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            <h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="section-place-conversion"></a>5.11. <a id="c5s11"></a>Conversion of simple selbri</h2>
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      <p><a id="idm47148572574192" class="indexterm"></a><a id="idm47148572573296" class="indexterm"></a><a id="idm47148572572432" class="indexterm"></a><a id="idm47148572571568" class="indexterm"></a><a id="idm47148572570704" class="indexterm"></a><a id="idm47148572569840" class="indexterm"></a><a id="idm47148572568720" class="indexterm"></a><a id="idm47148572567584" class="indexterm"></a><a id="idm47148572566736" class="indexterm"></a> Conversion is the process of changing a selbri so that its places appear in a different order. This is not the same as labeling the sumti with the cmavo of FA, as mentioned in 
    <a class="xref" href="section-be-sumti.html" title="5.7. Linked sumti: be-bei-be'o">Section 5.7</a>, and then rearranging the order in which the sumti are spoken or written. Conversion transforms the selbri into a distinct, though closely related, selbri with renumbered places.</p>
      <p>In Lojban, conversion is accomplished by placing a cmavo of selma'o SE before the selbri:</p>
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        <a id="example-random-id-29Gu"></a>
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          <strong>Example 5.109. 
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                <td>mi</td>
                <td>prami</td>
                <td>do</td>
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          <div class="informaltable">
            <table class="interlinear-gloss">
              <tr class="para">
                <td colspan="12321">
                  <p class="natlang">I love you.</p>
                </td>
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      <p class="noindent">is equivalent in meaning to:</p>
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        <a id="example-random-id-DWcN"></a>
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          <strong>Example 5.110. 
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              <colgroup></colgroup>
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                <td>do</td>
                <td>se</td>
                <td>prami</td>
                <td>mi</td>
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                <td>You</td>
                <td>[swap x1 and x2]</td>
                <td>love</td>
                <td>me.</td>
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                <td colspan="12321">
                  <p class="natlang">You are loved by me.</p>
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      <p class="indent">Conversion is fully explained in 
    <a class="xref" href="section-SE.html" title="9.4. Conversion: SE">Section 9.4</a>. For the purposes of this chapter, the important point about conversion is that it applies only to the following simple selbri. When trying to convert a tanru, therefore, it is necessary to be careful! Consider 
    <a class="xref" href="section-place-conversion.html#example-random-id-mPX8" title="Example 5.111. ">Example 5.111</a>:</p>
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          <strong>Example 5.111. 
        

<a id="idm47148572544768" class="indexterm"></a>


        <a id="c5e11d3"></a>
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                <td>la</td>
                <td>.alis.</td>
                <td>cu</td>
                <td>cadzu</td>
                <td>klama</td>
                <td>le</td>
                <td>zarci</td>
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                <td>That-named</td>
                <td>Alice</td>
                <td></td>
                <td>is-a-walker</td>
                <td>type-of-goer-to</td>
                <td>the</td>
                <td>market.</td>
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                <td>That-named</td>
                <td>Alice</td>
                <td></td>
                <td>walkingly</td>
                <td>goes-to</td>
                <td>the</td>
                <td>market.</td>
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                  <p class="natlang">Alice walks to the market.</p>
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      <p class="indent">To convert this sentence so that 
    <span xml:lang="jbo" class="foreignphrase" lang="jbo"><em xml:lang="jbo" class="foreignphrase" lang="jbo"><a id="idm47148572530992" class="indexterm"></a>le zarci</em></span> is in the x1 place, one correct way is:</p>
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          <strong>Example 5.112. 
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                <td>le</td>
                <td>zarci</td>
                <td>cu</td>
                <td>se</td>
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                <td>The</td>
                <td>market</td>
                <td></td>
                <td>is-a-[swap x1/x2]</td>
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                <td>The</td>
                <td>market</td>
                <td></td>
                <td></td>
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                <td>ke</td>
                <td>cadzu</td>
                <td>klama</td>
                <td>[ke'e]</td>
                <td>la</td>
                <td>.alis.</td>
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                <td>(</td>
                <td>walker</td>
                <td>type-of-goer-to</td>
                <td>)</td>
                <td>that-named</td>
                <td>Alice.</td>
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                <td></td>
                <td>is-walkingly</td>
                <td>gone-to-by</td>
                <td></td>
                <td>that-named</td>
                <td>Alice.</td>
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      <p class="indent"><a id="idm47148572513472" class="indexterm"></a><a id="idm47148572512160" class="indexterm"></a> The 
    <span xml:lang="jbo" class="foreignphrase" lang="jbo"><em xml:lang="jbo" class="foreignphrase" lang="jbo"><a id="idm47148572511040" class="indexterm"></a><a class="glossterm" href="go01.html#valsi-ke"><em class="glossterm">ke</em></a></em></span>…<span xml:lang="jbo" class="foreignphrase" lang="jbo"><em xml:lang="jbo" class="foreignphrase" lang="jbo"><a id="idm47148572508528" class="indexterm"></a><a class="glossterm" href="go01.html#valsi-kehe"><em class="glossterm">ke'e</em></a></em></span> brackets cause the entire tanru to be converted by the 
    <span xml:lang="jbo" class="foreignphrase" lang="jbo"><em xml:lang="jbo" class="foreignphrase" lang="jbo"><a id="idm47148572506128" class="indexterm"></a><a class="glossterm" href="go01.html#valsi-se"><em class="glossterm">se</em></a></em></span>, which would otherwise convert only 
    <span xml:lang="jbo" class="foreignphrase" lang="jbo"><em xml:lang="jbo" class="foreignphrase" lang="jbo"><a id="idm47148572503696" class="indexterm"></a><a class="glossterm" href="go01.html#valsi-cadzu"><em class="glossterm">cadzu</em></a></em></span>, leading to:</p>
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          <strong>Example 5.113. 
