Return-Path: <@FINHUTC.HUT.FI:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET> Received: from FINHUTC.hut.fi by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0qQHTD-000023C; Tue, 19 Jul 94 18:52 EET DST Message-Id: Received: from FINHUTC.HUT.FI by FINHUTC.hut.fi (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 3646; Tue, 19 Jul 94 18:51:10 EET Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin MAILER@SEARN) by FINHUTC.HUT.FI (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 3645; Tue, 19 Jul 1994 18:51:10 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 2851; Tue, 19 Jul 1994 17:50:21 +0200 Date: Tue, 19 Jul 1994 11:48:01 EDT Reply-To: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Sender: Lojban list From: Jorge Llambias Subject: Re: lojban writing and speaking rules X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 888 Lines: 22 Colin's explanation was very clear, but I have one comment. > In speech > ========= > P1. All consonant-final words must be followed by a pause > P2. All vowel-initial words must be preceded by a pause > P3. Pauses are not permitted within words > P4. Pauses are optional at all other word junctures > > S1. The penultimate vowel of a brivla must be stressed (this applies to > words which are morphologically brivla, and not cmavo functioning as brivla > such as "go'i" or "remoi") > S2. All other syllables may be stressed or not at will > S3. If the syllable preceding a brivla is stressed, it must be followed by > a pause Consider the lujvo {blableblibloblu} (don't ask me what it means). The syllable "blo" must be stressed, but if you stress "bla" or "ble" as well, you get the tanru {blable blibloblu} and {blablebli bloblu} respectively, so rule S2 has some exceptions. Jorge