[lojban-beginners] Re: Wikipedia

["Vid Sintef" <picos.picos@gmail.com>]

On 8/11/07, Nathaniel Krause <nathanielkrause@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Why not? What's the problem with it?

The Reference Grammar chapter 4.7 (on making a stage 3 fu'ivla):
"If the first letter is not a consonant, modify the beginning so that
the word begins with a consonant, either by removing an initial vowel
or adding a suggestively chosen initial consonant."

e.g. Acer (the scientific name of maple trees) --> xaceru

Beginning with a vowel is ok for stage 1 & 2 fu'ivla as they are used
in distinct constructs like {me la'o sy. avocado sy.} or {me la
.abakatat.} respectively; but stage 3 fu'ivla are exposed directly in
a sentence with other words. If having a vowel at the beginning is
valid for all fu'ivla, will the unambiguity/easiness of parsing a
Lojban sentence be still always the case?

(I'm not really arguing but trying to understand the principle I
haven't come across so far.)

mu'o mi'e vid