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{{se inspekte/en}}''Written by [[la xorxes]]'':


The usual objection to the proposal of allowing NAI after any word is "but that would require defining the effect of ''nai'' on every single word", as if that was an impossible task. To address that objection, I present here how NAI could interact with each one of Lojban's 124 grammatical word classes. Some of them are already allowed by the grammar. Most of them are obvious. Those that are not obvious are at least plausible, in my opinion.  
The usual objection to the proposal of allowing NAI after any word is "but that would require defining the effect of '''nai''' on every single word", as if that was an impossible task. To address that objection, I present here how NAI could interact with each one of Lojban's 124 grammatical word classes. Some of them are already allowed by the grammar. Most of them are obvious. Those that are not obvious are at least plausible, in my opinion.


===  NAI and magic words ===
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*''Now?'' - part of the Standard grammar from [[CLL 1.0]].
=NAI and magic words=
{|class=wikitable
|-
| colspan="5" |
|-
| Selmaho
| Now?
| colspan="3" | Proposed effect
|-
| colspan="5" |
|-
| BAhE NAI
| Yes
| colspan="3" | emphatic/nonce NAI
|-
| FAhO NAI
| Yes
| colspan="3" | NAI is absorbed by FAhO before it can be processed
|-
| LOhU NAI
| Yes
| colspan="3" | NAI is quoted as any word
|-
| SA NAI
| Yes
| colspan="3" | NAI replaces the words erased by SA
|-
| SI NAI
| Yes
| colspan="3" | NAI replaces the word erased by SI
|-
| SU NAI
| Yes
| colspan="3" | NAI at the beginning of text
|-
| ZEI NAI
| Yes
| colspan="3" | NAI is joined into a lujvo with word preceding ZEI; any-word ZEI any-word NAI = na'e any-word ZEI any-word
|-
| ZO NAI
| Yes
| colspan="3" | NAI is quoted by ZO; ZO any-word NAI = na'e bo ZO any-word
|-
| ZOI NAI
| Yes
| colspan="3" | NAI is used as delimiter word; ZOI any-word ... any-word NAI = na'e bo ZOI any-word ... any-word
|}


Selmaho | Now? | Proposed effect
=NAI and sumti=


BAhE NAI | Yes  | emphatic/nonce NAI
{|class=wikitable
|-
| colspan="5" |
|-
| Selmaho
| Now?
| colspan="3" | Proposed effect
|-
| colspan="5" |
|-
| BE NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | BE NAI term = BE term NAI
|-
| BEI NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | BEI NAI term = BEI term NAI
|-
| FA NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | FA na'e bo, FA NAI KU = FA KU
|-
| KOhA NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | na'e bo KOhA
|-
| KU NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | na'e bo LA/LE, NA KU NAI = NA NAI KU, tag KU NAI = tag NAI KU, FA KU NAI = FA KU
|-
| LA NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | na'e bo LA
|-
| LAhE NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | na'e bo LAhE
|-
| LE NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | na'e bo LE
|-
| LEhU NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | na'e bo LOhU
|-
| LI NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | na'e bo LI
|-
| LIhU NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | na'e bo LU
|-
| LOhO NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | na'e bo LI
|-
| LUhU NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | na'e bo LAhE/NAhE BO
|}


FAhO NAI | Yes  | NAI is absorbed by FAhO before it can be processed
=NAI and selbri=
{|class=wikitable
|-
| colspan="5" |
|-
| Selmaho
| Now?
| colspan="3" | Proposed effect
|-
| colspan="5" |
|-
| BEhO NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | tanru-unit-2 linkargs NAI = na'e tanru-unit-2 linkargs
|-
| BRIVLA NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | na'e BRIVLA
|-
| GOhA NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | na'e GOhA
|-
| ME NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | na'e ME
|-
| MEhU NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | na'e ME
|-
| MOI NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | na'e ... MOI
|-
| NUhA NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | na'e NUhA
|}


