[lojban-beginners] Re: Distinguishing Type 3 and 4 fu'ivla

[Minimiscience <minimiscience@gmail.com>]

de'i li 24 pi'e 08 pi'e 2009 la'o fy. H. Felton .fy. cusku zoi skamyxatra.
> Is there a way to always distinguish between Type 3 and Type 4
> fu'ivla?  "cidjrspageti" is a Type 3 fu'ivla based on Lojbanizing
> "spaghetti" to "spageti", and then attaching "cidj-" from the rafsi
> for "cidja" for "food" and an r-hyphen.  However, upon first
> encountering that word in text could it not also be a Type 3 fu'ivla
> based on a longer natural language word?
.skamyxatra

Assuming you meant "could it not also be a Type 4 fu'ivla," yes, it could be
either, and there is no foolproof way to tell the two types apart.  Considering
that external knowledge is required in order to understand any type of
{fu'ivla} in the first place, I don't think this is much of a drawback.

mu'omi'e .kamymecraijun.

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