Re: [lojban-beginners] Should I propose an experimental cmavo? (was non-urgent research request to help Lojban.)

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Oren <get.oren@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> my only residual query: do you see any "never mind" polysemy here?
>
> case 1
> A: What was that you just said?
> B: Never mind.
>
> case 2
> A: What kind of breaks are the safest?
> B: Never mind that; just remember to wear a helmet!
>
> When you say { ju'inai } covers 'never mind' I agree in case 1, but
> feel suspicious about case 2, where my interpretation is that the
> attitudes reflect importance for consideration/remembering of
> something.

I agree. I suggest using "ra'unai"/"ra'u" for case 2.

"ra'u" can be complemented with "bi'unai" to indicate that I'm not
really telling you anything you didn't already know, as in "remember",
"don't forget":

 A:  lo mo verjabre cu traji lo ka nurgau
 B:  ra'unai go'i .i ra'u bi'unai ko dasni lo sedgai

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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