Re: [lojban] Meaning of multiple negations

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 8:22 PM, .arpis. <rpglover64+jbobau@gmail.com> wrote:
> I guess I'm unsure as to how far-reaching the implications of "na na = ja'a"
> are...
> If I say, e.g. {noda node bacru}, does this become {naku su'oda naku su'ode
> bacru} which becomes {naku naku roda su'ode bacru} which becomes {roda
> su'ode bacru} or more simply {roda de bacru}?
> Does "No one made no sound." mean "Everyone made some sound."?

Exactly.

And similarly with "me'i da", which is "naku roda", so:

me'i da no de = su'o da su'o de
no da me'i de = ro da ro de
me'i da me'i de = su'o da ro de

"Not everyone made no sound" = "Someone made some sound".
"No one made less than every sound" = "Everyone made every sound"
"Not everyone made less than every sound" = "Someone made every sound".

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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