[lojban] First doubts

[Greezael Think <arrobasangrienta@gmail.com>]

I started learning lojban about a month ago, although I knew it existed from before. For the moment, I'm very happy with it, but I've found some doubts I would like to ask:

- lujvo and rafsi. I just don't understand where is the need for these composed words. If I understood correctly, they're just tanru in an abbreviated form. They are supposed to specify the meaning of the tanru, by creating an additional definiton. But they can use any combination of possible rafsi, so you could only add one additional definition? I don't understand in which way they could be useful, they only save you a pair of letters, and for the problem of the meanings it would be far easier adding a number before the tanru, for example, and having a theoretically unlimited list of specific meanings (if they are needed).  And they are really difficult to learn: even if they have defined rules, they have too much rules to think about them while speaking (in my humble opinion).

- Some cmavo don't seem too logical. When I learned ja je ji jo ju I thought that it was a great idea following the a/e/i/o/u pattern, it made everything much easier. But then I found se/te/ve/xe. I don't really understand why those words where chosen, instead of using the vowel pattern (leaving one vowel out, obviously). If it were used, it would be easier thinking which one is the pair of sumtis changed.

-Pronunciation. First, I'm a native Spanish speaker, so it's possible that I find it difficult just because its differences with Spanish. But I'm pretty sure differentiating "j" and "c" is difficult for everyone. I've tried hard, and between vowels I can use them, but for example I can't say "lojban" and make it sound different from an hypothetical "locban". At the beginning I also had problems with "y", but even if it can be difficult to pronounce, at least is easy to see how it's a different sound from the others.

So, that's pretty much it. Thank you everybody for working hard on this great language. And sorry for my english, I hope it at leas understandable ^^U

.co'o rodo

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