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[lojban-beginners] Re: la



    I think the main problem here is one of semantics between you two.  A "hyphen" in lojban has a very specific meaning.  It's a leter that glues two things together into one single word, such as "y" between disallowed consonant pairs, or "r" joining two CVV rafsi, or "r","n" or "l" gluing the front part of a fui'vla to the back part.  A period is nothing more or less than a required pause in speaking.  la.djak.kenedis is exactly the same as la djak. kenedis.   (or, in simplified writing, "la djak kenedis") A "la" can be followed by any number of cmevla, turning them all into a single name  That's why la ja.jak.rusol is not allowed, because "ja" isn't a cmevla

 

                              --gejyspa

 

 


From: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org [mailto:lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org] On Behalf Of Vid Sintef
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 9:26 PM
To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org
Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: la

 

On 6/19/07, Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com> wrote:
> > How does {boi} differ from the hyphen {.}?
>
> Not sure what you mean, {.} is not a hyphen.

The {.} works as hyphenation between words, right? {la djak.kenedis.}... if it isn't that {djak} and {kenedis} are hyphenated with {.}, what is it? Are {jan.pol} and {levin.stros} for the hyphenated names "Jean-Paul" and "Lévi-Strauss" wrong, then?

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