[lojban-beginners] Introduction

2010-01-21 Thread Zachary Felix
Hello everyone, I am a junior in High School, and I have been trying to learn Lojban for the fun of it recently. I have a friend (a sophmore) with whom I am trying learn, and it is quite fun. I have been using the What is Lojban? book to learn, for the most part. We haven't really gotten

[lojban-beginners] Re: Introduction

2010-01-21 Thread Jorge Llambías
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Zachary Felix zf2...@messiah.edu wrote: What is the difference between the contradictory negation na and the scalar negation na'e?  According to the book, na is saying that the selbri-relation is false, and na'e is saying other-than, but how are these

[lojban-beginners] Re: Introduction

2010-01-21 Thread Zachary Felix
aha! That makes much sense! mi jimpe Thank you. Jorge Llambíasjjllamb...@gmail.com 01/21/10 2:00 PM On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Zachary Felix zf2...@messiah.edu wrote: What is the difference between the contradictory negation na and the scalar negation na'e? According to the book, na

[lojban-beginners] Re: lojban-beginners Digest V4 #4

2010-01-21 Thread Zachary Spector
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 na'e is sometimes translated as not really. For instance, zombies are na'e lifri, not really alive, but this is not quite the same as saying they are na lifri, not alive at all. Ecartis wrote: lojban-beginners Digest Thu, 21 Jan 2010

[lojban-beginners] Re: Introduction

2010-01-21 Thread Matt Arnold
Zachary, welcome! Thanks for joining the list. I see Jorge has answered your question. Keep learning and let us know if you get stuck! -Matt On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Zachary Felix zf2...@messiah.edu wrote: Hello everyone, I am a junior in High School, and I have been trying to learn