Preverb marking: Difference between revisions
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|mi <mark>tawa ja</mark> telo e kasi.
|I'm <mark>going (in order) to</mark> water the plants.
|3=mi <mark>tawa<span style="display:inline-block;transform:scaleX(-1);">lo</span></mark>telo e kasi}}
{{Example
|mi <mark>open ja</mark> <mark>olin ja</mark> telo e kasi.
|I'm <mark>starting to</mark> <mark>love</mark> watering the plants.
|3=mi <mark>open <span style="display:inline-block;transform:scaleX(-1);">lo</span></mark> <mark>olin <span style="display:inline-block;transform:scaleX(-1);">lo</span></mark>telo e kasi}}
{{tp|ja}} allows unambiguous [[modifiers|modification]] of preverbs by putting multiple [[content words]] before it.
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|mi <mark>wile mute ja</mark> sona e ni
|I <mark>really want</mark> to know this.
|3=mi <mark>wile mute <span style="display:inline-block;transform:scaleX(-1);">lo</span></mark>sona e ni}}
Well-established preverbs can be marked with {{tp|ja}} for clarification, but this is not required. When using well-established preverbs in the same sentence, all preverbs before the last {{tp|ja}} should be marked by {{tp|ja}} to avoid ambiguity, but preverbs after the last {{tp|ja}} can remain unmarked.
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|mi pali e ni <mark>lo kepeken wawa ja</mark> luka mi.
|I made this <mark>by using</mark> my hands <mark>with a lot of force</mark>.
|3=mi pali e ni <mark>lo kepeken wawa <span style="display:inline-block;transform:scaleX(-1);">lo</span></mark>luka mi}}
{{Example
|soko li <mark>lo ante mute ja</mark> leko.
|Mushrooms are <mark>very different from</mark> squares.
|3=soko li <mark>lo ante mute <span style="display:inline-block;transform:scaleX(-1);">lo</span></mark>leko}}
=== Semantics ===
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