Return-Path: Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0tFRTt-0000ZTC; Tue, 14 Nov 95 21:57 EET Message-Id: Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id 40B07264 ; Tue, 14 Nov 1995 20:57:20 +0100 Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 18:21:16 +0000 Reply-To: ucleaar Sender: Lojban list From: ucleaar Subject: Re: rafsi for "jai" should be "jax-" X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 963 Lines: 26 Djan: > > (Why tolglico?) > Since "x" is nalglico, rafsi with "CVx" are tolglico. Diu se logji no da. > > How does it work? Does {jai bai broda} turn into {jaxybaibroda}? > I suppose, although Nick/lojbab mostly seemed to want it for > "jai broda", qua substitute for "broda gasnu". Is {jai broda} grammatical? Doesn't it have to be followed by a BAI? And shouldn't the substitute for {broda gasnu} ne {jai zei gau zei broda}? > > On the subject of {jai}, could anyone tell me if JAI FA is > > possible (rather than JAI BAI) > As of now, no. If you seriously want it, propose it now, with supporting > examples that can't easily be expressed in other ways. I seriously propose it, because it means selmao SE can be derived from (or conceived of as allomorphs of) JAI + FA. (Also, it affords a way of deprivileging x1, which lacks a SE.) The case for it is merely one of formal elegance. Nothing new can be said, since the job is already done by SE. --- And