On 8/30/05, Aleksej R. Serdyukov <deletesoftware@yandex.ru> wrote:
Jorge Llambías wrote:
> On 8/26/05, Aleksej R. Serdyukov <
deletesoftware@yandex.ru> wrote:
>>>{zai} converts the following lerfu or tei-foi group into an
>>>alphabet shift, so you'd probably want
>>>{zai tei basna bu tcita bu foi} or {zai basnytcita bu}.
>>The list says "zai" is a 2-word letteral shift. So does jbofi'e think.
>
> Yes, {zai} is the first word, and the immediately following lerfu or
> tei-foi group is the second "word".
Er.. isn't it:
zai [alphabet name] [1st word in the alphabet] [2nd word in the alphabet]
?
No, I don't think so.
>
What's the use of shifting an alphabet of one word to unspecified?
It changes the alphabet of all following lerfu. CLL gives
this example: {zai xanlerfu bu ly o bu jy by a bu ny}
which apparently spells the word "lojban" in sign
language. {zai xanlerfu bu} says that all coming lerfu
are in sign language. As you can see, the alphabet
used for writing all the words is just the usual Latin
one throughout. It's just that the word {ly} now instead of
relating to the sign "L" it relates to the hand sign for that
letter. I have no idea when something like this would be
useful, though. I think the whole lerfu shifts are a waste
of cmavo.
Or rather:
zai [alphabet indicator letter] [a letter meaning a letter in the alphabet]
(according to what jbofihe says:
0[{<(1zai a bu)1 e bu> BOI} VAU])0
)
Here {a bu} names the new alphabet, and {e bu} is the lerfu
of the new alphabet which is being used. But used for what?
>>It's an edited alphabet, isn't it?
>
> But what will you use it for? When would it be needed?
It looks better.
And I had thought that zai was for switching Lojban orthographies.
Can you give an example sentence of how you would use it?
mu'o mi'e xorxes