Re: [lojban] Alice essay

[Craig Daniel <craigbdaniel@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 10:24 AM, .arpis. <rpglover64+jbobau@gmail.com> wrote:
>> - The ungrammatical construction “ka'enai” is used several times
>
> This is a perfectly legitimate construction meaning "not able"
>
> When attached to tenses and modals (see Chapter 10), the “nai” suffix
> usually indicates a contradictory negation of the tagged bridi.
> (http://dag.github.io/cll/15/7/)

Technically, I believe ka'enai isn't CLL compliant, because NAI has
some weird restrictions on it and that particular construction is the
one people most frequently agitate for changing. (Personally I think
NAI and CAI should both be merged into UI.)

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