III. Lojban Sample Texts

lojbo mupli bo seltcidu

Note: In the glosses, the following conventions apply:

( ) 

sumti

« » 

selbri

[ ] 

bridi

< > 

abstraction/relativisation

{ } 

grouping

boxed cell 

semantic role of sumti

For instance:

.i[1(2dei)2 
'.'this utterance[is, does]
 lisri1 (story(ies)) 
--
«3lisri»3(4le<5nu
being story(ies)theevent(s) of
 lisri2 (plot)
--
[6«7cpare»7(8locmana)8]6>5)4]1
climb-ingany/somemountain(s)
  cpare2 (climbing surface(s))

Note: This indicates that dei is the first sumti of the selbri lisri (lisri1); lenu cpare... is the second sumti of lisri (lisri1); and cmana is the second sumti of the selbri cpare (cpare2). Furthermore: dei, le nu cpare lo cmana, and cmana are sumti; lisri and cpare are selbri; nu cpare lo cmanais an abstraction; and the sentence contains two clauses: cpare lo cmana, and dei lisri le nu cpare lo cmana.