Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 09:50:38 -0400
From: John Cowan <cowan@LOCKE.CCIL.ORG>
Subject: Re: lojban recordings
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la xorxes. cusku di'e
 
> What does it mean "to acknowledge an offer"? Is it the same as
> accepting it?
 
I think that to refuse an offer, one has to do more than "je'e", but that
"je'e" alone may pragmatically be understood as acceptance.
 
> And what exactly does "i'a" mean?
>
> .i'a      UI1     acceptance     attitudinal: acceptance - blame
>
> What has acceptance got to do with blame?
 
I almost understand this, but on reflection, I realize that I don't
grasp the distinction between "i'anai" and "i'enai".
 
> And what is {i'anai}?
> Is it "it's your fault" or is it "mea culpa"?
 
I think that "i'anai se'inai" is the former, and "i'anai se'i" is the latter.
 
> Or is the scale
> "acceptance - blame" a scale between "my fault" and "your fault"?
 
I don't think so.
 
> Also, it would be nice to have a more gracious way of replying
> to "thank you" than "mhm". Of course, it has to be somewhat
> idiomatic, but I still haven't found a nice way to do it.
 
To paraphrase some remarks made in The Loglanist about (the Loglan
equivalent of) "coi", "je'e" is neither gracious nor ungracious, but
merely correct.
 
--
John Cowan                                      cowan@ccil.org
                e'osai ko sarji la lojban.