[lojban-beginners] Re: towns and countries

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

On 1/9/08, Penguino <spheniscine@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> [sylanor]
> couldn't break up into [la sy la nor.], since [sy] would require a pause
> (However it does break up in la jbofi'e),

In general Cy don't require to be followed by a pause except in a very
special context (when both preceded directly by a CV cmavo and
followed directly by a brivla or CVV cmavo). But I believe CLL does
give as a safe rule to always pause after them.

> so perhaps it can be left well
> alone, along with [la srilankas.], which also cannot break up. But that
> would greatly complicate the cmevla morphological rules.

But if you stress the first {la} of {la srilankas}, and don't pause after it,
you get {lasri la nkas}.

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