[lojban-beginners] Re: Wikipedia

["Jorge Llambías" <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On 8/11/07, Vid Sintef <picos.picos@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Beginning with a vowel is ok for stage 1 & 2 fu'ivla as they are used
> in distinct constructs like {me la'o sy. avocado sy.} or {me la
> .abakatat.} respectively; but stage 3 fu'ivla are exposed directly in
> a sentence with other words.

Stage 3 fu'ivla always start with CVCC-r-C, CCVC-r-C or CVC-r-C,
so they never start with a vowel.

But stage 4 fu'ivla (those that don't have a rafsi classifier) can start
with a vowel.

> If having a vowel at the beginning is
> valid for all fu'ivla, will the unambiguity/easiness of parsing a
> Lojban sentence be still always the case?

No ambiguity in parsing is ever permitted.

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