[lojban] Re: lujvo preti

[Robin Turner <robin@Bilkent.EDU.TR>]

From: Robin Turner <robin@Bilkent.EDU.TR>

Logical Language Group wrote:

> From: Logical Language Group <lojbab@access.digex.net>
>
> >Can the lujvo 'tolxamgu' can be in English as "bad",
> >and 'nalxamgu' as "not-good"? I am trying to understand the
> >application of polar vs. scalar negation.
>
> I would take tolxamgu as being not merely bad, but as far from good as
> possible on the unspecified scale.  nalxamgu is also "bad", but is more
> akin to xlali - having the full range of other-than-good.  The typical
> English semantics of "not good" can include either na'e xamgu or no'e
> xamgu.  A "C" grade on a test is not good, but neither is it bad (unless
> you fall short of honors or grad school admission as a result).
>
> lojbab
>

What about doubleplus-ungood then? ;-)

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