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On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 6:22 AM, Stela Selckiku <selckiku@gmail.com> wrote:
> How long should a word be marked with "za'e"?

I use it very sparingly.

>Does it mean that a
> word is being used for the very first time, or should it be used as
> long as a word is likely to be unfamiliar or isn't yet found in
> dictionaries?

Only to warn that a word may not have the meaning you expect it might
have. For most lujvo, this is not the case. It's similar to the use of
scare quotes in English.

> I'm thinking particularly of a situation that I often find myself in:
> I want to use a word that I already thought of a long time ago, but I
> only used it a few times before, and no one has particularly noticed
> it, or at least no one uses it except me. =A0Should I mark those words
> with "za'e" when I bring them out again?

Probably not even the first time, if its meaning is clear.

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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