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la .opilaumas. cu cusku di'e

> is it allowed to replace gismu with cmavo in an
> ordinary sentence? For example:
> {mi klama le zdani} = {mi kla le zda}
> And if it is not allowed, why?

The forms you are talking about are not cmavo but rafsi. They are combining forms of gismu, which are used in the formation of lujvo, and nowhere else. The reason is that they could be mistaken for cmavo; for example, {ni'u} (rafsi of {ninmu}) is also a cmavo indicating a negative number, clearly nothing to do with the concept 'female human being'.

fe'omi'e JEsikas.