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History: BPFK Section: Text Structure Discursives
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!! Proposed Definitions {BOX()} !! cmavo: jo'a (UI3a) !!! Proposed Definition Discursive. Used to express metalinguistic yes, confirm a presupposition. !!! See Also * {drani} !!! Proposed Keywords * Yes * indeed * quite so * right !!! Usage Examples ; jo'a go'i : ''That's right, yes.'' {BOX} {BOX()} !! cmavo: kau (UI3a) !!! Proposed Definition Discursive. Used to indicate an indirect question. !!! See Also !!! Proposed Keywords * indirect question !!! Usage Examples ; mi na djuno lo du'u ti mo kau : ''I don't know what this is.'' ; .e'o ko no da jungau lo du'u mi zvati ma kau : ''Please don't tell anyone where I am.'' ; loi bangu cu ficysi'u lo ka xo kau da jicmu valsi lo skari ce'u : ''Languages differ in how many basic colour terms they have.'' ; .ei do jdice lo du'u xu kau do djica lo nu klama : ''You ought to decide whether or not you want to go.'' ** [http://groups.google.com/group/lojban/browse_thread/thread/9f9a30a4d2a1215b|issues] {BOX} {BOX()} !! cmavo: li'o (UI3a) !!! Proposed Definition Discursive. Used to indicate omitted text. !!! See Also !!! Proposed Keywords * and so on * etc. !!! Usage Examples ; lo pavdei cu pa moi djedi .i lo reldei cu re moi djedi .i li'o : ''Monday is the first day, Tuesday is the second day, and so on.'' {BOX} {BOX()} !! cmavo: na'i (UI3a) !!! Proposed Definition Discursive. Used to express metalinguistic not, deny a presupposition. !!! See Also * {naldra} * {nalmapti} !!! Proposed Keywords * metalinguistic negation !!! Usage Examples ; do krici ma zo kampu : ''What do you believe of "kampu"?'' ; na'i go'i .i mi na djuno tu'a le gismu : ''No, I don't know that gismu.'' {BOX} {BOX()} !! cmavo: pe'a (UI3c) !!! Proposed Definition Discursive. Used to indicate figurative / non-literal / metaphorical language. !!! See Also * {metfora} !!! Proposed Keywords * figurative marker * metaphor !!! Usage Examples ; mi mutce ke jelca pe'a cortu le kanla : ''I have an intense "burning" pain in my eyes.'' {BOX} {BOX()} !! cmavo: pe'a nai (UI*3c): !!! Proposed Definition Discursive. Used to indicate non-figurative / literal / non-metaphorical language. !!! See Also !!! Proposed Keywords * literally !!! Usage Examples ; pe'a nai lo nu zbasu lo sanso cu mentu li pa : ''It takes literally a minute to make the sauce.'' {BOX} {BOX()} !! cmavo: sa'a (UI3a) !!! Proposed Definition Discursive. Used to indicate an editorial insertion. !!! See Also * {to'i} * {lu} * {setca} !!! Proposed Keywords * editorial insertion !!! Usage Examples ; lu .ei do ckeji sei sa'a la .alis. cu cusku li'u : ''"You ought to be ashamed of yourself," said Alice.'' {BOX} {BOX()} !! cmavo: ta'u (UI3a) !!! Proposed Definition Discursive. Used to indicate the expansion of a tanru. !!! See Also !!! Proposed Keywords * expanding the tanru !!! Usage Examples ; dei bebna mupli .i ta'u mupli lo bebna : ''This is a silly example, i.e. it exemplifies something silly.'' Debate [http://groups.google.com/group/lojban/browse_thread/thread/5c5b14ed350c5337|here]. {BOX} {BOX()} !! cmavo: ta'u nai (UI*3a) !!! Proposed Definition Discursive. Used to indicate the making of a tanru. !!! See Also !!! Proposed Keywords * making a tanru !!! Usage Examples ; dei mupli lo bebna i ta'u nai bebna mupli : ''This is an example of something silly. A silly example, we might say.'' {BOX} {BOX()} !! cmavo: ge'e (UI6): !!! Proposed Definition Attitudinal. Used to express an unspecified emotion. !!! See Also * {pei} !!! Proposed Keywords * unspecified emotion !!! Usage Examples ; fo'a di'i nai cmoni .i mo'u bacru lu ge'e frica li'u : ''He hems and haws. "It's different," he finally says.'' {BOX} {BOX()} !! cmavo: ki'a (UI6): !!! Proposed Definition Attitudinal question. Used to express textual confusion. !!! See Also * {cfipu} * {kucli} !!! Proposed Keywords * What? * Textual confusion !!! Usage Examples ; le ki'a jubme : ''Which table?'' {BOX} {BOX()} !! cmavo: ki'a nai (UI*6): !!! Proposed Definition Non-question. Used to express understanding. !!! See Also * {jimpe} !!! Proposed Keywords * understanding !!! Usage Examples ; ki'a nai .i do pu xalbo : ''I see, you were joking.'' {BOX} {BOX()} !! cmavo: xu (UI6): !!! Proposed Definition Discursive. Used to pose a true-false question. !!! See Also * {pei} * {ma} * {mo} * {xo} * {cu'e} * {fi'a} * {ji} * {je'i} * {gi'i} * {gu'i} !!! Proposed Keywords * yes/no question !!! Usage Examples ; xu ti banzu : ''Is this enough?'' {BOX} !! Notes *The ma'oste and CLL have __ta'u__ and __ta'u nai__ reversed. I followed CLL in the definitions. !! Issues How does one indicate that {sa'a} is actually part of quoted text? Would {sa'a sa'a nai} do it? {POLL(pollId=>27)}BPFK Poll: Text Structure Discursives{POLL}
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