Thanks guys, I appreciate the clarification. Final question, does this edit of the quiz keep it from being confusing or misleading- or should I further modify it?
http://quizlet.com/1336771/100-lujvo-and-cmene-part-2-flash-cards/ On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 11:07 AM, tijlan <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/10/30 Pierre Abbat <[email protected]>: >> On Friday 30 October 2009 08:08:49 tijlan wrote: >>> A cmene is something that the gadri "la" makes. "la" can be attached >>> to e.g. "jbobau" or "lojban". So both "la jbobau" and "la lojban" are >>> cmene. The difference is of course the thing to which the gadri is >>> attached, i.e. selgadri. "jbobau" has a consonant cluster and ends >>> with a vowel, that is the definition for brivla. "lojban" ends with a >>> consonant, that is the definition for cmevla. Both brivla and cmevla >>> are no cmene without "la". >> >> Also you can attach "la" to a phrase, such as "la kolmba sovda stedu" or "la >> kot.diVUAR". The latter phrase is two cmevla, but one cmene. > > If we want, we can also combine brivla and cmevla (or any other valid > strings of text) into a cmene by means of "zei", where "Queen > Elizabeth II" would be "la fetnolraitru zei .elizabet. remoi". The > convention seems to be to use a relative clause (NOI) instead, but i'm > not sure whether "la .elizabet. noi remoi fetnolraitru" or "la > .elizabet. noi fetnolraitru remoi" accurately translates "Queen > Elizabeth II", which does not refer so much to Elizabeth who is a > second queen as to the second Elizabeth who is a queen. > > > mu'o mi'e tijlan > > > > -- “Nothing bothers me more than sloth. The objective is to fix mistakes of ambition and not make mistakes of sloth. I work my ass off.” -Tim Ferriss
