Re: [lojban] Re: For the conversation guide.

[Warrigal <ihope127+w@gmail.com>]

On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Would it be unreasonable to say {mi cavlu'i} where context makes it clear
> that I'm heading to the shower to {cavlu'i mi}?
> Would this be bad grammar, bad form, or just not as articulate as it could
> be?
> There are definitely times in lojban when I would be very willing to give up
> a little specificity in the name of brevity.

Nope, that would be perfectly fine. Lojban does, after all, allow you
to omit sumti when you think it's clear from context what they are (or
just unimportant), so if you mean {mi cavlu'i mi}, you can say {mi
cavlu'i}, or {cavlu'i mi}. Or {mi se cavlu'i}, or {fe mi cavlu'i}!

--Warrigal (aka uorygl)

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