jo'ai JAI experimental cmavo

convert a selbri tag followed by a tanru unit to a tanru unit; differently from {jai}, it does not change the first place of the tanru unit.

Examples: citno jo'ai ba'o jatna (to be a young ex-president); jo'ai ba'o se cliva zdadi'u (to be an abandoned house). See also jai.

On grammatical class:

jai
convert tense/modal (tagged) place to 1st place; 1st place moves to extra FA place (fai).
ja'ei (exp!)
jai equivalent of la'e
jai'a'a (exp!)
{jai} variant but as {zo'ei} rather than {tu'a}.
jai'e (exp!)
elliptical presence or absence of "jai".
jo'ai (exp!)
convert a selbri tag followed by a tanru unit to a tanru unit; differently from {jai}, it does not change the first place of the tanru unit.

In definition:

cmavrjai
x1 is the selma'o "JAI".

In notes:

sema'ai (comp!)
mansa modal, 2nd place (satisfying evaluator) such that …
tema'ai (comp!)
mansa modal, 3rd place (satisfying evaluator) satisfying in property …
dudyxe'o
x1 is generous to x2 by giving x3
gastcica
x1 (event) is an illusion that deceives/tricks x2 into sensing x3 using sense x4 under conditions x5
jaxnalvai
x1 (object/person) is unimportant/not crucial/doesn't matter to x2 in aspect x3 under circumstances/in instance (in which x1 participates) x4=vf
jaxnunco'e
x1 is involved in / is related to / pertains to / is a sumti participant in abstraction x2.
jaxpu'a
x1=p1j (object/person) seems pleasant to/pleases x2=p2 in property x3, in that x1 does/is/partakes in x4=pfai
laryrakpra
c1 sculpts/carves c2=l1 from s2 using tool s1
narprugastcica
x1 (event) causes jamais-vu to x2 (person) using sense x3 under conditions x4
nenbejbei
x1 is an energy transporter for beaming x2 to x3 from x4 over path x5
prugastcica
x1 (event) causes déjà-vu to x2 (person) using sense x3 under conditions x4
skasmi
x1 resembles x2 in color x3
sodri'a
x1 (event/process) carbonates x2
tolsnuti
x1 (event) is deliberate, intentional on the part of x2
tunri'a
x1=r1 (nu) physically causes x2=t1 (object, usually pointed) to poke x3=t2 (experiencer) under conditions x4=r3
xakmu'o
x1=m1=xa2 is exhausted / depleted / completely consumed by x2=xa2 by standard x3=m3; x1 is all used up / has run out.
jai'a
grammatically converts LAhE to SE; semantically the result tags the x1 of the selbri as being LAhE the supplied x1. Can be converted to other than x1 with SE.
ma'ai (exp!)
mansa modal, 1st place (satisfying evaluator) satisfied by …
nau'o (exp!)
pro-sumti whose referent's identity is unknown to the speaker
tu'ei
makes a new selbri, the first two places of which are to be filled with sumti from the first two abstraction places of the selbri following this word
voi'a (exp!)
pronoun analogical to the vo'a series for the fai-place.
kansele
x1 (entity) cancels x2 (event)
re zei taulka
x1 is a part of Lojban text representing rule 'tanru-unit-2' according to the first edition of the book 'The Complete Lojban Language'.