[lojban] Re: Newbie says hi

[John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>]

Theodore Reed scripsit:

> > How does lojban handle names with more than one part (for example
> > birth and family name)? Using hyphens seem unlojbanic to me but making
> > a pause is AFAIK not allowed within a name.
> 
> I would use a , myself. as in "mi'e SIodor,rid.", but pauses may
> actually be allowed in cmene. I'm not entirely sure. I swear I've seen
> them being used, though.

Comma between two identical consonants would be very hard to distinguish
from a single consonant.

But in fact the matter is academic, because wherever one cmene is allowed
by the grammar, so is more than one:  la djeimyz. kuk. braun. is valid.

> I don't think you can use se'inai like that. It's (afaik) supposed to
> indicate that you are oriented toward something which is not yourself,
> perhaps to indicate charity or something along those lines. (Which is 
> a silly idea to me, I admit, but I suppose that someone might actually
> be capable of charity with absolutely no self-serving intent.)

It's not about "absolutely no self-serving intent".  It's about the
difference between "I want it" and "I want you to have it", e.g.

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