[lojban] Re: Text-to-speech

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 06:51:00PM +0100, Arnt Richard Johansen wrote:
> Do not stress any single-syllable cmavo. Unless you can insert a
> pause after it. ("le NO bliprenu" becomes "le nobli prenu", but
> "le NO. bliprenu" is okay.) Possibly not even then, since it
> sounds strange.

If you *can* insert a pause, please stress all NAI, NA, and CAI
cmavo, to wit:

cai cu'i pei ru'e sai nai na ja'a

(on the first syllable, if more than one)

That's how I speak it, anyways; I stress these for emphasis.

-Robin

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