[lojban-beginners] Re: Stress.

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 11:27:06AM -0700, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 12:28:36PM -0500, Chris Capel wrote:
> > On 9/2/06, HeliodoR <exitconsole@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> Well, {fe'ire'a} is 2 words in a cmavo cluster. So it's {fE'i
> > >> rE'a}. mu'o mi'e komfo,amonan
> > >
> > >But you can say them as one word, can't you?
> > 
> > If you mean to ask, can you stress them so that they become a
> > lujvo, then no. If you mean, can you stress E in re'a and have
> > them be interpreted the same (as two cmavo), then I think yes. I
> > think there might be a danger of confusion if you say them
> > directly after a brivla, and you don't stress the brivla.
> 
> It is *always* in error to fail to stress brivla.  Otherwise
> "miklama" parses two ways; there happens to be no word "mikla",
> but there are other examples where both possibilities are valid.

Thought about it more, ran a search.  "letadjicaku" can parse as "le
ta djica ku" or "le tadji ca ku", both completely valid and
sensible.

-Robin

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