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The Ralju Brivla Deep Structure hypothesis (RBDS hypothesis) is the hypothesis that the set of main verbs (mostly gismu) constitute a complete vector space for the expression of all meaning. In other words: that the Lojban main verbs set is sufficient to express all possible predicates, without separate lujvo, without tanru, and (here's the controversial bit) without prepositions. It presumes that all of these can be expressed with sentences (inordinately complex and ugly sentences, true) involving just the set of main verbs and cmavo (other than prepositions.)

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