[lojban-beginners] Re: mi'e cmalu tcatipax noi tordu je plana

[Matt Arnold <mattarn@123.net>]

Using all gismu would have been the most obvious option. I was trying to choose the best way to not wreck the meter of the poem any more than I had to. Try singing "mi'e cmalu patxu be le tcati." It's too bad tcati doesn't have a rafsi.
- la epcat

lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org wrote:
>Only cmene can end in a consonant... right? That rules out {*tcatipax}
>
>The x2 of {patxu} is its contents, which is why I went with {patxu be le tcati}.
>
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>On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 14:44:22 -0500, Matt Arnold <mattarn@123.net> wrote:
>> Why? Doesn't tcatipax mean "tea type of pot"?
>> By the way, I just realized I needed to say "po'emi" not "pemi".
>> - la epcat
>> 
>> 
>> lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org wrote:
>> >I'm very new at this. That first line needs to be more like
>> >{ mi'e cmalu patxu be le tcati }
>> >
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