[lojban-beginners] Re: precise definition of cmene

[melissa@fastanimals.com]

On Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Scott Weller wrote:

>    > 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).

Oh, good point.  That makes sense.

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