Re: Names

[jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU]

la dn uygnz cusku di'e

> There seems appear to be many ways of saying 'I am X.', but I really want to
> know to say 'I am X Y.' where X is my given name and Y is my family name.
>
>     mi'e dn. .uygnz.                (I am Don Wiggins)
>
> How can you interpret this as I intend?

If you want to make it clear, you could say:

mi'e dn uygnz
i zo dn cu prenu cmene mi
i zo uygnz cu lanzu cmene mi

Which roughly means: "I'm Don Wiggins. 'Don' is my given name,
and 'Wiggins' is my family name."

I don't think there is any need to establish any special convention.
Otherwise, learning Lojban would require learning all possible ways
there are for naming in different cultures. If you are talking with
someone that shares your culture as far as names go, then you don't
really need to explain the composition of your name. If you are
talking with someone from a different culture, you can explain it
with two or three sentences.

Jorge