[lojban] gratuitous use of kem, was Re: Lojban-English full dictionary effort- request for assistance

[mungojelly@ixkey.info]

Quoting Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>:

> And that's assuming people ever want to use 4-rafsi lujvo.
> I think it's much more likely that {se xismalsi}, {te xismalsi}
> will be preferred.

[.iero'e.ienairu'ero'are'e] I agree, as a general rule, but [zu'unai]  
if it's possible in Lojban, I want to do it!

It reminds me of the way with simple lujvo with a place conversion  
there's a sort of phantom letter there.  Like, you can say "se cusku"  
or you can say "selcusku".. you can choose a space or an L. :)  So in  
this case of more complex lujvo you can choose a "se" or you can  
choose a "selkem".  Selkem sounds like an awesome tool to have in the  
toolbox, to me.

In fact, I'm thinking, you can throw a "kem" on the beginning of any  
lujvo and leave it with the same meaning, huh?  Or you could open up a  
bunch of parens like "kemkemkemkemkemcusku" and then they just get  
magically closed after the "cusku" and do nothing, right?

.i mi kemjbokelkepkemjbokei .eire'e

mu'o mi'e doi bret.



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