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== Proposed definitions ==


;'''fi'o''' (FIhO): Converts a selbri into a tag. The tag modifies a sentence or connects two sentences. When modifying a sentence, the tag can take an argument that further specifies it and which fills the first argument of the converted selbri. (See also: {fe'u})


doi .deivid. do no roi klama lo cinri fi'o kansa mi


'''Basic Nuntalyli'u Instructions'''
<br />''David, you never come to interesting places with me.''


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;'''fe'u''' (FEhU): Terminator for FIhO. (See also: {fi'o})


This is for people trying to play the Lojban version of [[jbocre: Colossal Cave|Colossal Cave]], AKA nuntalyli'u
=== Formal definitions ===


Some of the following is imprecise because I simply don't know inform very well. -- Main.RobinLeePowell - 02 Nov 2002
||broda fi'o brode ko'a| |broda .i joi ko'a brode||


It's hopefully slightly more precise now -- Main.MartinBays - 13 Nov 2002
The connection between the two relationships is {joi}, not {je}, because the two relationships are not independent of each other. They are inextricably linked, but what exactly the link is is not specified and


*  General Notes
can vary with context.


**  Numbers up to panononono (or panoki'enonono) or so should be handled for input, and arbitrary long-form numbers can be output.
{FANCYTABLE()}


**  You can talk about 'all' with roda, roti, and such.
fi'o ''selbri'' zo'u ''sentence'' | lo nu ''sentence'' cu jai ''selbri''


**  .enai works as 'but' or 'except' in English, so 'roda .enai le ckiku' should, at least with some verbs, have the expected effect.
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**  go'i repeats the last action, as does &amp;quot;g&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;krefu&amp;quot;
fi'o ''selbri'' ''sumti'' zo'u ''sentence'' | lo nu ''sentence'' cu jai ''selbri'' fai ''sumti''


**  You can put multiple commands on one line using .ije, gi'e, .iji'a and .i
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**  .e should mostly work as expected.
fi'o ''selbri'' gi ''sentence1'' gi ''sentence2'' | lo nu ''sentence1'' cu ''selbri'' fai lo nu ''sentence2''


**  No other connectives are likely to function.
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**  'le drata ckiku' will refer to the keys your are not holding.
''sentence1'' i fi'o ''selbri'' fe'u bo ''sentence2'' | lo nu ''sentence1'' cu jai ''selbri'' fai lo nu ''sentence2''


**  You can generally insert cmavo such as &amp;quot;cu&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;vau&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;kei&amp;quot; when they would be grammatical, or leave them out if you prefer. Be concise with your sumti, though. For example, &amp;quot;[[jbocre: .i ko gasnu le nu|.i ko gasnu le nu]] mi cu dunda le lastu gustci la mikyl. djaksyn. vau kei vau&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;[[jbocre: .i ko gasnu le nu|.i ko gasnu le nu]] dunda le gustci la mikyl.&amp;quot; will likely be interpreted the same way. In fact, probably so will &amp;quot;dunda gustci mikyl.&amp;quot;, if you can stomach the abuse of grammar.
{FANCYTABLE}


**  You can often run cmavo together (lemi, lego'i, etc.) if you really must.
==== Some selbri with a short fi'o-form: ====


**  You can order someone to do something with either &amp;quot;le cmalu cipni cu gasnu le nu vofli&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;doi cmalu cipni ko vofli&amp;quot;. Don't necessarily expect to get a reply, though...
{FANCYTABLE(head="BAI | BRODA | BAI = fi'o BRODA | se BAI = fi'o se BRODA | te BAI = fi'o te BRODA | ve BAI = fi'o ve BRODA | xe BAI = fi'o xe BRODA]]


*  Pronouns
ba'i | basti | replaced by | instead of | | |


**  Please note that these do not necessarily work the way you would expect in lojban, because Inform doesn't really understand Lojban.
bai | bapli | compelled by | compelling | | |


**  But generally, &amp;quot;ri&amp;quot; refers to the last &amp;quot;interesting&amp;quot; thing mentioned (either something you referred to, or something the story just described), &amp;quot;ra&amp;quot; to the second last and &amp;quot;ru&amp;quot; to the third last.
bau | bangu | in language | in language of | | |


**  &amp;quot;go'i&amp;quot; refers to your last command, so &amp;quot;le go'i&amp;quot; means whoever you just ordered (generally yourself), &amp;quot;le se go'i&amp;quot; means the first other object you mentioned and &amp;quot;le te go'i&amp;quot; the second.
be'i | benji | sent by | transmitting | sent to | with transmit origin | transmitted via


