Description:

The modifier 'lo' is used to construct similes of various kinds. It requires an object in the nominative case. It is often used as an adverb, where the action of the verb is being compared to some noun. With the copular verb 'an' it is used to make direct similes. Examples:

Y settas se an lo ny lelu.
'A whale is like a fish.'

A atuin se zisse lo ny Kanatas yn.
'The person speaks like a Canadian'

The later is a way of referring to someone's accent.

When used with nouns, 'lo' typically introduces an example of that noun if the referent is a category of things or can be interpreted that way, or conversely it can introduce a type or a list of types if the referent is something very specific.

In any of these cases, 'lo' may have a series of objects in the nominative case connected with commas and/or conjunctions.