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[jbovlaste] Re: Military ranks



  I know that I've discussed this before, but I can't for the life of me find my emails on it.  But yeah, my proposed system of military ranks in lojban was lujvo based on combinations PA+moi jatna and vipsi...
              --gejyspa


 
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
On Thursday 28 April 2011 13:57:15 A. PIEKARSKI wrote:
> Would a comma suffice, as in "jatcrxof,pano"?

It suffices (and isn't even necessary) in this case, but if the number is ze,
you need a vowel. "jatnrxof,ze" is invalid.

> What advantage would "zelmoikle jianrale" offer over "zelmoikle jatna"?

"jianrale" without a number gives a general idea of the rank of general. A
jatna can be any rank, and doesn't even have to be in the military.

Pierre
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