Re: [lojban] Another morphology question

[John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>]

Cyril Slobin wrote:

> Let us consider some vovel pair that doesn't form lojban
> diphtong - for example, "ae". Is cmavo "xae" possible?

No.

> Is cmene "xaes" possible?

Yes, and it is the same as "xa,es".

> If answers are different, where is all this stuff documented?

Alas, nowhere.  The morphology algorithm (which tells you how to parse
a string of letters, pauses, and stress into Lojban words) isn't
in The Book because there were still corner cases that hadn't been
worked out.
 
> P.S. It seems that there are some bugs in my lojban.vim because of my
> misunderstanding of all this stuff. Before fixing them I am trying to
> realize what exact rules are. I'm sorry if my questions are trivial or
> boring - all this trifles became important when you are explaining them
> to computer.

No, no, quite correct to ask.
 
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