Appendix:Lojban/ba

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Lojban

Etymology

From balvi.

Particle

ba (selma'o PU PU)

  1. (subordinating conjunction) after
    ba lenu la jan. cliva kei la suzyn. klama le barja [1]
    After Zhang left, Susan came to the bar.
    la suzyn. klama ba lenu la jan. cliva kei le barja
    Susan came (after Zhang left) to the bar.
    la suzyn. klama le barja ba lenu la jan. cliva kei
    Susan came to the bar after Zhang left.
  2. (adverbial particle) future tense tag[2]

Usage notes

  • The elidable terminator for a subordinate clause begun with "ba lenu" is kei.

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