[lojban-beginners] Re: nitcu le denpa lerfu fi ma

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Tuesday 25 December 2007 23:12, Penguino wrote:
> Correct. *cmevla* require a pause if they follow anything other than *la*,
> * lai*, *la'i* or *doi*.

Also, a cmevla requires a pause if it begins with a vowel: {lai .alp. 
ma'arlinsi}. So does any other word beginning with a vowel. If a word which 
must be followed by a pause is followed by a word that must be preceded by a 
pause, I write only one pause: {lai .alp. e lai .andes. ma'arlinsi .i la 
saras .odbenu}. Which one is arbitrary.

> A pause is needed after the first delimiter, and before the second. There's
> another one after the second *gy.* because it is a letter-word. If a
> non-letter-word was used then it won't be needed: "zoi zoi. something .zoi"

Thus {zoi zoi. borzoi .zoi} is a valid quotation. About {zoi ly. 
Lythraceae .ly.}, I'm not so sure.

The reason for requiring the pause after Cy (it's not required after {tei} and 
other words in BY that don't end in "y") is that, without it, a phrase such 
as {le my moi} sounds like a lujvo. If the Cy is followed by a CV cmavo, and 
the pause is moved after the CV, the pause still prevents it from being taken 
as a lujvo. So I say {le kybu. moi}.

Pierre