Re: [lojban] Does {na nei} work like that?

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Saturday 20 November 2010 16:06:36 ianek wrote:
> coi
> {na nei} should work like {na go'i}. According to LLC 15.9, {na}
> replaces previous negation, not negates it. Just like this:
> A: i le vi karce na crino
> B: i na go'i
>
> A: this car isn't green
> B: it isn't
>
> So {na nei} should mean "this negative statement is indeed true", or
> I'm awfully wrong.

That's what I think too. What happens, though, when you have several {na} or 
{ja'a} in front of a selbri?

I think the right way to say "this statement is false" is "dei jitfa".

Pierre
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