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Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: Help! The Xorlo are attacking!
No,
> you got it completely reversed. cmevla refers to words than end in
> a
consonant, such as {aionys} and cmene refers to every word that is used as
> a
name (i.o.w. after {la}) such as in {la mlatu}.
Unfortunately lojban
> for beginners confuses the words somewhat.
Actually, neither "Lojban for Beginners" nor CLL even mention cmevla.
CLL states: 'The final vowel distinguishes brivla from cmene, which
always end in a consonant' (Chater 4 Section3).
No wonder everyone is confused! Exactly where are cmene and cmevla
definitively defined?
totus