From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Mon Sep 07 19:12:41 2009 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:12:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MkqCG-0005re-Vn for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:12:41 -0700 Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.120]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MkqC9-0005rL-0o for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:12:40 -0700 Received: from chausie ([71.75.215.96]) by cdptpa-omta02.mail.rr.com with ESMTP id <20090908021225512.TJCO16127@cdptpa-omta02.mail.rr.com> for ; Tue, 8 Sep 2009 02:12:25 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chausie (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF4404533 for ; Mon, 7 Sep 2009 22:12:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Pierre Abbat To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: le nikle gerku Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 22:12:19 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 (enterprise 0.20070907.709405) References: <5715b9300909071837k46a59dfbs76193e7fdb6ad31b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5715b9300909071837k46a59dfbs76193e7fdb6ad31b@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200909072212.21039.phma@phma.optus.nu> X-archive-position: 16102 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.optus.nu Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Monday 07 September 2009 21:37:38 Luke Bergen wrote: > wait, so the syllables of tcidu are "tcid" and "u". I would think that > they were "tci" and "du". Is it also "klam" - "a"? > > Is there some formal definition for how syllables work in lojban? I think that the guy who wrote the rules got syllables and phonemes confused. The only brivla that can start with "u" is a type-4 fu'ivla, such as "urdine" (a kind of fungus). Pierre To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.