Appendix:Lojban/ke

Particle

 * 1) start grouping in a ' (compound word); the group is closed by '
 * le pelxu je ke barda finpe ke'e prenu
 * “the yellow and large-fish-type of person”, i.e. “the person who is yellow and has got some property of large fishes”
 * le sutra ke bunre lorxu cu plipe ga'u le lazni gerku
 * The quick brown fox jumps above the lazy dog.

Usage notes

 * Compare the first example above to this one:
 * “the person who has some property of fishes which are large and yellow”
 * “the person who has some property of fishes which are large and yellow”


 * Compare the second example to this one:
 * "the swift-kind-of-brown fox jumps above the lazy dog.
 * "the swift-kind-of-brown fox jumps above the lazy dog.


 * The  is an elidable terminator, which is to say that the ke'e may be elided from the sentence if the parse structure remains the same.