lexicon; comments
Sorik of Vulcan 
Wed, 11 Mar 1998 19:10:25 PST

Greetings everyone.

I have been reading through the lexicon frequently lately, in order to 
learn it better, and as you probably could alread tell, I have some 
questions.

First off.  Is the suffix or and ong or and?  I've seen both of separate 
web pages.

Secondly.  Can someone explain the nasalized vowels?  I don't really 
know what they are suposed to sound like.

What does the : in such cases as i: u: e: o: ^: mean?

Is the a vowel suposed to be pronounced like Bach, like base, or like 
bat?

I like the Zvelebil notation because of the d+zh conbination, but I 
don't like how the "j" represents a "y" sound.

Are you sure that "iw", and "iwl" can easily be distinguished when 
spoken?  Is that not important?

Can someone explain the whole "We speaker, and you listeners" theme?

I understand the Deictic rules (mostly), but what does he (not visable) 
mean?  Also, what is the differnce between that/these (not visable) and 
that (distantial)?

It states that colors will be discussed later, but I think I know what 
we'll see.  The question I have is whether the relationship between e,g. 
krupat'oram (,7 +,3) is dealing with the addition of light or the 
subtraction of light.

I very much like the way numbers are set up.

In reading chapter 5, I wonder if there should be a camparative property 
in this section of the lexicon.  A way to say, like the friend, unlike 
the friend, same as the friend, and opposite of the friend.  I think we 
will find this neccessary for debate and logical sentences.

Just some preliminary thoughts.  I would appreciate some responses.

Sorik

"If everyone is unique, then that also makes everyone the same."

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