Re: [lojban] Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: A friggin' proposal.

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

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).

-Robin

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