[lojban-beginners] Re: welcome and question about brivla recognizing

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

On 7/21/08, Mateusz Grotek <unoduetre@poczta.onet.pl> wrote:
> Oh, sorry, I've reread you post, and i suppose i misunderstood you. Could
> you explain me why exactly do you need to know all rafsi forms in (3) and
> (4).

For (3): to know that "tosmabru" breaks as "to smabru", you need
to recognize that "smabru" consists of two rafsi sma-bru. In contrast,
"tosmaksi" is a brivla and doesn't break, because "smaksi" is not a
lujvo. It cannot be sma-ksi, as "ks" is not a valid initial, so "ksi" is not
a possible rafsi. Also "tosmanku'i" is a valid brivla form, because
"smanku'i" is not a lujvo.

Similarly for (4): "slinku'i" is not valid because "linku'i" is a
string of rafsi:
lin-ku'i. But "slinkupi" is fine, because "linkupi" is not a rafsi string.

mu'o mi'e xorxes