumti referring to "you," the person or people that the speaker is addressing.

See also

• {do'o}
• {ko}
• {mi}

Proposed keywords

• you
• y'all

Usage examples

mi pendo do

"I am a friend of you."

Notes

This word can be either second-person singular or second-person plural. The listeners it refers to can be specifically identified by vocative phrases.

cmavo: do'o (KOhA3)

Proposed definition

A pro-sumti for "you and others," referring to the person or people that the speaker is addressing along with one or more other people, considered together.

See also

• {do}
• {mi'o}

Proposed keywords

• you and them

Usage examples

mi sidju do'o

"I help you and them."

Notes

This cmavo combines the second- and third-persons together. The listeners it refers to can be specifically identified by vocative phrases.

cmavo: ko (KOhA3)

Proposed definition

An imperative pro-sumti for "you," the person or people that the speaker is addressing. Similar to "do", except that the sentence it is in becomes imperative in the sense, "Make this sentence true."

See also

• {do}
• {e'o}
• {pe'u}

Proposed keywords

• you (imperative)
• you (command)

Usage examples

ko sarji la lojban

"Support Lojban."

ko kurji ko

"Take care of yourself."

Notes

Like {do}, this cmavo can be used multiple times in a sentence, anywhere where a {sumti} is valid. It changes the sentence from a statement into a request in the sense of somehow making the sentence true. For instance, {la .djan. klama ko} closely means, "Make it so that 'John comes to you' is true," or, "Make John come to you."

cmavo: ma'a (KOhA3)

Proposed definition

A pro-sumti for "you, we, and they," referring to the the speaker, the person or people that the speaker is addressing, and and one or more other people, all considered together.

See also

• {mi'o}
• {do'o}

Proposed keywords

• you, us, and them
• you, me, and them

Usage examples

ma'a xusra du'u lei jetnu

"We (meaning the signatories of the Declaration of Independence, the American reader, and the citizens of the nation) hold these truths."

Proposed Definition of mi

mi (KOhA3)

me — pro-sumti: me/we the speaker(s)/author(s); identified by self-vocative --

• Keywords:

Examples of mi Usage

Proposed Definition of mi'a

mi'a (KOhA3)

we, not you — pro-sumti: me/we the speaker(s)/author(s) & others unspecified, but not you, the listener --

• Keywords:

Examples of mi'a Usage

Proposed Definition of mi'o

mi'o (KOhA3)

me and you — pro-sumti: me/we the speaker(s)/author(s) & you the listener(s) --

• Keywords:

Examples of mi'o Usage

Notes

Impact