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:the basic gismu list is available [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ahngu1CNj7wddFltdkVpZFNLWlQ5dVN1VVpXSnphVVE#gid=0 here] | :the basic gismu list is available [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ahngu1CNj7wddFltdkVpZFNLWlQ5dVN1VVpXSnphVVE#gid=0 here] | ||
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Gismu can be thought of as root words. They are always exactly five letters long, taking the form of either CVCCV or CCVCV (C = consonant, V = vowel). | Gismu can be thought of as root words. They are always exactly five letters long, taking the form of either CVCCV or CCVCV (C = consonant, V = vowel). |
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Gismu can be thought of as root words. They are always exactly five letters long, taking the form of either CVCCV or CCVCV (C = consonant, V = vowel).
Example 1.1 : gismu forms | ||
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word | form | gloss |
bajra | CVCCV | to run |
stuzi | CCVCV | location |
In a Lojban sentence, gismu generally appear as either a selbri (verb relation, can be also translated to English with adjectives), or as a sumti (argument, something like a subject or an object). There is no single part of speech that gismu correspond to in English.
Example 1.2 : parts of speech | ||
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word | gloss | English part of speech |
bajra | to run | transitive verb |
stuzi | location | common noun |
Many gismu have one or more three-letter abbreviations called rafsi for forming compound words, lujvo.
Example 1.3 : rafsi | |
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word | abbreviation(s) |
bajra | baj |
stuzi | stu, tuz |
Example 1.4: forming a compound word | |
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running + site = track (for running on) | |
baj (bajra) + stu (stuzi) = bajystu |
lei gismu cu jicmu traji lo'i lojbo brivla .i ro da poi gismu zo'u da porsi fi lo'i 5 lo lerfu .i ro da poi lujvo zo'u da se zbasu loi rafsi be loi gismu
Definitions elsewhere: