[lojban] Re: 2 vowels I'm missing

["Matt Arnold" <matt.mattarn@gmail.com>]

No problem. It's OK to guess a little. We encourage beginner and
intermediate users to answer questions. Thanks for doing so!
-Eppcott

On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 7:18 PM,  <thirderivative@aol.com> wrote:
> my mistake on the emphasis. you have lost me on the other stuff. apologies
> if i have taught any false doctrine!
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Minimiscience <minimiscience@gmail.com>
> To: lojban-list@lojban.org
> Sent: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 5:13 pm
> Subject: [lojban] Re: 2 vowels I'm missing
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> de'i li 29 pi'e 08 pi'e 2008 la'o fy. thirderivative@aol.com .fy. cusku zoi
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> skamyxatra.
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>> or you could have it yncys.ztran. depends on you.
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> .skamyxatra
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> No, he can't.  'z' is a voiced consonant, and 't' is unvoiced.  "ztran."
> would
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> have to be changed to "stran.", "zdran.", or "zytran." in order to be an
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> acceptable Lojban word.  Even if he chose one of the first two, any 'i'
> sound
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> between the first two consonants would be nonstandard and would only be used
> by
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> those having trouble with the cluster.
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> la'o fy. thirderivative@aol.com .fy. cusku zoi skamyxatra.
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>> you may want to capitalize the ZEtran if that is what receives the
>> emphasis.
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> .skamyxatra
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> If he writes it as "zetran.", the emphasis will already go on the "ze" by
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> default.
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> mu'omi'e la'o gy. Minimiscience .gy.
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> no zo mi nenri zo bende
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