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

[Timo Paulssen <timonator@perpetuum-immobile.de>]

Oren wrote:
> { .i ju'i mi klama } "Hey listen up, I'm going."
>   
This means "hey, me, listen! something's going/coming.". You want to put
a do'e there.
> { .i ju'inai mi klama } "Don't pay attention [to me saying this], I'm going."
>   
Same thing.
> What I want to say, however, is approximately:
>
> "Recall, I'm going." or "Remember, I'm going." or, "I'm going, ya know!"
> ...meaning I'm reminding you that I'm going. It's important that you
> (the listener) know this; "Don't forget."
> "Never mind me going." or "Forget about me going." or, "Whatever, I'm going."
> ...meaning I'm anti-reminding you. It's not important that you know
> this. "Forget about it/ never mind."
>   
Why not {to ko morji toi}? Or even {sei mi mojgau}?
> P.S. I think I may be proposing an experimental BAI cmavo soon for
> this term. Even in isolation it could be a useful term: we already are
> accustomed to "never mind" in English. The complimentary "don't
> forget" meaning of the word would fill in a gap in English that makes
> dialogue like this example more ambiguous than it needs to be:
>   
I don't think a BAI would fit this. You may mean UI or COI?
> "I'd imagine that if we had a "reminder/exhortation" cmavo, putting a nai on it
> would mean something like "forget about it/never mind," another pretty
> common phrase... how do we say these things in Lojbanistan?"
>   
I personally would have just used ju'i, TBH.

mu'o mi'e timos

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