Re: [lojban] Attitudinal scales and the meaning of {cu'i}

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 5:42 PM, Daniel Brockman
<daniel@gointeractive.se> wrote:
>>> Yeah, they're probably equivalent, but I particularly like the {na}
>>> interpretation because {UI sai cu'i} = {sei na mutce lo ka broda}
>>> ends up meaning something useful.  If we take {cu'i} for {nutli}, then
>>> we get {sei nutli lo ka mutce lo ka broda}, which seems useless.
>>
>> I think I would tend to read that as ((UI sai) cu'i) rather than as
>> (UI (sai cu'i)).
>
> What do you mean, what difference would that make?

Nevermind, "na" and "nutli" both give ((UI sai) cu'i), it's "na'e"
that gives (UI (sai cu'i)).

>> What about "UI cu'i cu'i"? Would the two cu'i cancel out in your scheme?
>
> I guess {ui cu'i cu'i} = "It's not that I'm not happy..."

More like "sei no'e no'e gleki" than "sei na na gleki" = "sei gleki"?

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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