Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: Jargon and Abbreviations

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Alex Rozenshteyn <rpglover64@gmail.com> wrote:
> {.i .uicai .ua ki'e}
>
> Are there rules/guidelines for making legal (i.e. non-clashing) zi'evla?

Yes, but they are somewhat complicated. You can find a list of forms here:

http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=Exhaustive+list+of+short+fu'ivla+forms

> What stops {sorpece} from being read as {sorpe ce}?  Stress? {sorPEce} vs
> {SORpe ce}?

Correct.

> If I use the phrase {bacru fatci} (which I just kinda picked arbitrarily
> from a gismu list, I think meaning something like "spoken truth") frequently
> in some context, can I also abbreviate it {byfy}?

"by fy" is a sumti, but you can convert it to a selbri with "me": "me by fy".

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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