**  Other pronouns (might work vaguely like you'd expect) -
ca'i | catni | by authority of | with authority over | | |


***  do
cau | claxu | lacked by | without | | |


***  do'o
ci'e | ciste | in system | with system function | of system components | |


***  ti
ci'o | cinmo | felt by | feeling emotion | | |


***  ta
ci'u | ckilu | on the scale | on scale measuring | | |


***  ko'a
cu'u | cusku | as said by | expressing | as told to | expressed in medium |


*  Articles
de'i | detri | dated | on the same date as | | |


**  le mi
di'o | diklo | at the locus of | at specific locus | | |


**  le do
do'e | co'e | vaguely related to | | | |


**  le do'o
du'i | dunli | as much as | equal to | | |


**  le ri
du'o | djuno | according to | knowing facts | knowing about | under epistemology |


**  le ra
fa'e | fatne | reverse of | in reversal of | | |


**  le ko'a
fau | fasnu | in the event of | | | |


**  le
fi'e | finti | created by | creating work | created for purpose | |


**  lo
ga'a | zgana | to observer | observing | observed by means | observed under cond. |


**  lei
gau | gasnu | with agent | as agent in doing | | |


**  le'i
ja'e | jalge | resulting in | results because of | | |


**  loi
ja'i | javni | by rule | by rule prescribing | | |


**  lo'i
ji'e | jimte | up to limit | as a limit of | | |


*  Compass Directions
ji'o | jitro | under direction | controlling | | |


**  North: b berti bitmu be'a berkla
ji'u | jicmu | based on | supporting | | |


**  South: n snanu bitmu ne'u nankla
ka'a | klama | gone to by | with destination | with origin | via route | by transport mode


**  East: d stuna bitmu du'a sunkla
ka'i | krati | represented by | on behalf of | | |


**  West: v stici bitmu vu'a sickla
kai | ckaji | characterizing | with property | | |


**  Northeast: bd berstuna bitmu be'adu'a
ki'i | ckini | as relation of | related to | with relation | |


**  Northwest: bv berstici bitmu be'avu'a
ki'u | krinu | justified by | with justified result | | |


**  Southeast: nd nanstuna bitmu ne'udu'a
koi | korbi | bounded by | as boundary of | bordering | |


**  Southwest: nv nanstici bitmu ne'uvu'a
ku'u | kulnu | in culture | in culture of | | |


**  Up: ga'u gapru drudi
la'u | klani | as quantity of | in quantity | | |


**  Down: ni'a cnita loldi
le'a | klesi | in category | as category of | defined by quality | |


**  Out: ze'o ne'inai bartu
li'e | lidne | led by | leading | | |


**  In: ne'i zo'i nenri
ma'e | marji | of material | made from material | in material form of | |


**  Note that none of these, the last four included, need be given an argument.  For example, from the first screen, &amp;quot;nenri&amp;quot; takes you in the building, and &amp;quot;snanu&amp;quot; goes South.
ma'i | manri | in ref. frame | as a standard for | | |


*  Meta Verbs
mau | zmadu | exceeded by | more than | | |


**  Score: nilji'a
me'a | mleca | undercut by | less than | | |


**  Full Score: mulnilji'a mulno nilji'a
me'e | cmene | with name | as a name for | as a name to | |


**  Quit: s sisti morsi
mu'i | mukti | motivated by | motive therefore | | |


**  Restore: veipli
mu'u | mupli | exemplified by | as an example of | | |


**  Restart: refcfa
ni'i | nibli | entailed by | entails | | |


**  Verify: veicta
pa'a | panra | in addition to | similar to | similar in pattern | similar by standard |


**  Save: vreji
pa'u | pagbu | with component | as a part of | | |


**  Save: rejri'a
pi'o | pilno | used by | using tool | | |


**  Save: rejgau
po'i | porsi | in the sequence | sequenced by rule | | |


**  Make a Transcript: verci'a, ci'arvei, verci'a cfari, ci'arvei cfari
pu'a | pluka | pleased by | in order to please | | |


**  Stop Making a Transcript: verci'a sisti, ci'arvei sisti
pu'e | pruce | by process | processing from | processing into | passing through stages |


