[lojban-beginners] Re: quickest way to apologize in Lojban

[Timothy Hobbs <tim.thelion@gmail.com>]

Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> writes:

hu? isn't that no-thanks?
> On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 04:22:40PM -0400, Matt Arnold wrote:
>> On 10/12/06, Jorge Llamb?as <jjllambias@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >On 10/12/06, Matt Arnold <matt.mattarn@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Does {i'anaise'i} mean "sorry", "mea culpa", or "that's my bad" in 
>> >Lojban?
>> >> {i'a} acceptance
>> >> {i'anai} blame
>> >> {se'i} self-oriented attitudinal modifier
>> >
>> >I would use {.u'u}, but yours would seeem to work too, with
>> >different nuances.
>> >
>> >It is a bit strange that there isn't an apology cmavo in COI.
>
> Yes, it is.
>
>> I don't want to tell someone who I've wronged that I pity them. 
>
> That's {.uu}, not {.u'u}.  {.u'u} == {xenru}, i.e. "my bad".
>
> .u'u       UI1      repentance
>                     attitudinal: repentance - lack of regret - innocence
>
>                     (cf. xenru, zugycni)
>
>> I agree about COI by the way. (For those just joining us, that
>> family of cmavo includes "hello", "goodbye", "please" and "thank
>> you".) I expected a "sorry" cmavo to be in that group, and was
>> surprised when there wasn't.
>
> pe'u nai?  :-)
>
> -Robin
>
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