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From: Luke Bergen To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: lukeabergen@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of lukeabergen@gmail.com designates 209.85.215.53 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=lukeabergen@gmail.com; dkim=pass (test mode) header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com; contact lojban-beginners+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 300742228892 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016364c799b7c2f8f04a5c7fe00 Content-Length: 6738 --0016364c799b7c2f8f04a5c7fe00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Uhhhh. Yeah I figured I just didn't understand it.... could you explain it to me the same way that you explained it to your kid? Then a couple examples? On Jun 15, 2011 5:05 PM, "Michael Turniansky" wrote: > You don't really understand na'i. It's much more than a glorified > na/na'e. It's more equivalent to the zen "mu". It lets the asker > know the question cannot have been asked in that form, for any answer > would be incorrect. Therefore, it metaphorically unasks the question. > --gejyspa > > > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Luke Bergen wrote: >> Either I'm missing something or I don't really understand na'i. I've always >> just thought of it as a glorofied na or na'e >> >> On Jun 15, 2011 4:19 PM, "Michael Turniansky" wrote: >>> My 11yo says, "I need to use "na'i" more in my life." 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Uhhhh. Yeah I figured I just didn't understand it.... could you expl= ain it to me the same way that you explained it to your kid?=A0 Then a coup= le examples?

On Jun 15, 2011 5:05 PM, "Michael Turniansk= y" <mturniansky@gmail.com<= /a>> wrote:
> You don't really understa= nd na'i. It's much more than a glorified
> na/na'e. It's more equivalent to the zen "mu". It = lets the asker
> know the question cannot have been asked in that for= m, for any answer
> would be incorrect. Therefore, it metaphorically= unasks the question.
> --gejyspa
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 15, 201= 1 at 4:54 PM, Luke Bergen <
luke= abergen@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Either I'm missing somethi= ng or I don't really understand na'i. I've always
>> just thought of it as a glorofied na or na'e
>>
&g= t;> On Jun 15, 2011 4:19 PM, "Michael Turniansky" <mturniansky@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> My 11yo says, "I need to use "na'i" more in= my life." I had told him
>>> the meaning of the word, and= he thinks it would be great for English.
>>> --gejyspa
>>>
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