[lojban-beginners] Re: Articles to Refer to Words Themselves

[jexOm. <jexOm@free.fr>]

coi travis .i mi'e jexOm.

Le 13 juil. 04, à 02:25, Travis Garris a écrit :

> I'm baffled as to which articles, or abstractions, I would use to 
> specify a word itself, and not its meaning.  For example, "Bye is a 
> short form of goodbye."  The example I was using at the time was {vol 
> rafsi volfi}.  That starts to look like a tanru, so I tried to put 
> something in to break up rafsi and volfi.  Only think I could come up 
> with is {vol rafsi zo volfi}.  That borrows from (now optional) 
> English grammar rules.  I'm sure it gets the point across, but I'm 
> sure there is a better way to do it.
>
> Ideas?

As for your first try, istead of {vol rafsi volfi}, it should be {vol 
cu rafsi vofli}. {cu} indicates when the selbri starts.
But, you need to use a quotation in order to tell that you are speaking 
of the words. So, it would give: {zo vol cu rafsi zo vofli}.

co'o

> Travis Garris

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> Durham, NC, US

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