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History: rafsi zi'evla
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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-"
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