On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Robin Lee Powell
<rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 07:17:54PM -0600, Jonathan Jones wrote:
> Here it is. It's simple:
>
> Always begin all jufra with {.i} or {ni'o}. This includes the
> first utterance. This enables one to easily determine whether
> something said is intended as a continuation of the previous
> speaker's jufra or starting a new one.
Oh for crying out loud.
First of all, what the *hell* is this doing in lojban-beginners??
Language proposals *do not belong here*.
> Benefits:
>
> One person can easily complete another's jufra by merely not beginning with
> {.i}.
That's not a benefit, that's horrifyingly awful.
.i.ienaicai .i lu lo verba cu cusku lu .i viska lo melbi .yyyy. li'u .i lo vy. mamta cu cusku lu toldi li'u li'u mupli loka xamgu
Secondly, if you continue someone else's sentence, *you're being a
dick*, just like in English.
.i.ienai .i xu do pensi lodu'u lo mi mupli pe lo mamta tolclite
If you really need to do so, just use
{.i go'i blah blah}.
.i.ienaicu'i .i mi lazni
New speakers are speaking new utterances, because anything else is
confusing and obnoxious. Period.
.i mi na tavla lonu cnino se cusku .i mi tavla lonu cnino jufra
And this discussion doesn't
belong here.
.
i.ie jetnu .ije mi pensi lodu'u lo vi nuncasnu na cmima lo liste pe byfy. .i lo vi nuncasnu cu cmima lo liste pe ma
-Robin
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