Appendix:Lojban/sei
Lojban edit
Particle edit
sei
- Inserts a metalinguistic clause into a sentence; often used to interrupt a quotation to state who said it.
- lu xu da mi prali sei la alis pensi le nu tavla le vi smacu li'u
- "Would it be of any use, now," thought Alice, "to speak to this mouse?"
- lu xu da mi prali sei la alis pensi le nu tavla le vi smacu li'u
Usage notes edit
- A clause begun with sei can be ended with the elidable terminator se'u.
- The selbri (“predicate”) within the clause begun with sei should not have any sumti (“argument”) following it unless it/these are attached to the selbri (“predicate”) through be/bei. Otherwise the trailing sumti (“argument”) will not be recognized by the Lojban grammar as being plugged in to that selbri (“predicate”): this feature helps a sei-clause to end "naturally" without recourse to the elidable terminator se'u.
Affix edit
sei