On 10/12/06, Jorge Llambías <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.
mu'o mi'e xorxes
I don't want to tell someone who I've wronged that I pity them. I certainly wouldn't say "I sympathize with you" in English to someone who I just wronged. 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. -epkat