[lojban] Re: type-3 fu'ivla and ndj rule

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

On 9/21/07, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
> A jamo, in Korean writing, is a phonemic character which is assembled into a
> syllabic character. If I make a short-rafsi type-3 fu'ivla out of that, it
> comes out {lerndjamo}, which is an ill-formed word. Can I use 'l' as the
> hyphen-letter (lerldjamo), or do I have to use the long rafsi (lerfrdjamo)?

If we follow the letter of the law, as given in CLL:

"Hyphenate the rafsi to the rest of the fu'ivla with an ``r''-hyphen; if that
would produce a double ``r'', use an ``n''-hyphen instead; if the rafsi ends
in ``r'' and the rest of the fu'ivla begins with ``n'' (or vice versa) use an
``l''-hyphen. (This is the only use of ``l''-hyphen in Lojban.)"

then the "l" cannot be used as hyphen in the -dj case. But then the claim:
"Here is a simple and reliable procedure for making a non-Lojban word
into a valid Stage 3 fu'ivla:" is false.

I would say that the spirit of the rules is that "l" would be used in that
case too.

(I'd rather use {lernjamo} though.)

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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