[lojban-beginners] Re: Whitespace in written text

[Minimiscience <minimiscience@gmail.com>]

de'i li 05 pi'e 08 pi'e 2009 la'o fy. Joshua Choi .fy. cusku zoi skamyxatra.
> 1) Is it okay for the spaces be omitted around a period in Lojban text? I 
> don't think there can be any ambiguity there:
>   la mari,as.ninmu .i dunda fi la.alis.fe le cukta .i ta blota
.skamyxatra

Yes, it is allowed, as long as you don't omit the period as well.

> 2) Lojban has mandatory pauses, but is it okay in speech for a pause to 
> happen anywhere (as it's bound to happen in human conversation):
>   Spoken: la . mari.as . ninmu . . . i dunda . . fi la .alis. fe le .  
> cukta . i . ta blota

Pauses may occur anywhere between words; they may not occur in the middle of a
word, as that would break it apart into two or more words.

mu'omi'e .kamymecraijun.

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