History: BPFK Section: General Negators

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cmavo: nai (NAI)

Proposed Definition

Negate cmavo. Causes the meaning of the attached cmavo to be the negative of the original meaning. See individual words for how this interacts with them.

Proposed Tag

See Also

  • na
  • ja'ai

Proposed Keywords

  • negate
  • negative

Usage Examples

.i.ienai mi na blanu
"[[Disagreement] I am not blue."

.i.uinaicai lo mi gerku cu morsi
"[[Extreme unhappiness] My dog is dead!"

Notes


Issues

cmavo: ja'ai (NAI)

Proposed Definition

Affirm cmavo. Explicitly denies a negative on the attached cmavo. Used for answering ``pei'' questions, and with logical connectives. See individual words for how this interacts with them.

Proposed Tag

See Also

  • na
  • nai

Proposed Keywords

  • affirm
  • affirmative

Usage Examples

Notes

This is a proposed new cmavo.

Issues

General Section Issues


All attitudinal modifiers are weird. (zo'o)

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Tue 10 of Jun, 2014 03:27 GMT mukti from 68.173.146.212 6
Thu 14 of Oct, 2010 21:37 GMT Eimi from 128.252.20.177 Added proposal for {ja'ai}. 5
Sat 09 of Oct, 2010 00:36 GMT eyeonus from 132.178.238.2 4
Fri 08 of Oct, 2010 22:44 GMT eyeonus from 132.178.238.2 3
Fri 08 of Oct, 2010 22:27 GMT eyeonus from 132.178.238.2 2
Wed 17 of Nov, 2004 02:56 GMT rlpowell from 64.81.49.171 1