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> On Tuesday 21 December 2004 19:05, Jorge "Llambías" wrote:
> > --- Pierre Abbat wrote:
> > > The way I set up valfendi, there is one class of fu'ivla that have rafsi
> > > that
> > >
> > > can be used anywhere in a lujvo, and all others cannot be used in a lujvo
> > > except with zei.
> >
> > Why do you disallow fu'ivla that start with a consonant as final rafsi?
>
> I don't. Why do you think I do? {nalytci'ile} is valid but {nalyskalduna} is
> not.

I meant: Why do you disallow *some* fu'ivla that start with a consonant
as final rafsi. Any fu'ivla that starts with a consonant can be used
equally unambiguously as a final rafsi.

> > > "-iy-" was tried and discarded a long time ago.
> >
> > I remember reading something about it. How was it tried, and why
> > was it discarded?
>
> That was before my time.

Well, mine too. Now is our time, so let's consider it. {iy} puts every
fu'ivla (at least those that start with a consonant) on an equal footing.
Just as with gismu, some are priviledged with shorter rafsi, but all
have at least the long ones. Why not extend the same benefit to fu'ivla?

mu'o mi'e xorxes




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