[lojban-beginners] shidgerrrrrkari

2009-06-16 Thread tijlan
In LFB 12, the r-hyphen in "cidjrkari" is claimed to be "a syllable on its own, and the word should sound something like shidgerkari". But, according to CLL, "l/m/n/r" can be either syllabic or non-syllabic. Isn't LFB's description a bit misleading? mu'o mi'e tijlan

[lojban-beginners] Re: shidgerrrrrkari

2009-06-16 Thread Pierre Abbat
On Tuesday 16 June 2009 09:30:24 tijlan wrote: > In LFB 12, the r-hyphen in "cidjrkari" is claimed to be "a syllable on > its own, and the word should sound something like shidgerkari". > But, according to CLL, "l/m/n/r" can be either syllabic or > non-syllabic. Isn't LFB's description a bit mi

[lojban-beginners] Re: shidgerrrrrkari

2009-06-16 Thread Yoav Nir
Interesting, because I can't pronounce it syllabic. It comes out like shi-djer-ka-ri On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Pierre Abbat wrote: > On Tuesday 16 June 2009 09:30:24 tijlan wrote: > > In LFB 12, the r-hyphen in "cidjrkari" is claimed to be "a syllable on > > its own, and the word should s

[lojban-beginners] Re: shidgerrrrrkari

2009-06-16 Thread Pierre Abbat
On Tuesday 16 June 2009 18:28:50 Yoav Nir wrote: > Interesting, because I can't pronounce it syllabic. > It comes out like shi-djer-ka-ri I meant I can't say it as "cid,jrka,ri". There are a few Russian words which begin with difficult consonant clusters. I can say "mgla" (darkness) with or with