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On 8/26/05, Aleksej R. Serdyukov <deletesoftware@yandex.ru> wrote:

> >>Will {zai basna bu tcita bu} work to mark that?
> >
> > In what context?
> 
> I'd thought that zai . . shows that, since this place, the text will be
> using the alphabet specified by it?

Not the text, just the lerfu that come after it. The alphabet used to write 
the text is not specified within the text. Alphabet shifts really don't have
much use in the language.
 
> > {zai} converts the following lerfu or tei-foi group into an
> > alphabet shift, so you'd probably want
> > {zai tei basna bu tcita bu foi} or {zai basnytcita bu}.
> 
> The list says "zai" is a 2-word letteral shift. So does jbofi'e think.

Yes, {zai} is the first word, and the immediately following lerfu or 
tei-foi group is the second "word". 

> It's an edited alphabet, isn't it?

But what will you use it for? When would it be needed?

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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