Lojban morphology
le'u is the only word in selma'o LEhU. le'u terminates a lo'u utterance and is not elidable. le'u is one of the Magic Words.
Interaction with other Magic Words
For every magic word, the interaction with all other magic words is defined. This table covers all interactions of fa'o+word, where word is any of the magic words, both alone and within their own grammatical contexts.
|| bu | le'u bu | BY | bu binds with le'u, creating the le'u letteral |
| le'u .ybu | ungrammatical | le'u without a leading lo'u is ungrammatical, and the rest of the text is ignored. | le'u .abu | ungrammatical | le'u without a leading lo'u is ungrammatical, and the rest of the text is ignored. |
fa'o | le'u fa'o | ungrammatical | le'u without a leading lo'u is ungrammatical, and the rest of the text is ignored. lo'u | le'u lo'u | ungrammatical | le'u without a leading lo'u is ungrammatical, and the rest of the text is ignored. |
| le'u lo'u le'u | ungrammatical | le'u without a leading lo'u is ungrammatical, and the rest of the text is ignored. le'u | le'u | ungrammatical | le'u without a leading lo'u is ungrammatical. |
| le'u le'u | ungrammatical | le'u without a leading lo'u is ungrammatical, and the rest of the text is ignored. sa | le'u sa | nil | sa backtracks to the beginning of the text, erasing le'u. |
| le'u sa le'u | ungrammatical | sa backtracks to the beginning of the text, erasing the first le'u. The second le'u is ungrammatical without a leading lo'u.
| le'u sa lo'u le'u | lo'u le'u | sa backtracks to the beginning of the text, erasing the first le'u. {lo'u le'u} is parsed. |
| le'u sa broda | broda | sa backtracks to the beginning of the text. broda is parsed. |
si | le'u si | nil | si binds with le'u and backtracks to the beginning of the text. | le'u si si | nil | the first si binds with le'u and backtracks to the beginning of the text. the second si backtracks to the beginning of the text. |
su | le'u su | nil | su backtracks to the beginning of the text. | le'u su su | nil | the first su backtracks to the beginning of the text. the second su backtracks to the beginning of the text. |
zei | le'u zei | ungrammatical | zei le'u binds with le'u but then finds nothing to bind on the right. | *controversial
| le'u zei le'u | zei-BRIVLA | zei binds with the first le'u and then with the second le'u, creating a zei-BRIVLA | *controversial
| le'u zei lo'u le'u | zei-BRIVLA | zei binds with the first le'u and then with {lo'u le'u}, creating a zei-BRIVLA | *controversial
| le'u broda zei brode | ungrammatical | le'u without a leading lo'u is ungrammatical, and the rest of the text is ignored. zo | le'u zo | ungrammatical | le'u without a leading lo'u is ungrammatical, and the rest of the text is ignored. |
| le'u zo broda | ungrammatical | le'u without a leading lo'u is ungrammatical, and the rest of the text is ignored. zoi | le'u zoi | ungrammatical | le'u without a leading lo'u is ungrammatical, and the rest of the text is ignored. |
| le'u zoi .gy. | ungrammatical | le'u without a leading lo'u is ungrammatical, and the rest of the text is ignored. | le'u zoi .gy. .gy. | ungrammatical | le'u without a leading lo'u is ungrammatical, and the rest of the text is ignored. ||
Questions about interaction with other Magic Words
Q: I accidentally closed a lo'u quote with a le'u, but I had more ungrammatical utterance to speak. How do I erase le'u?
A: Once you close a lo'u quote with le'u, the construct becomes a pseudo-word. Saying si after le'u will erase the the entire lo'u ... le'u quote. You can say {joi lo'u ... le'u} to append information to a lo'u utterance, or you can restate your entire utterance as a new lo'u quote..
Q: seriously zei?
A: I'm fixing it.