Subject: Re: [lojban] mi zvati la dotygug

From: Björn Gohla <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 21:59:25 +0100

On Saturday 15 February 2003 21:38, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> On Saturday 15 February 2003 20:10, Björn Gohla wrote:
> > On Saturday 15 February 2003 00:22, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> > > The 'g' is not pronounced (at least not here), but the real problem is
> > > that "langen" contains "la" in such a way that it is lexed as "la
> > > ngen."
> >
> > stupid me, should have noticed that. the pronounciation puzzles me
> > though, what does the first "n" sound like?
>
> Same as in "sang". "ng" and "n" are distinct sounds in German and English,
> but not in Lojban.

well then "lanen." is probably as close as it gets.

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