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                <td>le</td>
                <td>zarci</td>
                <td>cu</td>
                <td>se</td>
                <td>cadzu</td>
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                <td>The</td>
                <td>market</td>
                <td></td>
                <td>(is-a-[swap x1/x2]</td>
                <td>walker)</td>
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                <td>The</td>
                <td>market</td>
                <td></td>
                <td></td>
                <td>is-a-walking-surface</td>
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                <td>klama</td>
                <td>la</td>
                <td>.alis.</td>
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                <td>type-of-goer-to</td>
                <td>that-named</td>
                <td>Alice.</td>
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                <td>type-of-goer-to</td>
                <td>that-named</td>
                <td>Alice.</td>
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      <p class="noindent">whatever that might mean. An alternative approach, since the place structure of 
    <span xml:lang="jbo" class="foreignphrase" lang="jbo"><em xml:lang="jbo" class="foreignphrase" lang="jbo"><a id="idm47148572486288" class="indexterm"></a>cadzu klama</em></span> is that of 
    <span xml:lang="jbo" class="foreignphrase" lang="jbo"><em xml:lang="jbo" class="foreignphrase" lang="jbo"><a id="idm47148572484496" class="indexterm"></a><a class="glossterm" href="go01.html#valsi-klama"><em class="glossterm">klama</em></a></em></span> alone, is to convert only the latter:</p>
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        <a id="example-random-id-U0fo"></a>
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          <strong>Example 5.114. 
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              <colgroup></colgroup>
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                <td>le</td>
                <td>zarci</td>
                <td>cu</td>
                <td>cadzu</td>
                <td>se klama</td>
                <td>la</td>
                <td>.alis.</td>
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              <tr class="gloss">
                <td>The</td>
                <td>market</td>
                <td></td>
                <td>walkingly</td>
                <td>is-gone-to-by</td>
                <td>that-named</td>
                <td>Alice.</td>
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      <p class="indent">But the tanru in 
    <a class="xref" href="section-place-conversion.html#example-random-id-U0fo" title="Example 5.114. ">Example 5.114</a> may or may not have the same meaning as that in 
    <a class="xref" href="section-place-conversion.html#example-random-id-mPX8" title="Example 5.111. ">Example 5.111</a>; in particular, because 
    <span xml:lang="jbo" class="foreignphrase" lang="jbo"><em xml:lang="jbo" class="foreignphrase" lang="jbo"><a id="idm47148572472032" class="indexterm"></a><a class="glossterm" href="go01.html#valsi-cadzu"><em class="glossterm">cadzu</em></a></em></span> is not converted, there is a suggestion that although Alice is the goer, the market is the walker. With a different sumti as x1, this seemingly odd interpretation might make considerable sense:</p>
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        <a id="example-random-id-XEnd"></a>
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          <strong>Example 5.115. 
        <a id="c5e11d7"></a>
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              <colgroup></colgroup>
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                <td>la</td>
                <td>djan.</td>
                <td>cu</td>
                <td>cadzu</td>
                <td>se klama</td>
                <td>la</td>
                <td>.alis</td>
              </tr>
              <tr class="gloss">
                <td>That-named</td>
                <td>John</td>
                <td></td>
                <td>walkingly</td>
                <td>is-gone-to-by</td>
                <td>that-named</td>
                <td>Alice</td>
              </tr>
            </table>
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      <br class="example-break" />
      <p class="noindent">suggests that Alice is going to John, who is a moving target.</p>
      <p><a id="idm47148572460704" class="indexterm"></a><a id="idm47148572459472" class="indexterm"></a> There is an alternative type of conversion, using the cmavo 
    <span xml:lang="jbo" class="foreignphrase" lang="jbo"><em xml:lang="jbo" class="foreignphrase" lang="jbo"><a id="idm47148572457760" class="indexterm"></a><a class="glossterm" href="go01.html#valsi-jai"><em class="glossterm">jai</em></a></em></span> of selma'o JAI optionally followed by a modal or tense construction. Grammatically, such a combination behaves exactly like conversion using SE. More details can be found in 
    <a class="xref" href="section-modal-jai.html" title="9.12. Modal conversion: JAI">Section 9.12</a>.</p>
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