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Re: [lojban] la .alis.



>> {.i} is the Lojban word for the English period.
> 
> I wouldn't say so. The full stop in Latin (Greek, Cyrillic, Armenian,
> etc.) marks the *end* of a sentence. {.i} is a "sentence separator"
> (What is Lojban, p. 66) which seems to be described as introducing a
> new sentence whilst continuing a theme. But at the bottom of the page
> it states that {.i} and {ni'o} "start a new sentence or paragraph".
> 

Neither. {.i} is the sentence "starter". {vau} is the sentence terminator.

BTW, I like the example page too. Having separated in pages as you did
will help not to be misunderstanding (or misunderstanded?).

mu'o mi'e .leos.


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