Appendix:Lojban/du'u

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Pronunciation

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Particle

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du'u (rafsi dum)

  1. begins an abstraction bridi (about a fact or alleged fact which someone holds in their mind)
    la suzyn. cumki jinvi ledu'u lo zgike secau lo jgita cu pluja kei
    Susan possibly thinks/opines that music without a guitar is complex.
  2. x1 is a thought expressed by statement x2
    le la jan. se pensi cu du'u ri nelci la suzyn. kei lu do dirba mi li'u[1]
    Zhang's thought is a thought (of him liking Susan) expressed by the statement "You are dear to me".

Usage notes

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  • A sumti phrase begun with du'u ends with the elidable terminator kei unless no ambiguity results (in which case the terminator can be elided).

Derived terms

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See also

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Affix

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du'u

  1. Rafsi of dunku.

References

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