From lojban-beginners+bncCIycn8S8DhCXveTvBBoE7LfPOQ@googlegroups.com Wed Jun 15 14:05:40 2011 Received: from mail-pv0-f189.google.com ([74.125.83.189]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1QWxHM-0005VM-I7; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:05:39 -0700 Received: by pvc22 with SMTP id 22sf618851pvc.16 for ; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:05:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version :in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :x-original-sender:x-original-authentication-results:reply-to :precedence:mailing-list:list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post :list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe :content-type; bh=hnAhUXQd44CzTDFvkII0lRZ/e9R4ATu8ReSPUBDvMdc=; b=zFQTNmhrOJ6Xa1Z+YzR38gaqkiwSMH9769Ww3XaM6Ky4t/8kUZox6mdXtfDPfjzcXR bmKBZ/peSO58fp2RcVed2fL9/0rdqnM81fPFT6Gr/k/ByDbxqela1jqQwyHArR/0Cyrx Cx5QybTdMXcAOrxpw7ugzjUXtXu0BH7RplMyI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender :list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type; b=dhlfPd2jxRTEfThaVdiHNtS14AVxzAB1e0X4+arxVmuiNdAM1RzJpHCbW0N0g7f/0+ klD9NfYC27OHg66A73En9fxGzeUoUp2XUA7VKV6hyD1WC9Gq1ShIbkNrAIuajV6ZsY1p bDLZ844GwRIgqvxFL4wSauvP81mFd3GMz/8cY= Received: by 10.68.35.196 with SMTP id k4mr10378pbj.75.1308171927238; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:05:27 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.68.39.41 with SMTP id m9ls322486pbk.2.gmail; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:05:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.32.34 with SMTP id f2mr15751pbi.94.1308171925776; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:05:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.32.34 with SMTP id f2mr15750pbi.94.1308171925760; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:05:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-pv0-f171.google.com (mail-pv0-f171.google.com [74.125.83.171]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f8si1943187pbc.0.2011.06.15.14.05.25 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:05:25 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of mturniansky@gmail.com designates 74.125.83.171 as permitted sender) client-ip=74.125.83.171; Received: by mail-pv0-f171.google.com with SMTP id 4so814532pva.2 for ; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:05:25 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.41.134 with SMTP id f6mr150141pbl.273.1308171925634; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:05:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.59.194 with HTTP; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:05:25 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:05:25 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban-beginners] More lojban kid stories. From: Michael Turniansky To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: mturniansky@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of mturniansky@gmail.com designates 74.125.83.171 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=mturniansky@gmail.com; dkim=pass (test mode) header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com; contact lojban-beginners+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 300742228892 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 You don't really understand na'i. It's much more than a glorified na/na'e. It's more equivalent to the zen "mu". It lets the asker know the question cannot have been asked in that form, for any answer would be incorrect. Therefore, it metaphorically unasks the question. --gejyspa On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Luke Bergen wrote: > Either I'm missing something or I don't really understand na'i. I've always > just thought of it as a glorofied na or na'e > > On Jun 15, 2011 4:19 PM, "Michael Turniansky" wrote: >> My 11yo says, "I need to use "na'i" more in my life." I had told him >> the meaning of the word, and he thinks it would be great for English. >> --gejyspa >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Lojban Beginners" group. >> To post to this group, send email to lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> lojban-beginners+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/lojban-beginners?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Lojban Beginners" group. > To post to this group, send email to lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > lojban-beginners+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/lojban-beginners?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lojban Beginners" group. 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