Re: [lojban-beginners] Fullstop

[Annie <park.annie@asb.gaggle.net>]

Why would you want to elide two words together like that, when you can just space between them?

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On Nov 21, 2012, at 10:51 PM, Pierre Abbat <phma@bezitopo.org> wrote:

> On Wednesday, November 21, 2012 13:18:39 Annie wrote:
>> All that makes since, the full stop separating one word from a word that
>> begins a vowel and all. However, I've seen it in the middle of words
>> before. What's that for? Sent from my iPod
> 
> It's actually separating two words, but they're written run together. For 
> example:
> 
> la .kot.divuár. na.e la .pyd. xazdo
> Côte d'Ivoire not-and Tibet Asian
> Côte d'Ivoire is not Asian, but Tibet is.
> 
> "kot.divuar" is two words, but a single name. "na.e" is two words, but a 
> single conjunction, and the second word begins with a vowel. ("naje" is also 
> two words, and logically the same conjunction, but it connects a different kind 
> of phrase.)
> 
> ta'e la .kot.divuár. du la xantyde'i xaskoi
> 
> Pierre
> -- 
> li ze te'a ci vu'u ci bi'e te'a mu du
> li ci su'i ze te'a mu bi'e vu'u ci
> 
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