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Subject: Re: [lojban] End vowel for slot?
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On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 9:11 PM, TR NS <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hope it's okay to discuss conlang variations of Lojban on this list. As an
> armchair conlanger, I can't help but wonder about a few "what-ifs" as I
> read the CLL. One that keeps coming back to me is the idea that the last
> vowel of a brivla (is that the right word?) could specify the slot
> intended, instead of having to to use `se`, `te`, `ve` or `xe`.
>
>     klama     =>  klama
>     se klama  =>  klame
>     te klama  =>  klami
>     ve klama  =>  klamo
>     xe klama  =>  klamu
>
> It just seems a very natural extension of the predicate nature of Lojban's
> words.
>

That would work for gismu, but not for brivla in general, unless you also
drastically reduce the number of available rafsi.

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">=
On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 9:11 PM, TR NS <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mai=
lto:transfire@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">transfire@gmail.com</a>&gt;</spa=
n> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hope it&#39;s okay to discuss conlang variat=
ions of Lojban on this list. As an armchair conlanger, I can&#39;t help but=
 wonder about a few &quot;what-ifs&quot; as I read the CLL. One that keeps =
coming back to me is the idea that the last vowel of a brivla (is that the =
right word?) could specify the slot intended, instead of having to to use `=
se`, `te`, `ve` or `xe`.=C2=A0<div>
<br></div><div><font face=3D"courier new, monospace">=C2=A0 =C2=A0 klama =
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =3D&gt; =C2=A0klama</font></div><div><font face=3D"courier ne=
w, monospace">=C2=A0 =C2=A0 se klama =C2=A0=3D&gt; =C2=A0klame</font></div>=
<div><font face=3D"courier new, monospace">=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0</font><span =
style=3D"font-family:&#39;courier new&#39;,monospace">te klama =C2=A0=3D&gt=
; =C2=A0</span><span style=3D"font-family:&#39;courier new&#39;,monospace">=
klami</span></div>
<div><font face=3D"courier new, monospace">=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0</font><span =
style=3D"font-family:&#39;courier new&#39;,monospace">ve klama =C2=A0=3D&gt=
; =C2=A0</span><span style=3D"font-family:&#39;courier new&#39;,monospace">=
klamo</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-family:&#39;courier new&#39;,mon=
ospace">=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"font-family:&#39;courier n=
ew&#39;,monospace">xe klama =C2=A0=3D&gt; =C2=A0</span><span style=3D"font-=
family:&#39;courier new&#39;,monospace">klamu</span></div>
<div><span style=3D"font-family:&#39;courier new&#39;,monospace"><br></span=
></div><div><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif">It just seems a very natural e=
xtension of the predicate nature of Lojban&#39;s words.</font></div></block=
quote>
<div><br></div><div>That would work for gismu, but not for brivla in genera=
l, unless you also drastically reduce the number of available rafsi.</div><=
div><br></div><div>mu&#39;o mi&#39;e xorxes</div><div><br></div></div></div=
>
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