Appendix:Lojban/sei

Particle

 * 1) Inserts a metalinguistic clause into a sentence; often used to interrupt a quotation to state who said it.
 * lu xu da mi prali sei la alis pensi le nu tavla le vi smacu li'u
 * "Would it be of any use, now," thought Alice, "to speak to this mouse?"

Usage notes

 * A clause begun with sei can be ended with the elidable terminator.
 * The within the clause begun with sei should not have any  following it unless it/these are attached to the  through /. Otherwise the trailing  will not be recognized by the Lojban grammar as being plugged in to that : this feature helps a sei-clause to end "naturally" without recourse to the elidable terminator.