Re: [lojban] Fw: xagrai and superlatives

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 10:57 AM, A. PIEKARSKI <totus@rogers.com> wrote:
>>
> Let me take you through all the steps I went through in the development
>  (as for any development).  That may reveal where the problem is.
>
> 1) Record the gismu used with all their places:

Fine.

> 2) Combine them into the most simple bridi possible

Fine.

> 3) Create the lujvo, with the rafsi in reverse order of the order of the gismu
> in the bridi, leaving the places in the same order as in the bridi.

You don't distinguish subordinate bridi places from main bridi places?

> 4) Delete any places that don't make sense, or the least significant ones
> if there are too many.

This is already done in step 2, with "zi'o". Use of "zi'o" suggests
that the gismu was bloated in the first place.

> 5) Now, EITHER (as some lojbanists would have it) leave this as the final
> lujvo,
>
> OR (as others would have it), shift the remaining places so that they are
> in the order of there most common usage.
>
> My original question concerned point 5).  I wanted to know if there was any
> concensus as to the best approach.

The usual order is main component first, then the rest.

> If the responses that came from you,
> geyspa and Adam represent community , then I understand the second
> approach in point 5) is the favoured one.

I don't think I ever reach step 5, since I seem to disagree with your step 3.

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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