From LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU Tue Jul 12 13:20:36 1994
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Date: Tue Jul 12 13:20:36 1994
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From: i.alexander.bra0125@oasis.icl.co.uk
Subject:      Re: sumti categories
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To: Bob LeChevalier <lojbab@access.digex.net>
Status: RO

cu'u la kolin.
> na'ipei mi casnu li re
> "? We discuss the number two"

> (What about na'ipei for the linguist's "?" (doubtful grammaticality)?
> I'm not happy about it - I suspect we need a question word on the
> jo'a/na'i dimension)

cu'u la kau,n.
> "na'ipei" signals a question
...
> "na'icu'i", OTOH, affirms that the sentence is midway on the scale between
> acceptable and unacceptable.

I think what we _really_ mean in this context is more like {na'i ju'o cu'i} -
not so much a question as a declaration of uncertainty.

mi'e .i,n.