re
Keywords: prepositions, modifiers, adjectives, adverbs, relative clauses, dependent clauses
| Pronunciation (IPA): | re |
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| Part of Speech: | modifier |
| Class: | preposition, noxaj |
| Forms: | re, ren |
| Glosses: | about, with, topic, subject, theme, pertain |
Description:
The modifier 're' is used to introduce a topic or subject or theme. It can be used with either nouns or verbs that can sensibly have a topic. It glosses as 'about'.
Derived as a term, ren, it can be a noun or a verb. As a noun it means topic, subject or theme. As a verb, it is a noxaj verb meaning to pertain, with an absolutive sobject which is the thing taked about, and a dative indirect object which is the subject that pertains to.