[lojban-beginners] Re: nice to meet you

[m.kornig@sondal.net]

Selon Karl Naylor <karl.org@gmail.com>:

> On 15/06/07, m.kornig@sondal.net <m.kornig@sondal.net> wrote:
>
> > > I think it's worth pointing out that {.oinai ro'a} and {.oi nai
> > > ro'a}, and even {.oinairo'a} are exactly the same. Since they're
> > What about the stress rule "For words consisting of two or
> > more syllables: stress the last but one syllable." Doesn't
> > it apply here as anywhere else?
>
> 1) the stress rule only applies to brivla as far as I know.

Hi Karl. This is not my understanding of the rule.

> However I
> *think* it's forbidden to stress a syllable immediately preceding a
> mandatorily-stressed syllable, eg. you may say {so'u GERku} or {SO'u
> GERku},

The latter is okay, the former vioates the rule (as I understand it,
i.e. you *must* stress the last but one syllable).

> but not {so'U GERku}.

{so'U} violates the rule (since {u} is the last syllable of a two-syllable
word).

> If it's not forbidden, it's at least
> bad practice.  Can anyone clarify?

Yes, I would appreciate that, too.

> 2) dropping the spaces between cmavo does not turn two (or more) words
> into one.  {.oinairo'a} is three words;

What is the meaning of spaces then. I thought space are used to
seperate words???

There is an exception with names, though. Because
there, seperation is achieved by points rather than by spaces.
Example: {bil.geits.}

> you can tell because there are
> no consonant pairs.

My understanding is: syllables can have a fairly large number of cosonants.
There may be a group of consonants both before and after the
vowel/diphthong. For instance, the name {ctrykts.} is
okay. It has only one syllable.

Again, could somebody clarify, please?

Martin