[lojban-beginners] Re: .eosai ko viska le ckule jibri be mi

[Michael van der Gulik <mikevdg@gulik.co.nz>]

Jon Reeves wrote:

> .ui ki'e la filip.
>
> The la seems to be omitted a lot - i don't think it is optional though?
:-). Thanks for pointing it out. The "la" is probably omitted because it 
isn't used in English. It would be weird to say "Thanks, the Philip". 
I'm still getting used to it. I know that "la" just means that the 
following is a name.

I've just read that "coi djan" is the same as "coi la djan". That feels 
weird, but you get that when learning a new language. It took me ages to 
accept that "lekker" really was an authentic Dutch word.

BTW, is it permissable and/or correct to use punctuation and numerals? E.g.

{lu'o 3 lo gerku cu batci mi}

or

{mi cusku "hello"}

rather than the typographically verbose:

{mi cusku zoi .glic hello .glic}

Mikevdg.