From lojban-out@lojban.org Tue Jan 11 05:05:11 2005 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 74657 invoked from network); 11 Jan 2005 13:05:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.172) by m13.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 11 Jan 2005 13:05:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 11 Jan 2005 13:05:10 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1CoLht-0000W1-Nw for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 05:05:09 -0800 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CoLhK-0000U7-PS; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 05:04:34 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 11 Jan 2005 05:04:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from phma.hn.org ([216.189.113.165] helo=blackcat.ixazon.lan) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CoLgt-0000S0-6m for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 05:04:08 -0800 Received: by blackcat.ixazon.lan (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 9E7018463; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:03:33 +0000 (UTC) Organization: dis Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 08:03:33 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <737b61f30501102006796a00ae@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <737b61f30501102006796a00ae@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by Ecartis Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200501110803.33217.phma@phma.hn.org> X-archive-position: 9228 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: phma@phma.hn.org X-list: lojban-list To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-From: Pierre Abbat From: Pierre Abbat Reply-To: phma@phma.hn.org Subject: [lojban] Re: pronunciation with cmavo and brivla X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 23617 On Monday 10 January 2005 23:06, Chris Capel wrote: > The reference grammar, chapter 4, section 2, example 2.8, says that to > pronounce "le RE NANmu", you need to say "le RE. NANmu". The pause is > required, it says, because otherwise it could confuse someone about > NAN being the first syllable of nanmu. But isn't this ambiguity taken > care of by nanmu's CVC/CV form? Why is the pause necessary in > addition? It isn't for two-syllable brivla. It is necessary for a lot of three-syllable or longer brivla, such as {jbojbena} and {krataigo}. phma -- My monthly periods happen once per year. -Les Perles de la médecine