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Now you can talk about rafsi without ever needing to quote them: | Now you can talk about rafsi without ever needing to quote them: | ||
lo rafrlo'i cu rafsi zo bloti | {{mu|lo rafrlo'i cu rafsi zo bloti|-lo'i- is the rafsi of {bloti} }} | ||
You can even easily use them in tanru now: | You can even easily use them in tanru now: | ||
lo nintadni cu su'o roi rafrpi'o se cfipu | {{mu|lo nintadni cu su'o roi rafrpi'o se cfipu|Beginners sometimes are confused about -pi'o-}} | ||
Latest revision as of 16:52, 15 May 2015
Talking about rafsi in Lojban can get inconvenient. Not only must some rafsi be quoted like cmevla (e.g. {zo .lob. rafsi zo lojbo}), but rafsi of the form CCV can't be quoted at all. This caused the experimental {ra'oi} to be invented, but that's not necessarily a pretty solution because it still requires obnoxious quoting.
I therefore had the idea to use a simple, predictable algorithm that lets us refer to any rafsi via a regularly generated zi'evla. The system is simple:
- Use the zi'evla prefix -rafr- or -rafsr- (it doesn't matter).
- Add the rafsi. If the rafsi begins with r, use the zi'evla prefix -rafn- (or -rafsn- instead)
- If the rafsi ends in a consonant, add any of the five normal vowels. Probably -i is preferable, since it's also the last vowel of {rafsi}.
That's it.
Here are some examples that use each type of rafsi:
rafsi | zi'evla |
---|---|
-bal- | rafrbali |
-tsa- | rafrtsa |
-bi'o- | rafrbi'o |
-gai- | rafrgai |
-ro'u- | rafnro'u |
Now you can talk about rafsi without ever needing to quote them:
lo rafrlo'i cu rafsi zo bloti -lo'i- is the rafsi of {bloti} |
You can even easily use them in tanru now:
lo nintadni cu su'o roi rafrpi'o se cfipu Beginners sometimes are confused about -pi'o- |