[lojban-beginners] Re: Lojban forms of names

[tijlan <picos.picos@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 5:54 PM, Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 12:34 PM, tijlan <picos.picos@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Would it be not possible to use something like "-" as a consonant
>> placeholder? Example:
>>
>> Angela --> la .andjela-.
>> Antonio --> la .antonio-.
>
> Those two happen to be grammatical, but they are fu'ivla rather than
> cmevla. (Cluster "ndj" is not allowed actually, but if it were, it
> would be a fu'ivla.) But that's not always an option. For example {la
> .sara-.} parses as thee cmavo: la sa ra
>
> mu'o mi'e xorxes


I suppose that is because {-} isn't counted as a consonant equal to
{s} in the first place. What if the parser is designed so that it
treats {-} just like {s}?


mu'o mi'e tijlan