From LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU Thu Oct 2 00:03:37 1997 Message-Id: <199710020503.AAA06004@locke.ccil.org> Date: Thu Oct 2 00:03:37 1997 Reply-To: JORGE JOAQUIN LLAMBIAS Sender: Lojban list From: JORGE JOAQUIN LLAMBIAS Subject: Re: na'enai X-To: lojban To: John Cowan X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 808 And: >1. What, then, happens to {po`o}? Does it then mean something more > like "merely"? I don't know. >2. Does using {na`enai} violate the spirit or letter of the > baseline? The letter. According to the baselined grammar, {nai} cannot follow a NAhE. I don't understand why. I think that usage will tend to reduce the number of selmaho, so that for example {nai} will behave like any UI. It seems an unnecessary complication to have it as a separate selmaho. >3. How would one say "He is not french and he is non-french"? > - Since lots of people have announced their wish to say such > things easily, is there a simple way to do it? Maybe > {ti na`enai na`e fraso} might be satisfactory? Yes, that works. Stacking of NAhEs is quite kosher, too. co'o mi'e xorxes