[lojban] Re: sel ter vel xel

[Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com>]

because sometimes rafsi by themselves are other words entirely.  For instance "ta'e" is the rafsi for tanxe "box".  But it also means "habitually".  This is why rafsi are not true lojbo valsi in and of themselves.  I'm not sure it's possible, given the number of gismu, to have consistency in how all the rafsi are are formed.  But I do wish that the cmavo would have some internal consistency, especially within individual selma'o in how the rafsi are formed.

Oh well, probably just a pipe dream.

 - Luke Bergen

On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Adam Raizen <adam.raizen@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 21:52, <MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com> wrote:

In a message dated 5/31/2009 06:56:22 Eastern Daylight Time, adam.raizen@gmail.com writes:

I can't imagine that your kids are going to be miffed about the rafsi for 'te' as opposed to the fact that the rafsi list itself increases the memory load of lojban by about 150% for no apparent benefit whatsoever.

You don't see a benefit in being able to combine five-letter gismu and get a word that's often only six letters?  I think it's a great idea.  I just wish that it had been done better.  The rafsi are definitely a pain to learn.

Okay, so there's some benefit, but it's not nearly enough to begin to justify the huge memory load it requires. Why couldn't the rafsi themselves be the gismu?

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Adam Raizen <adam.raizen@gmail.com>
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