[lojban-beginners] Re: making a cmene

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Saturday 15 July 2006 05:10, Earth Engine wrote:
> Shanghai -> canhais.
> Guangzhou -> guandjo,us.
>
> Is these cneme correct?

Neither is a well-formed word. {'} (occasionally written "h") does not occur 
next to a consonant, and {ndj} is a forbidden triple. I'd say {canxais}; for 
Guangzhou you could either insert a pause, {guan.djo,us}, or drop the {d}. 
Not sure whether to drop the {u}, as {ou} is two syllables in Lojban but only 
one in Chinese.

phma