[lojban-beginners] Re: mi tadni la lojban

[Bruce Webber <bruce@brucewebber.com>]

G Dyke wrote:
> Bruce Webber wrote:
>
> > I've recently begun learning Lojban, using the Lojban for Beginner's 
> > text and the LogFlash program. I don't have any questions for the 
> > group yet, but rather than lurk, I thought I'd say hi.
> uisai fi'i doi bris i sarcu fa lenu do cuxna lo lojbo cmene kei mu'i 
> ledu'u zo brus .e zo bris na drani
>
> mu'o mi'e greg

Greg,

Thanks for your reply and your assistance. Here is my translation of 
what you wrote:

"Very happy you're here, welcome, Bruce. It's necessary that you chose 
some lojbanic name because 'brus' and 'bris' are not proper."

Assuming I understood what you wrote correctly, I'm not sure why "brus" 
is not proper. Does it have to do with the "b" and "r" next to each 
other (voiced and unvoiced consonants)? If it's not proper, I would 
lojbanize my middle name "David" and use that. I would say:

ki'e .i zo deivyd cmene mi mu'i zo brus. na drani

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