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la gleki scripsit:

> {na'e} says that we are somewere at another point but on the same scale.
> {no'e} says we are in the middle of the same scale.
> {to'e} says that we are at the opposite point of the same scale.

Right.

> {na'i} says that we are outside this scale (i.e. this predicate 
> relationship)

"Na'i" says that there's something wrong with the way the statement is
formulated.  "Na'i I drove my car to work today" is a true statement,
since I don't have a car and in fact don't drive.

> {na}. Here I have a problem. According to what I draw {na} means that we 
> are not at this point of this scale and may be even outside this scale.
> So for me {na} is (warning! bad grammar follows) {na'i ja na'e}.

"Na" is not about scales either.  It says no more and no less than that
the rest of the sentence is untrue.  "Na'e censa" is "secular", but
"ti na na'e censa" does not reduce to "ti censa" logically, though it
may do so pragmatically.

> Anyway, I want all types of negation to fit on the same scheme.

They don't, and aren't intended to.  Lojban's round pegs will not fit
in your square holes.

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