Re: [lojban-beginners] Fullstop

[mudri <jammyatjammy@gmail.com>]

Because we can.

Seriously, spaces are often* unneeded, and running cmavo together into "cmavo clusters" can be clearer. A good example is with numbers, where I'd prefer to say {li pano} = "the-number 10", rather than {li pa no} (which is like writing "the-number 1 0"). Cmavo clusters are easy to split up; each cmavo starts with a consonant (other than apostrophe, but including full stop), which is followed by vowels, and maybe an apostrophe.

*(Not important:) If stress is marked (as it is in speech), no spaces are needed. Stress/spaces are needed to distinguish between {rodbo'e bai ko'a} and {rodbo'ebai ko'a}. Written with no spaces, they are {rodbó'ebaikó'a} and {rodbo'ébaikó'a}, respectively.

On Saturday, 24 November 2012 00:48:06 UTC, Annie wrote:

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 <ph...@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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