Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
Appendix:Lojban/sei. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
Appendix:Lojban/sei, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
Appendix:Lojban/sei in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
Appendix:Lojban/sei you have here. The definition of the word
Appendix:Lojban/sei will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
Appendix:Lojban/sei, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Lojban
Particle
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?"
Usage notes
- 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
sei
- Rafsi of sepli (“apart from”).