[lojban-beginners] Re: Now what?

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

zo cmevla cu se smuni lu cmene valsi li'u .i va'i pa cmevla ro roi
valsi pa mei .i ku'i pa cmene cu vasru su'o valsi

-Robin

On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 07:54:24PM -0400, ANDREW PIEKARSKI wrote:
> I understand....I think...trouble is, neither "Lojban for
> Beginners" nor the Reference Grammar even mention cmevla.  In what
> way are cmevla different from cmene?
> 
> - Andrew
> 
> --- Nathaniel Krause <nathanielkrause@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > ANDREW PIEKARSKI <totus@rogers.com> wrote: What on
> > earth is Dot Side?  I can't find the proposal
> > anywhere - only some commentaries about it.
> > 
> > - Andrew
> > 
> > The so-called Dot Side opposes the orthodox position
> > on the rules for forming and creating a cmevla.
> > According to the orthodox view, no cmevla may
> > contain the sounds "doi", "la", or "lai", unless
> > they are immediately preceded by a consonant. Thus,
> > Germany cannot be called {la doitclant.} and the
> > Dalai Lama cannot be called {la dalailaman.}
> > However, the advantage of the orthodox position is
> > that there is no need to place a pause (dot) in
> > between the words {doi}, {la}, or {lai} and a
> > cmevla. For instance, in the phrase {.i la lojban.
> > mo}, there is no pause inbetween {la} and {lojban.}
> > 
> > The so-called Dot Side proposes the opposite rule,
> > that the sounds "doi", "la", or "lai" should be
> > allowed in cmevla, but every cmevla must always be
> > preceded by a dot. Thus one could say {.i la
> > .lojban. mo} or {.i la .doitclant. mo} or {.i la
> > .dalailaman. mo}.
> > 
> > Please note that, when a cmevla follows any word
> > besides {doi}, {la}, or {lai}, both sides agree that
> > there must be a pause before the cmevla. For
> > instance, everyone agrees that {be'e .andruv.} and
> > {mi'e .djan.} are correct.
> > 
> > mu'o mi'e .sen.
> > 
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> 

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