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

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

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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