[lojban-beginners] Introduction

["Zachary Felix" <zf2153@messiah.edu>]

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...

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...

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