[lojban-beginners] Re: precise definition of cmene

[Scott Weller <ScottW@datair.com>]

Melissa aksed:

   > Could I even say
   >
   > la dinas. mixre la labrydor.rytrivyr.

Well, no, actually, you can't say that.  

One of the finer rules of cmene constuction says that a cmene cannot contain
(among a few other things) the element 'la'.  If we allowed 'la
labrydor.rytrivyr' there would be ambiguity as to whether that might really
be 'la la brydor.rytrivyr' (whatever that might mean).

So you would have to say:

	la dinas. mixre la lybrydor.rytriver.

or perhaps even:

	la dinas. mixre la lebrydor.rytriver

or, indeed, just about anything that doesn't start with 'la'.

Regards,

Scott Weller