Re: [lojban-beginners] could someone show me how to construct a specific luvjo?

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Saturday 25 September 2010 04:15:12 Sage wrote:
> I want to make "bartu jdice zgana tadji" into a luvjo. I read the
> Reference Grammar but I can't figure it out. Could someone go through
> a step-by-step process of making it into a lujvo?

1. Look up the rafsi in the gimste. Besides the up to three listed, every 
gismu (except four of the brod*) has a rafsi formed by dropping the last 
letter, and the whole gismu can be used at the end of the word.
bartu: bar bart
jdice: jdi jdic
zgana: zga zgan
tadji: tadji

2. Concatenate one rafsi for each gismu.
barjdizgatadji, bartjdiczgantadji, etc.

3. If the wordoid begins with a CVV rafsi which would fall off as a cmavo, 
insert "r", "n", or "l" after it. Not applicable to this lujvo.

4. If a rafsi boundary is immediately preceded by a long rafsi, or is within a 
consonant cluster that violates phonotactics, insert "y".
barjdizgatadji, bartyjdicyzganytadji, etc.

5. If you can remove the first two letters and have a valid lujvo, insert "y" 
between two rafsi to prevent this. Not applicable to this lujvo.

By the way, what is "barjdizgatadji" supposed to mean?

Pierre

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