On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 8:10 PM, Álvaro Vallejo
<avallejor@gmail.com> wrote:
.uesai
- "The initial period can never be omitted before vowels (if they are phonetically
vowels. {ui} = [wi], so no dot is necessary). "
- "ui does not begin in a vowel. Therefore, no denpa bu is needed."
Well... I am really shocked! How is it that "u" is not a vowel? It IS a vowel or I should start learning again Lojban from zero: it's name is indeed ybu, isn't it?
No, {ybu} is the name of the letter "y". The name of the letter "u" is "ubu". And similarly for the other vowels. The consonants are just named by the consonant itself plus "y": by, cy, dy, ...
stevo
(Chapter 1 of Lojban for beginners, Chapter 2 of CLL)...
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