History: gismu

Source of version: 3 (current)

!Gismu Gismu can be thought of as root words. They are always exactly five letters long, taking the form of either CVCCV or CCVCV (C = consonant, V = vowel). {BOX(align=>center)} ||__Example 1.1 : gismu forms__ word | form | gloss bajra | CVCCV | to run stuzi | CCVCV | location || {BOX} In a Lojban sentence, gismu generally appear as either a predicate ([bridi], something like an adjective or verb), or as an argument ([sumti], something like a subject or an object). There is no single part of speech that gismu correspond to in English. {BOX(align=>center)} ||__Example 1.2 : parts of speech__ word | gloss | English part of speech bajra | to run | transitive verb stuzi | location | common noun || {BOX} Many gismu have one or more three-letter abbreviations ([rafsi]) for forming compound words ([lujvo]). {BOX(align=>center)} ||__Example 1.3 : rafsi__ word | abbreviation(s) bajra | baj stuzi | stu, tuz || {BOX} __Example 1.4 forming a compound word__ {BOX(align=>center)} ||running + site = track (for running on) baj (bajra) + stu (stuzi) = bajystu|| {BOX} ---- lei gismu cu jicmu traji lo'i ((lojbo)) ((brivla)) .i ro da poi gismu zo'u da porsi fi lo'i 5 lo ((lerfu)) .i ro da poi ((lujvo)) zo'u da se zbasu loi ((rafsi)) be loi gismu ---- Definitions elsewhere: *[http://www.lojban.org/files/brochures/gismu.html]