[lojban-beginners] Re: grand mother

[Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 4:07 AM, Brett Williams <mungojelly@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:
> so... what is the difference between a cmene and a cmevla?

A cmene is a name.  "Brett Williams" is a cmene, as is "se ckiku",
though neither one has any cmevla in it.

A cmevla is a category of Lojban word.  They're the only words in
Lojban that end in consonants.

So you can use a cmevla as a cmene, just as you can use a brivla as a
selbri, but you can also use a brivla for a cmene, if you have a
selbri cmene. :)

 

  Brett filed to mention the converse is not true.  A cmevla (like luk) can't be used for anything but a name (either by itself when addressing someone directly -- coi luk., or with a la in front of it when used as a sumti -- la luk. klama lo zdani (Luke went to the house).
(Although you can convert a la+cmevla to a selbri by sticking "me" in front of it -- la pamelas. du pa me la anderson. (Pamela is one of the Andersons)
                      --gejyspa