**  Very Brief Mode: raircmaski, traji cmalu skicu, cmalu skicu
ra'a | srana | pertained to by | concerning | | |


**  Verbose Mode: braski, barda skicu
ra'i | krasi | from source | as an origin of | | |


**  Brief/Normal Mode: kauski, kampu skicu
rai | traji | with superl. | superlative in | at extreme | superlative among |


**  Score: liste, liste le nilji'a
ri'a | rinka | caused by | causing | | |


**  Pronouns: sumbasti, liste, liste le basti, liste le sumti, liste le sumbasti
ri'i | lifri | experienced by | experiencing | | |


**  Notify Of Score Changes: junbe'i, junbe'i le nilji'a galfi, junbe'i cfari
sau | sarcu | requiring | necessarily for | necessarily under cond. | |


**  Stop Notify: junbe'i sisti
si'u | sidju | aided by | assisting in | | |


**  Version: gafna'u
ta'i | tadji | by method | as a method for | | |


**  Places: stuzi
tai | tamsmi | as a form of | in form | in form similar to | |


**  Objects: dacti
ti'i | stidi | suggested by | suggesting | suggested to | |


**  Undo Last Turn: su, srera
ti'u | tcika | with time | at the time of | | |


***  This will make it as though as the last turn never happened, if the game allows it.
tu'i | stuzi | with site | as location of | | |


**  &amp;quot;Oops&amp;quot; (correct typos): basti, si, sa
va'o | vanbi | under cond. | as conditions for | | |


***  If you say something the parser doesn't understand, &amp;quot;si foo&amp;quot; will replace the first word it didn't understand with foo.
va'u | xamgu | benefiting from | with beneficiary | | |


*  Ordinary Verbs
zau | zanru | approved by | approving | | |


**  Take: lebna, bevri, jgari, cpacu
zu'e | zukte | with actor | with means to goal | with goal | |


**  Enter: klama, cadzu, bajra, sanli
{FANCYTABLE}


**  Exit: cliva
{FANCYTABLE(head="PU | BRODA | PU = fi'o BRODA", colwidths=5%|20%|75%, headaligns=||left)}


**  Remove/Take Off: vimcu
pu | selpru (se purci) | in the past of


**  Disrobe/Take Off: toldasni
ca | selcabna (se cabna) | in the present of


**  Wear: dasni
ba | selbalvi (se balvi) | in the future of


**  Put On: punji  le cpana be
{FANCYTABLE}


**  Put: punji
{FANCYTABLE(head="ZAhO | BRODA | ZAhO = fi'o BRODA", colwidths=5%|30%|65%, headaligns=||left, colvaligns=middle||middle)}


**  Insert: setca, punji  le nenri be
ba'o | selmulcabna (se mulno cabna) | complete when


**  Empty (as in to empty something): kutygau
ca'o | selra'i (se ranji) | ongoing when


**  Empty Self/DropAll: kutybe'i
pu'o |selfaubrecabna<br>(se fasnu bredi cabna)| about to happen when


**  Transfer: benji
za'o | selmulre'i (se mulno renvi) | still happening beyond completion when


**  Throw At: renro
co'a | krasi | from


**  Drop: falcru, falri'a
co'u | fanmo | until


**  Give: dunda, pleji, friti, ctigau
mo'u | mulfa'o (mulno fanmo) | completing when


**  Show: jarco, jarco tu'a 
co'i | selmokca (se mokca) | at point in time


**  Inventory: selbeiste, beiste, b
de'a | dicra | interrupted at


**  Inv Tall: beiste to'unai, beiste tcila, beiste clani
di'a | toldrica (to'e drica) | resuming at


**  Look: zgana, z, viska
{FANCYTABLE}


**  Look Under: zgana le cnita be
{FANCYTABLE(head="FAhA | BRODA | FAhA = fi'o BRODA", colwidths=5%|25%|70%, headaligns=||left)}


**  Consult: sisku, tidysisku, sisku tu'a  fi , sisku  sepi'o ,  tu'a , lu  li'u , several others.
bu'u | selzva (se zvati) | at


