[lojban-beginners] Re: Quizlet problems

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Friday 30 October 2009 08:08:49 tijlan wrote:
> A cmene is something that the gadri "la" makes. "la" can be attached
> to e.g. "jbobau" or "lojban". So both "la jbobau" and "la lojban" are
> cmene. The difference is of course the thing to which the gadri is
> attached, i.e. selgadri. "jbobau" has a consonant cluster and ends
> with a vowel, that is the definition for brivla. "lojban" ends with a
> consonant, that is the definition for cmevla. Both brivla and cmevla
> are no cmene without "la".

Also you can attach "la" to a phrase, such as "la kolmba sovda stedu" or "la 
kot.diVUAR". The latter phrase is two cmevla, but one cmene.

ta'o la kolmba sovda stedu cu du la linto ji la gusni?

Pierre

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