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Sentence #1879032

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 soweli_Elepanto soweli_Elepanto September 30, 2012 September 30, 2012 at 8:55:37 PM UTC link Permalink

coi

As far as I know, point "." denotes _obligatory_ pause. But pause between "la" and cmene, beginning with consonant, is not obligatory. Isn't the initial point in .tam. an error?

FlamingTofu FlamingTofu September 30, 2012 September 30, 2012 at 9:49:25 PM UTC link Permalink

coi

Apparently you haven't heard of the Dot Side :)

http://www.lojban.org/tiki/The+Case+Against+LA

This is a proposal gaining ground among Lojbanists that requires a dot before *and* after cmene in all cases. This gets rid of the silly rule forbidding "la", "lai", and "doi" at the beginning of cmene.

FlamingTofu FlamingTofu September 30, 2012 September 30, 2012 at 9:52:06 PM UTC link Permalink

(not just at the beginning of cmene, but in all positions)

nonong nonong September 30, 2012 September 30, 2012 at 10:49:34 PM UTC link Permalink

Lojban syntax has been "frozen" ("baselined") since 1997 and the use of these dots has been included therein. After "la," "lai," "la'i," and "doi," a name ("cmene") that does not begin with a vowel does not need an initial dot.

A cmene for "Larry" cannot be "la laris." and may rather be "la liaris." or something that has no "la" inside it.

nonong nonong October 13, 2012 October 13, 2012 at 11:04:40 PM UTC link Permalink

Yeah, I see that DotSide is experimental usage in Lojban.

DerSaidin DerSaidin September 9, 2014 September 9, 2014 at 2:35:11 AM UTC link Permalink

Should probably be "...djica lo nu citka...".
I believe "lo la" is ungrammatical.

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #1164254Tom said he wanted to eat Chinese food..

la .tam. cusku lo sedu'u djica lo nu citka loi jungo cidja

added by FlamingTofu, September 30, 2012
➜ #1164254Tom said he wanted to eat Chinese food.

linked by FlamingTofu, September 30, 2012
la .tam. pu cusku lo sedu'u ty djica lo la citka loi jungo cidja

edited by gleki, July 23, 2013