Appendix:Lojban/nu

Lojban

Particle

nu (rafsi nun, selma'o NU NU)

1. Event abstractor, similar in meaning to an infinitive or gerund.
   • 2005, Ben Goertzel, Potential Computational Linguistics Resources for Lojban

     mi djica le nu mi klama le zarci

     I want to go to the store.

   klama ― go, goes, went.

   lo klama ― a goer.

   lo nu klama ― a going.

Usage notes

• A sumti phrase begun with nu ends with the elidable terminator kei unless no ambiguity results (in which case the terminator is elided).

Derived terms

• lenu

See also

• du'u
• kei
• su'u
• za'i