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Re: [lojban] Re: A new guide that needs guidance




-It looks like I went too deep here so I'll round it up...
Why doesn't lojban have something even remotely like NATO's alphabet?
http://dag.github.com/cll/17/20/
 
Not long names for lerfu but just different enough. I know how pronounce a quite large part of the IPA main chart but don't ask me to do strange vowels... ie. I can say py. and by. But I can't differentiate them. So why not something like (byb. pyp.) for example?
They don't differ in the vowels but by consonants; if you can't tell a "b" from a "p", how would adding more of them solve the problem>

-There are natlangs that use verbs as adjectives, called stative verbs if I recall. Compound predicates, I haven't reached that yet and I'm scanning the lessons bit by bit.

›› 3. I noticed (mi'e) and (mi'afra) which look like a (mi) with things attached... Should this mean that whenever there's an apostrophe for the sound /h/, the syllables before and after the apostrophe should be counted as one word? ie. /h/ could never be at the beginning or the end of a word?
Correct; {y'y} is always in the middle of a word, between two vowels.

Personally, I skimmed through L4B quickly, and got most of my lojban knowledge from the CLL, but I know that's not for everyone.

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