[lojban-beginners] Re: quoting several words?

["Jorge Llambías" <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On 7/20/07, m.kornig@sondal.net <m.kornig@sondal.net> wrote:
> I know the word {zo} for a one-word quote, e.g.
> {zo maik cmene mi} "I'm Mike" or
> {zo rut cmene ti} "This is Ruth".
>
> How do you say "I'm Mike Miller." or
> "This is Mrs Brown."?

The general way to quote a string of Lojban words is {lo'u ... le'u}.
The words quoted that way need not form a grammatical utterance.

To quote a grammatical utterance, use {lu ... li'u}, where you expect the
listener to interpret the meaning of what is quoted, so it's not just the
words as words that matter.

In the case of cmene, {lo'u .. le'u} makes more sense, because you are
interested in the words. {maik milr} also happens to be a grammatical
utterance, but it's really a vocative, not a way of referring to the words.

But {cmene} is probably not the best choice for introducing yourself or
someone else. I'd go with {mi'e ...}, {ti me ...}

mu'o mi'e xorxes