All about poi and noi
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This page sets out to explain all you need to now about the relative clause markers poi and noi, how they differ with regards to description sumti, both unquantified and in the presence of quantifiers.
The article deliberately ignores pe, ne, po'u and no'u, because those are nothing more than shortcuts of poi and noi combined with specific predicates. Everything that applies to poi and noi directly applies to those cmavo, too. No separate explanations are required.
Logic symbols used in this article
Symbol | Meaning |
---|---|
existential quantifier | |
universal quantifier | |
Q | any (outer) quantifier |
x, y, z | singular variables |
xx, yy, zz | plural variables |
c, c0, c1, ... | plural constants |
[] | surrounds prenex |
: | corresponds to Lojban poi |
; | separates sentences, like Lojban .i |