Re: [bpfk] polysemy of {nai}

[John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>]

la gleki scripsit:

> The only that bothers me is that 
> {.uinai} means {sei to'e gleki}

Yes.

> whereas
> {gleki nai} means {na'e gleki}

That's ungrammatical as of right now.

> which is counterintuitive.

-nai means what it is convenient for it to mean in the specific
circumstances in which it is legal.

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