7.12. Bound variable pro-sumti and pro-bridi: the da-series and the bu'a-series

The following cmavo are discussed in this section:

da	KOhA	da-series	something-1
de	KOhA	da-series	something-2
di	KOhA	da-series	something-3
bu'a	GOhA	bu'a-series	some-predicate-1
bu'e	GOhA	bu'a-series	some-predicate-2
bu'i	GOhA	bu'a-series	some-predicate-3

Bound variables belong to the predicate-logic part of Lojban, and are listed here for completeness only. Their semantics is explained in Chapter 16. It is worth mentioning that the Lojban translation of Example 7.2 is:

Example 7.73.

la	djan.	cu	lafti	da	poi
That-named	John		raised	something-1	which

grana	ku'o	gi'e	desygau	da
is-a-stick		and	shake-did	something-1.

John picked up a stick and shook it.