On Saturday, January 24, 2015 at 8:34:29 PM UTC-8, volcpitar wrote:I looked up "house" and "apartment" on Jbovlaste and found "zdadi'u" and "kumyzda."
I like using http://vlasisku.lojban.org/
Then you can place your mouse over the parts of a lujvo and see the gismu place structure. Why would "zdadi'u" not be more appropriate for "apartment building"?
{kumyzda} splits into {kumfa zdani} which we can think of as "room type of home"
So it's referring to an apartment, not an apartment building.
How can the order of the rafsi in the two terms be inconsistent?
{zdadi'u} splits into {zdani dinju} which we can think of as "home type of building".
I think you will agree this makes more sense than "building type of home" since homes are generally buildings now.
This brings us to the fact that using zdadi'u will be overly specific in most cases (zdani is enough).----
I'll leave explanation of lujvo creation and place structure for people who are qualified.
I haven't read about it yet: http://alexburka.com/lojban/cll/lojban.html#12