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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:02:53 -0500
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Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Introduction
From: Matt Arnold <matt.mattarn@gmail.com>
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Zachary,

welcome! Thanks for joining the list. I see Jorge has answered your
question. Keep learning and let us know if you get stuck!

-Matt


On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Zachary Felix <zf2153@messiah.edu> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am a junior in High School, and I have been trying to learn Lojban for the fun of it recently.  I have a friend (a sophmore) with whom I am trying learn, and it is quite fun.  I have been using the "What is Lojban?" book to learn, for the most part.  We haven't really gotten very far, but there are a couple questions he asked me that I was not positive on from reading the book, and so I thought I'd ask people who know better...  I only have one as of now, but I'm sure I'll have more questions later...
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> What is the difference between the contradictory negation "na" and the scalar negation "na'e"?  According to the book, "na" is saying that the selbri-relation is false, and "na'e" is saying "other-than", but how are these really different?  The only conclusion I came to was that "na'e" is meaning that something else is true, though I think for most cases they would have relatively similar meanings...
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> Anyway, just thought I'd introduce myself and see if I could get any help...  if anyone can clear up the matter, I would appreciate it, or if anyone has any tips for learning...
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Zaq Felix
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