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Re: [lojban] A Simpler Connective System (blog article)

There *used* to be zi'a/zi'e/zi'o/zi'u, completing the ZIhEk spectrum, but it was determined for some reason that non-conjunctive conjunctions of relative clauses didn't make sense, and only zi'e was needed (and the other cmavo got repurposed for other things).

~mark

On 09/25/2016 05:37 PM, Jonathan Jones wrote:
I remember a similar proposal made years ago, I think by .xorxes., that does about the same thing for the same reason.

On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 1:46 PM, MorphemeAddict <lytlesw@gmail.com> wrote:
How would adoption of this proposal affect the length of the current grammar? I assume it would shorten it, but how much? 
I favor the proposal. 

stevo

On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 1:31 PM, selpahi <seladwa@gmx.de> wrote:
"How does one say 'and' in Lojban?"
"Well... it depends, you know.  For sumti, it's {e}.  For tanru and sentences, it's {je}.  For bridi tails it's {gi'e}.  And those were just the afterthought connectives.  Forethought 'and' is {ge} for everything but tanru, which use {gu'e} instead.  Relative clauses are connected with {zi'e}."
"... oh."

With no less than six ways to say "and" as well as roughly the same number for each of the other logical functions (OR, IFF, WHETHER-OR-NOT) totaling 26, the Lojban connective system can be quite daunting. But despair not, for there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

[...]

To read the full article follow this link:

https://solpahi.wordpress.com/2016/09/20/a-simpler-connective-system/

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