Re: [lojban-beginners] did anyone one laugh at this too?

[Timo Paulssen <timonator@perpetuum-immobile.de>]

On 09/26/2010 02:06 AM, Isaiah Gilliland wrote:
> Was this a purposeful thing done when building the language? By the
> way that's an awesome way to remember the order too :D

Compare also:

no 0

pa 1
re 2
ci 3
vo 4
mu 5
xa 6
ze 7
bi 8
so 9

vo'a, vo'e, vo'i, vo'o, vo'u (back-references to x1-x5)

broda, brode, brodi, brodo, brodu (not strictly ordered)
ko'a, ko'e, ko'i, ko'o, ko'u (also not strictly an order)
fo'a, fo'e, fo'i, fo'o, fo'u (and no real order here either)

i probably forgot some stuff

but there's also

vi, va, vu - near — far
zi, za, zu - soon — far
ze'i, ze'a, ze'u - for a short time — for a long time
ve'i, ve'a, ve'u - small region — big region
…

as you can see, it was a decision, and a good one in my opinion :)
mu'o mi'e timos

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