**  Search: sisku, tidysisku, zgana le nenri be
ca'u | selcra (se crane) | in front of


**  Open: kargau
ti'a | selti'e (se trixe) | behind


**  Unlock: kargau sepi'o
zu'a | selzunle (se zunle) | on the left of


**  Close: ga'orgau, gairgau
ri'u | selpritu (se pritu) | on the right of


**  Enter: nerkla, zutse, vreta
ga'u | selgapru (se gapru) | above


**  Go In (enter a building or such): nergau, nenri, nerkla
ni'a | selni'a (se cnita) | below


**  Exit: bargau, bartu
ne'i | selne'i (se nenri) | within


**  Examine: catlu, c
ru'u | selsru (se sruri) | around


**  Yes: .ie, go'i
pa'o | selgre (se pagre) | through


**  No: .ienai, nago'i
ne'a | selmla (se mlana) | next to


**  Swing: sligau
te'e | selkoi (se korbi) | bordering


**  Wave Hands: sligau
re'o | selyla'i (se lamji) | adjacent


**  Wave: sligau
fa'a | farna | towards


**  Set To (as in set a clock): tikygau
to'o | tolfa'a (to'e farna) | away from


**  Pull: lacpu
zo'i | seltolragve (se to'e ragve) | this side of


**  Push: catke, muvdu, catke  fa'a
ze'o | selragve (se ragve) | across


**  Turn (as in rotate an object): cargau
zo'a | selylamgre (se lenji pagre) | tangential


**  Switch On: kragau, tolcadgau, tolcando
be'a | selberti (se berti) | north of


**  Switch Off: famgau, cadgau, cando
ne'u | selsnanu (se snanu) | south of


**  Lock: kikla'a, kikla'a sepi'o
du'a | selstuna (se stuna) | east of


**  Un Lock: kikykalri, kikykalri sepi'o
vu'a | selstici (se stici) | west of


**  Attack: gunta, porpi, darxi, damba, fergau, daspo, catra
{FANCYTABLE}


**  Wait: denpa
=== Notes ===


**  Answer: dafsku, spuda/cusku lu  li'u , spuda/cusku lo'u  le'u


**  Tell: skicu
*Tags have two related but distinct functions, as unary bridi operators and as binary bridi operators.


**  Ask For: teryrei, cpedu le nu  kei , fi  fe tu'a , others.
*As unary operators, they can take an argument that specifies the tag.


**  Eat: citka
*The sense of {fi'o ''selbri''} as a bridi operator has to be defined for each ''selbri''. In many cases it will correspond to the sentence filling the x2 or some other place of ''selbri'', but this only works when ''selbri'' will admit a sentence as one of its arguments. A general orientative rule might be that the sentence fills the first place (after the x1, which is already accounted for) that will admit a sentence. If there is no place that will admit a sentence, then the relationship is a vague one.


**  Sleep: sipna
*The negation unary operator, NA/NA KU, can also be expressed as {fi'o natfe} or {fi'o natfe lo fatci}. For example {mi fi'o natfe fe'u klama le zarci} ''that I go to the market is contradicted by the facts" {mi na klama le zarci} ''I don't go to the market''.


**  Take Off A Rind/Crust: pilvi'u
*Bridi operators in general are not commutative, so the order in which tags appear with respect to negation, quantifiers, connectives or other tags matters. The general rule is that a bridi operator has scope over the operators that follow and is within the scope of preceding operators.


**  Sing: sanga
*As binary operators, only some tags are meaningful. For example {pu gi ... gi ...} and {ri'a gi ... gi ...}, but not {bau gi ... gi ...} or {ka'a gi ... gi ...}. In general, {fi'o ''selbri''} will be meaningful as a connective if the x1 of ''selbri'' is meaningful with a sentence.
 
**  Buy: terve'u, terdi'a
 
**  Squeeze: jarjai
 
**  Swim: limna
 
**  Blow: gacyse'a
 
**  Wake: cikna cikygau
 
**  Smell: sumne
 
**  Listen: tirna
 
**  Taste: vusygau
 
**  Touch: pencu
 
**  Rub: jisysa'e
 
**  Tie: lasna
 
**  Burn: jelgau, gusygau, jelgau  sepi'o
 
**  Drink: pinxe
 
**  Fill: tisygau
 
**  Cut: katna
 
**  Jum: plipe, plipe le gapru be
 
**  Dig: kakpa, kakpa  fo
 
**  On (as in a light): gusni
 
**  Off: manku
 
**  Catch (as in catching an animal): kavbu, kavbu  sepi'o
 
**  Release (a creature): tolkavbu, tolkavgau, zifre
 
**  Empty: cavyfle, liksa'e
 
**  Water (as in to water a plant): cavyfle le djacu, djacu, jaurgau
 
**  Oil (as in to oil a hinge): grasu, rasygau, cavyfle le grasu
 
**  Help: sidju
 
**  Use: pilno
 
**  Blast (as in with dynamite): pojri'a, spoja, pojgau, spoja  sepi'o
 
-- Main.RobinLeePowell - 02 Nov 2002

Revision as of 16:45, 4 November 2013

Proposed definitions

fi'o (FIhO)
Converts a selbri into a tag. The tag modifies a sentence or connects two sentences. When modifying a sentence, the tag can take an argument that further specifies it and which fills the first argument of the converted selbri. (See also: {fe'u})

doi .deivid. do no roi klama lo cinri fi'o kansa mi


David, you never come to interesting places with me.

