History: Phrases that differ only in stress

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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''. * see also ((Stuff to be removed from the language))