[lojban-beginners] Re: Hello there!

[Adam COOPER <adamgarrigus@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 16:04:46 -0500 (EST), Peter TB Brett
<peter@peter-b.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> la Adam COOPER fo le samxa'a cusku fe di'e
> 
> > {pitr.bret.} 'r' can be syllabic in Lojban as it is in Serb
> > ("Srpski"). Also, "i" is pronounced as in "machine", while "e" is
> > pronounced as in "get".
> 
> Slip of the brain - I'm new to this lark.  I'm not even sure if I've got
> the above {bridi} right. .a'o

I'm quite new as well. You seem to be picking it up.

{la'o gy. Adam COOPER .gy fo le samxa'a cu cusku fe di'e}

If you're going to use the native spelling, you need cmavo like {la'o}
or {zoi}. Also, don't forget the {cu}; there are times when it's not
elidable.

> I'm having real trouble working out how to say, "I live in Cambridge".  I
> imagine it would be one of:
> 
> .(home) pe mi nenri la .keimbridj.
> .mi (inhabits) .keimbridj.
> 
> But every query ("house", "home", "resident", "inhabit") to the dictionary
> brings up... Lojban must have a word for "the empty set",  I probably just
> haven't got that far yet. .u'i

{mi xabju la keimbridgj. poi tcadu}


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