[lojban-beginners] Re: Lojban is not Vulcan or Borg

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 11:30:37AM +0100, Philip Newton wrote:
> ni'o mi nelcu'a zo gi'uste mu'i lo du'u lo te morna be fi zo
> gi'uste cu smimau lo te morna be fi zo ma'oste lo te morna be fi
> zo gimste
> 
> ...which is probably bad Lojban, too, and I wasn't sure which word
> was appropriate.
> 
> What I was trying to say is that I use {ma'oste} for the cmavo
> list and {gi'uste} for the gismu list... even though {gimste} is
> the canonical form for the lujvo, I prefer {gi'uste} because its
> shape/form is more closely parallel to that of {ma'oste} (which
> has no alternative with a CVC initial rafsi).

I had no problems understanding that at all.

-Robin

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