ro
Keywords: prepositions, modifiers, adjectives, adverbs, relative clauses, dependent clauses
| Pronunciation (IPA): | ro |
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| Part of Speech: | modifier |
| Class: | preposition |
| Forms: | ro, ro-' |
| Glosses: | away, away from, moving away,, from, because, NTS, according to |
Description:
The modifier 'ro' can take a nominative case object and implies the referent is moving away from the obect, or the general sense of 'from'. It can be used indepenently. It also has an unstressed prefix form which acts as an intensifier (NTS), indicating longer duration or more intense activiity.
Example:
slek - eat
roslék - devour
'Ro' also exists alongside 'rowéro' with the meaning of 'because', usually appearing as 'ro sin' plus a dependent clause.
Idiomatically, if the object of ro is something capable of expressing an opinion, like a person or an organisation or a book, it can have the sense of 'according to".