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From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com>
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Subject: [lojban-beginners] Questions from the eternal newbie...
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Pardon my high specific gravity, but Lojban just doesn't
fit into my head easily.

1. Referring to _What is Lojban?_, p 101:

{le ti bajra tavla}  "the this-one's runner talks"

Are the {ku} and {cu} elidable as shown?? What prevents
this from being a tanru? In the two prior examples,
which are similar, the {cu} is not elided.

2. Supposedly (p 102) this is the same as
{le bajra pe ti tavla}

Hmmm. OK. So what are the ways to say "my cat"? Are
all these valid?

   {le mlatu pe mi}
   {le pe mi mlatu}
   {le mi mlatu}

3. Finally, on p 105 we have the implication operators
"=>" ({na.a}, {naja}, ...)

In parens it says "(if a then b; a only if b)" -- am I
crazy, or should that be "(...; b only if a)" ?

And is this operator the same as "iff" (if and only if)?
Sometimes I think I'm smart, but lately I feel very stupid.


Thanks,
Hal