[lojban-beginners] Re: fu'ivla formation --- is this right?

[Robin <robin@bilkent.edu.tr>]

Petroff, Tamara wrote:
> coi rogo  
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> I’m a rank newbie just getting started working my way through the 
> reference grammar.
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> I had some fun today making fu’ivla and would like to get feedback on 
> whether or not I did it right.
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> I started with the Russian word “balalaika,” which is an instrument I 
> play.  When I set out to turn it into a fu’ivla, I thought “this is 
> ridiculous to have to prefix the word, what besides the musical 
> instrument could it possibly mean?”
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> Then I thought of balalaika perfume, Balalaika the movie, the Balalaika 
> restaurant in Paris, and the scanty triangular thongs that are being 
> advertised on eBay as “balalaika thongs.”  Hmm. 
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> So, here is my family of balalaika fu’ivla and associated questions:
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> “balalaika” requires no spelling adjustments to bring it into line with 
> lojban rules.

Doesn't it break up into "ba la laika"?

robin.tr


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