Just to clarify my first sentence a bit, the periods are optional to
write when you leave a space. Also, I never answered your last
sentence. I suppose a beginner is better off writing stuff "fully
dotted" for the same reason that beginning Hebrew learners put in all
the vowels, while newpapers, adult books, etc, leave them out.
Also, more clarification: "la tim." needs only one dot, since there
is no pause necessary, but "zo .tim." would be written with two, since
the pause is necessary before and after.
--gy
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Periods are _always_ optional to WRITE, they just indiciate where
pauses must be left when the sentence is SPOKEN. cmene must always end
with pauses. Words starting with vowels must always be preceeded with
pauses. cmene must be preceeded with pauses unless they are following
lai, la, or doi (or always, if the so-called "dot side" proposal is
adopted). Since tim was preceeded by "zo" here, it _must_ have a pause
before it (which one _can_ indicate with a period, but doesn't need to
be).
--gejyspa
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Selon Pierre Abbat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> What you want is
> {zo .tim. cmene mi}.
I'm a bit confused by the use of periods
before/after names. Are {zo tim. cmene mi}
and {zo tim cmene mi} correct, too?
Which spelling should a beginner learn:
none, one or two periods?
Martin
