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Magic Words

On Saturday 06 November 2004 22:17, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 10:14:38PM -0500,
>
> MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com wrote:
> > In a message dated 2004-11-06 9:29:38 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> >
> > robin via wikidiscuss@lojban.org writes:
> > > UI and CAI cmavo mark the previous word, except for ``zo'',
> > > ``si, ``sa, ``su, ``lo'u, ZOI, ``fa'o, ``zei, BAhE
> > > cmavo, and ``bu''.
> >
> > Looks like "uibu" is okay, but not "bu.ui".
>
> Well, yes. My question was, why?

{bu.ui} at the beginning of a sentence is invalid because {bu} has nothing to
grab. {.abu.ui} is valid, according to jbofi'e.

phma
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li ze te'a ci vu'u ci bi'e te'a mu du
li ci su'i ze te'a mu bi'e vu'u ci