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[lojban-beginners] Re: nice to meet you
Selon Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>:
> On 6/15/07, Karl Naylor <karl.org@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 1) the stress rule only applies to brivla as far as I know.
>
> Correct, with a minor caveat for cmavo.
>
> What you cannot do is put a final stress on a cmavo that is followed
> immediately by an UNSTRESSED syllable of a brivla, unless you
> put a pause between them. Otherwise {MU pliVALsi} becomes {mupli valsi},
> for example.
>
> Other than that restriction on cmavo, they can be freely stessed.
> There are no restrictions on cmevla stress.
OK. I've learned something. Thanks.
Martin