Return-Path: <@segate.sunet.se:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET> Received: from segate.sunet.se by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0spaWU-0000ZKC; Mon, 4 Sep 95 15:21 EET DST Message-Id: Received: from segate.sunet.se by segate.sunet.se (LSMTP for OpenVMS v0.1a) with SMTP id 1730D2D4 ; Mon, 4 Sep 1995 14:20:46 +0200 Date: Mon, 4 Sep 1995 13:20:41 BST Reply-To: Don Wiggins Sender: Lojban list From: Don Wiggins Subject: Re: Names X-To: lojban@cuvmb.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 646 Lines: 23 >>> mi veion zeime'e >> do veion zeiku >> do veion zeivau >> do veion zeizei > mi veion zeidu There seems appear to be many ways of saying 'I am X.', but I really want to know to say 'I am X Y.' where X is my given name and Y is my family name. mi'e dn. .uygnz. (I am Don Wiggins) How can you interpret this as I intend? If I go for mi'e dn. lanzu zei .uygnz. it's not really my name any more having three explanatory syllables in the middle. Is it possible to prepend or append a phrase as explanation to indicate the meaning of the parts of the name? co'o mi'e dn. uygnz.