fe'u (FEhU)
Terminator for FIhO. (See also: {fi'o})

Formal definitions

||broda fi'o brode ko'a| |broda .i joi ko'a brode||

The connection between the two relationships is {joi}, not {je}, because the two relationships are not independent of each other. They are inextricably linked, but what exactly the link is is not specified and

can vary with context.

{FANCYTABLE()}

fi'o selbri zo'u sentence | lo nu sentence cu jai selbri

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fi'o selbri sumti zo'u sentence | lo nu sentence cu jai selbri fai sumti

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fi'o selbri gi sentence1 gi sentence2 | lo nu sentence1 cu selbri fai lo nu sentence2

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sentence1 i fi'o selbri fe'u bo sentence2 | lo nu sentence1 cu jai selbri fai lo nu sentence2

{FANCYTABLE}

Some selbri with a short fi'o-form:

{FANCYTABLE(head="BAI | BRODA | BAI = fi'o BRODA | se BAI = fi'o se BRODA | te BAI = fi'o te BRODA | ve BAI = fi'o ve BRODA | xe BAI = fi'o xe BRODA]]

ba'i | basti | replaced by | instead of | | |

bai | bapli | compelled by | compelling | | |

bau | bangu | in language | in language of | | |

be'i | benji | sent by | transmitting | sent to | with transmit origin | transmitted via

ca'i | catni | by authority of | with authority over | | |

cau | claxu | lacked by | without | | |

ci'e | ciste | in system | with system function | of system components | |

ci'o | cinmo | felt by | feeling emotion | | |

ci'u | ckilu | on the scale | on scale measuring | | |

cu'u | cusku | as said by | expressing | as told to | expressed in medium |

de'i | detri | dated | on the same date as | | |

di'o | diklo | at the locus of | at specific locus | | |

do'e | co'e | vaguely related to | | | |

du'i | dunli | as much as | equal to | | |

du'o | djuno | according to | knowing facts | knowing about | under epistemology |

fa'e | fatne | reverse of | in reversal of | | |

fau | fasnu | in the event of | | | |

fi'e | finti | created by | creating work | created for purpose | |

ga'a | zgana | to observer | observing | observed by means | observed under cond. |

gau | gasnu | with agent | as agent in doing | | |

ja'e | jalge | resulting in | results because of | | |

ja'i | javni | by rule | by rule prescribing | | |

ji'e | jimte | up to limit | as a limit of | | |

ji'o | jitro | under direction | controlling | | |

ji'u | jicmu | based on | supporting | | |

ka'a | klama | gone to by | with destination | with origin | via route | by transport mode

ka'i | krati | represented by | on behalf of | | |

kai | ckaji | characterizing | with property | | |

ki'i | ckini | as relation of | related to | with relation | |

ki'u | krinu | justified by | with justified result | | |

koi | korbi | bounded by | as boundary of | bordering | |

ku'u | kulnu | in culture | in culture of | | |

la'u | klani | as quantity of | in quantity | | |

le'a | klesi | in category | as category of | defined by quality | |

li'e | lidne | led by | leading | | |

ma'e | marji | of material | made from material | in material form of | |

ma'i | manri | in ref. frame | as a standard for | | |

mau | zmadu | exceeded by | more than | | |

me'a | mleca | undercut by | less than | | |

me'e | cmene | with name | as a name for | as a name to | |

mu'i | mukti | motivated by | motive therefore | | |

mu'u | mupli | exemplified by | as an example of | | |

ni'i | nibli | entailed by | entails | | |

pa'a | panra | in addition to | similar to | similar in pattern | similar by standard |

pa'u | pagbu | with component | as a part of | | |

pi'o | pilno | used by | using tool | | |

po'i | porsi | in the sequence | sequenced by rule | | |

pu'a | pluka | pleased by | in order to please | | |

pu'e | pruce | by process | processing from | processing into | passing through stages |

