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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:53:49 -0800 (PST)
From: "A. PIEKARSKI" <totus@rogers.com>
Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Help! The Xorlo are attacking!
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No, 
> you got it completely reversed. cmevla refers to words than end in 
> a
consonant, such as {aionys} and cmene refers to every word that is used as 
> a
name (i.o.w. after {la}) such as in {la mlatu}.

Unfortunately lojban 
> for beginners confuses the words somewhat.

Actually, neither "Lojban for Beginners" nor CLL even mention cmevla.  
CLL states: 'The final vowel distinguishes brivla from cmene, which 
always end in a consonant' (Chater 4 Section3).

No wonder everyone is confused!  Exactly where are cmene and cmevla 
definitively defined?

totus