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Re: [lojban] Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: A friggin' proposal.
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Robin Lee Powell
<rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 05:00:52PM -0400, Michael Turniansky wrote:
>> Speaking of tinkering with the language, can someone explain the
>> rationale behind not allowing CAhA to be negated with nai? I'm
>> sure there is one, but why shouldn't (for example) "mi ka'e nai
>> sanga" be roughly equivalent to "mi na'e kakne lo nu sanga"?
>> (admittedly pu'inai and nu'onai wouldn't be as useful as ka'enai
>> and ca'anai)
>
> I'm not aware of a good reason, and it's been done in usage *many*
> times. Please add a note to the appropriate BPFK page (see my other
> mail).
vi'o
-gejyspa
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