From jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar Thu Mar 25 04:57:05 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 25 Mar 2004 04:57:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from web41901.mail.yahoo.com ([66.218.93.152]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B6UPq-0004XB-Ee for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 04:56:58 -0800 Message-ID: <20040325125626.62747.qmail@web41901.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [200.49.74.2] by web41901.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 04:56:26 PST Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 04:56:26 -0800 (PST) From: Jorge "Llambías" Subject: [lojban] Re: reply to a negated selbri To: lojban-list@lojban.org In-Reply-To: <200403250942.i2P9gdl17608@xahlee.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-archive-position: 7321 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list --- "xahlee.org" wrote: > I kind of prefer for lojban to choose an interpretation/grammar as to stick > to the so-called logical response to negated questions. That is, answer > whether the question is true or false. Apparently this is not the case. You can do that too: je'upei ti na blabi True? This is not white. Answer "je'u" means "true", i.e. "this is not white". Answer "je'unai" means "false", i.e. "this is white". > Can anyone explain a bit why lojban choose to be the way it is? How do i view > it in a positive light? :) {go'i} repeats the previous sentence, it is not a response to a statement. {je'u}/{je'unai} can be used for a reaction to the statement. mu'o mi'e xorxes __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html