ra'a | srana | pertained to by | concerning | | |

ra'i | krasi | from source | as an origin of | | |

rai | traji | with superl. | superlative in | at extreme | superlative among |

ri'a | rinka | caused by | causing | | |

ri'i | lifri | experienced by | experiencing | | |

sau | sarcu | requiring | necessarily for | necessarily under cond. | |

si'u | sidju | aided by | assisting in | | |

ta'i | tadji | by method | as a method for | | |

tai | tamsmi | as a form of | in form | in form similar to | |

ti'i | stidi | suggested by | suggesting | suggested to | |

ti'u | tcika | with time | at the time of | | |

tu'i | stuzi | with site | as location of | | |

va'o | vanbi | under cond. | as conditions for | | |

va'u | xamgu | benefiting from | with beneficiary | | |

zau | zanru | approved by | approving | | |

zu'e | zukte | with actor | with means to goal | with goal | |

{FANCYTABLE}

{FANCYTABLE(head="PU | BRODA | PU = fi'o BRODA", colwidths=5%|20%|75%, headaligns=||left)}

pu | selpru (se purci) | in the past of

ca | selcabna (se cabna) | in the present of

ba | selbalvi (se balvi) | in the future of

{FANCYTABLE}

{FANCYTABLE(head="ZAhO | BRODA | ZAhO = fi'o BRODA", colwidths=5%|30%|65%, headaligns=||left, colvaligns=middle||middle)}

ba'o | selmulcabna (se mulno cabna) | complete when

ca'o | selra'i (se ranji) | ongoing when

pu'o |selfaubrecabna
(se fasnu bredi cabna)| about to happen when

za'o | selmulre'i (se mulno renvi) | still happening beyond completion when

co'a | krasi | from

co'u | fanmo | until

mo'u | mulfa'o (mulno fanmo) | completing when

co'i | selmokca (se mokca) | at point in time

de'a | dicra | interrupted at

di'a | toldrica (to'e drica) | resuming at

{FANCYTABLE}

{FANCYTABLE(head="FAhA | BRODA | FAhA = fi'o BRODA", colwidths=5%|25%|70%, headaligns=||left)}

bu'u | selzva (se zvati) | at

ca'u | selcra (se crane) | in front of

ti'a | selti'e (se trixe) | behind

zu'a | selzunle (se zunle) | on the left of

ri'u | selpritu (se pritu) | on the right of

ga'u | selgapru (se gapru) | above

ni'a | selni'a (se cnita) | below

ne'i | selne'i (se nenri) | within

ru'u | selsru (se sruri) | around

pa'o | selgre (se pagre) | through

ne'a | selmla (se mlana) | next to

te'e | selkoi (se korbi) | bordering

re'o | selyla'i (se lamji) | adjacent

fa'a | farna | towards

to'o | tolfa'a (to'e farna) | away from

zo'i | seltolragve (se to'e ragve) | this side of

ze'o | selragve (se ragve) | across

zo'a | selylamgre (se lenji pagre) | tangential

be'a | selberti (se berti) | north of

ne'u | selsnanu (se snanu) | south of

du'a | selstuna (se stuna) | east of

vu'a | selstici (se stici) | west of

{FANCYTABLE}

Notes

  • Tags have two related but distinct functions, as unary bridi operators and as binary bridi operators.
  • As unary operators, they can take an argument that specifies the tag.
  • The sense of {fi'o selbri} as a bridi operator has to be defined for each selbri. In many cases it will correspond to the sentence filling the x2 or some other place of selbri, but this only works when selbri will admit a sentence as one of its arguments. A general orientative rule might be that the sentence fills the first place (after the x1, which is already accounted for) that will admit a sentence. If there is no place that will admit a sentence, then the relationship is a vague one.
  • The negation unary operator, NA/NA KU, can also be expressed as {fi'o natfe} or {fi'o natfe lo fatci}. For example {mi fi'o natfe fe'u klama le zarci} that I go to the market is contradicted by the facts" {mi na klama le zarci} I don't go to the market.
  • Bridi operators in general are not commutative, so the order in which tags appear with respect to negation, quantifiers, connectives or other tags matters. The general rule is that a bridi operator has scope over the operators that follow and is within the scope of preceding operators.
  • As binary operators, only some tags are meaningful. For example {pu gi ... gi ...} and {ri'a gi ... gi ...}, but not {bau gi ... gi ...} or {ka'a gi ... gi ...}. In general, {fi'o selbri} will be meaningful as a connective if the x1 of selbri is meaningful with a sentence.
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