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(comment on the phrase ''ma canja parbi lo dotru'u lo jborupnu'')

''is it just me, or could this also be interpreted as ''ma canja parbi lo dotru'u '''lojbo rupnu'''?''''
* Nope. If you're saying ''lojbo rupnu'', you need to put stress on the ''lo''. If you put stress on a cmavo alone or at the end of a compound, you need to follow it by a pause. So the first is ''dot'''ru''''ulojbo'''rup'''nu'' or ''dot'''ru''''u'''lo'''.jbo'''rup'''nu'', and the second is ''dot'''ru''''u'''lo'''jbo'''rup'''nu''.
** ''do'' has the rafsi ''doi'' - is ''doi'''ger'''ku'' 'your dog' or 'Hey, dog!'?
*** It's "Hey, dog!" Lujvo glue exists for exactly this reason - the lujvo for "your dog" is "doirgerku", not "doigerku".
*** How is the ''doi'' rafsi useful if it must always have glue except finally? Why doesn't do stick with just ''don''?
**** It can be used medially: ''mibjoidoigerku'' = "your and my dog" (is this ''tosmabru''-safe?)
***** Yes. If you drop the ''mi'' you don't get anything which could be a Lojban word.
***** Interestingly enough, this brings us back to stress - only a subtle difference in stress differentiates ''mibjoidoi'''ger'''ku'' from '''''mib'''joi doi '''ger'''ku''. Perhaps if you want to make a lujvo like that, it would be preferable to use more consonants, as in ''mibjoldongerku''.
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