Re: [lojban] LOI PRENU GO PA MEI GI KA'E NAI TE JINGA?

[John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>]

And Rosta scripsit:

> Is {ka'e nai} not standard Lojban for "cannot"? The meaning I intended
> was "is a unity iff cannot be defeated" -- makes a stronger claim than
> the original, but not inappropriately so. That is, the meaning is
> "go pa mei gi na ka'e te jinga".

No, ka'enai is ungrammatical.  But it so happens that "ka'e na" will work,
since tenses and NAs can be interchanged.

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