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Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2017 15:35:18 -0500
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The dot is implied, basically. It represents a glottal stop, but the
location of glottal stops are pretty obvious, so it becomes one of those
things which don't technically have to be written, but help with visually
parsing.

On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 9:08 PM, Forrest Cahoon <forrest.cahoon@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'm just starting to learn Lojban, using the Crash Course. I came across
> this:
>
> *pa mlatu cu pinxe i le mlatu cu taske*
> *There is a cat that is drinking. The cat is thirsty.*
>
> The course has introduced *.i* as a sentence separator, but not a lone *i* without
> the leading dot. When I tried this on the lojban parser at
> https://lojban.github.io/ilmentufa/glosser/glosser.htm, it appeared to be
> accepted as valid Lojban, so I guess it's not a mistake.
>
> What are the rules here? Is the dot not always required in front of the i
> sentence separator?
>
> Forrest
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">The dot is implied, basically. It represents a glottal sto=
p, but the location of glottal stops are pretty obvious, so it becomes one =
of those things which don&#39;t technically have to be written, but help wi=
th visually parsing.</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmai=
l_quote">On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 9:08 PM, Forrest Cahoon <span dir=3D"ltr">=
&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:forrest.cahoon@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">forrest.c=
ahoon@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" =
style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><di=
v dir=3D"ltr">I&#39;m just starting to learn Lojban, using the Crash Course=
. I came across this:<div><br></div><div><b style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-=
family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify">pa mlatu cu pinxe i le=
 mlatu cu taske</b><br style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;fon=
t-size:14px;text-align:justify"><i style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sa=
ns-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify">There is a cat that is drinking=
. The cat is thirsty.</i><br></div><div><br></div><div>The course has intro=
duced <b>.i</b>=C2=A0as a sentence separator, but not a lone <b>i</b>=C2=A0=
without the leading dot. When I tried this on the lojban parser at=C2=A0<a =
href=3D"https://lojban.github.io/ilmentufa/glosser/glosser.htm" target=3D"_=
blank">https://lojban.github.io/<wbr>ilmentufa/glosser/glosser.htm</a>, it =
appeared to be accepted as valid Lojban, so I guess it&#39;s not a mistake.=
</div><div><br></div><div>What are the rules here? Is the dot not always re=
quired in front of the i sentence separator?</div><span class=3D"HOEnZb"><f=
ont color=3D"#888888"><div><br></div><div>Forrest</div><div><br></div></fon=
t></span></div><span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888">

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