Appendix:Lojban/la
Lojban
[edit]Particle
[edit]la
- Indicates that the following word is a cmene (“quoted name/title/tag”) (proper noun).
- xu la .okrand cu finti lo bacrynandu
- Did Okrand invent a tongue twister ?
- (literally, “YN-QUESTION PROPER-NOUN "OKRAND" invented SELBRI-TO-SUMTI Tongue-Twister”)
Usage notes
[edit]- The cmavo la can be used before an ordinary brivla (“content words”), not just cmevla (“meaning of word is based on morphology/shape”). So, for example, whereas "lo cribe" could be translated as "bear" or "a bear" and "le cribe" as "the bear", "la cribe" could be translated as "Bear". [1]
- A sumti phrase begun with la can be ended (if necessary) with the elidable terminator ku.