[lojban-beginners] Re: cmavo instead of gismu

[jkominek@miranda.org]

On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 08:57:37AM -0800, Opi Lauma wrote:
> is it allowed to replace gismu with cmavo in an
> ordinary sentence? For example:
> {mi klama le zdani} = {mi kla le zda}

kla and zda are rafsi, not cmavo.

> And if it is not allowed, why?

rafsi are not independant words, and the whole morphology/grammar would
come tumbling down if you let people mix them in willy nilly.

There are cmavo which act as brivla. They can go anywhere in a sentence
than a gismu can.

-- 
Jay Kominek <jkominek@miranda.org>