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[lojban-beginners] Hello!



Hello!

I'm a Japanese Jojban beginner.  I'm very poor at English, and
please put up with my strange English.

I'm studying Jojban with the book "The COMPLETE Lojban Language" 
(ISBN 0-9660283-0-9), but in this book I found a grammer and a
grammer.  I cannot even say "How are you?  I'm XXX...  And fine,
thank you...".  One of the reason is that this book is written
in English, therefore maybe I have misread it.  If this book
would be written in Japanese...

Today I have one question:  How do I write my name in Lojban?

Of course "Servanto de Homaro" is my pen name, my true name is
    HONGOU Zyun'itirou
"HONGOU" is my family name and "Zyun'itirou" is my personal name. 
And this latinization is Japanese style, in English style my
name is "Junichiro HONGO".  Pay attention,
    - "ou" in "HONGOU" and "Zyun'itirou" aren't same as English
      "ou" but simply long vowels of "o".
    - the apostrophe "'" between "Zyun" and "itirou" means a very
      short pause (or a glottal stop):  My name isn't
      "Zyu-ni-ti-rou" but "Zyun i-ti-rou".
    - "Zyun" is same as "Jun" in English, it isn't "zhun" in
      some Slavic languages.
    - "ti" is same as "chi" in English.

Lojban has neither the character "H" nor any long vowels, and
all names must end with a consonant.  How is the order of the
name elements?  I must say "Zyun'itirou HONGOU" as in English
style.  Must I use the English style instead of the Japanese
style?

Which is the best way?  Or other more better alternatives?

     1.  .ongous.djun.itcirous.
     2.  .ongoos.djun.itciroos.
     3.  .ongos.djun.itciros.
     4.  .ongus.djun.itcirus.
     5.  .ongus.jun.ikirus.
     6.  xongous.djun.itcirous.
     7.  xongoos.djun.itciroos.
     8.  xongos.djun.itciros.
     9.  xongus.djun.itcirus.
    10.  xongus.jun.ikirus.

{xon} isn't same as "hon", but I prefer to it rather than {on}.

Thanking you in anticipation,
        Zyun

# Would you please point out any mistakes of English to me in
# this message.

-- 
Servanto de Homaro <servantodehomaro@yahoo.co.jp>


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