LOhU NAI | Yes | NAI is quoted as any word
=NAI and sentences=
{|class=wikitable
|-
| colspan="5" |
|-
| Selmaho
| Now?
| colspan="3" | Proposed effect
|-
| colspan="5" |
|-
| CEhE NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | CEhE NA KU CEhE
|-
| CU NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | CU NA
|-
| GEhU NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | NOI ke'a NA broda
|-
| GOI NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | NOI ke'a NA broda
|-
| I NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | negates the following sentence
|-
| KEI NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | NU subsentence KEI NAI = NU NA KU ZOhU subsentence KEI
|-
| KUhO NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | NOI subsentence KUhO NAI = NOI NA KU ZOhU subsentence KUhO
|-
| LU NAI
| Yes
| colspan="3" | NAI at beginning of text
|-
| NA NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | ja'a nai = na, na nai = ja'a
|-
| NOI NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | NOI NA KU ZOhU
|-
| NU NAI
| Yes
| colspan="3" | NU NA KU ZOhU
|-
| NUhI NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | NUhI NAI ... NUhU = NUhI naku NUhI ... NUhU NUhU
|-
| NUhU NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | terms NUhU NAI = na ku terms NUhU
|-
| TUhE NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | NAI at the beginning of text
|-
| TUhU NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | TUhE text TUhU NAI = TUhE NAI text TUHU
|-
| VAU NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | terms VAU NAI = naku terms VAU
|-
| VUhO NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | VUhO NAI relative-clauses = VUhO relative-clause NAI [[ZIhE relative-clause NAI]] ...
|-
| ZIhE NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | ZIhE NAI relative-clause = ZIhE relative-clause NAI
|-
| ZOhU NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | ZOhU NA KU ZOhU
|}


SA NAI |  Yes  |  NAI replaces the words erased by SA
=NAI and connectives=


SI NAI | Yes | NAI replaces the word erased by SI
{|class=wikitable
|-
| colspan="5" |
|-
| Selmaho
| Now?
| colspan="3" | Proposed effect
|-
| colspan="5" |
|-
| A NAI
| Yes
| colspan="3" | negates second argument of A
|-
| BIhI NAI
| Yes
| colspan="3" | as now
|-
| GA NAI
| Yes
| colspan="3" | negates first argument of GA
|-
| GI NAI
| Yes
| colspan="3" | negates following argument of connective
|-
| GIhA NAI
| Yes
| colspan="3" | negates second argument of GIhA
|-
| GUhA NAI
| Yes
| colspan="3" | negates first argument of GUhA
|-
| JA NAI
| Yes
| colspan="3" | negates second argument of JA
|-
| JOI NAI
| Yes
| colspan="3" | as now
|-
| PEhE NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | preceding NA KU for logical connectives, other-than for non-logical
|}


SU NAI |  Yes  |  NAI at the beginning of text
=NAI and tags=


ZEI NAI | Yes | NAI is joined into a lujvo with word preceding ZEI; any-word ZEI any-word NAI = na'e any-word ZEI any-word
{|class=wikitable
|-
| colspan="5" |
|-
| Selmaho
| Now?
| colspan="3" | Proposed effect
|-
| colspan="5" |
|-
| BAI NAI
| Yes
| colspan="3" | fi'o NA broda, where BAI = fi'o broda
|-
| CAhA NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | fi'o NA broda, where CAhA = fi'o broda
|-
| CUhE NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | fi'o NA broda, where CUhE = fi'o broda
|-
| FAhA NAI
| Yes
| colspan="3" | fi'o NA broda, where FAhA = fi'o broda
|-
| FEhE NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | time aspects
|-
| FEhU NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | FIhO selbri FEhU NAI = FIhO NA selbri FEhU
|-
| FIhO NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | FIhO NAI selbri FEhU = FIhO NA selbri FEhU
|-
| KI NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | fi'o NA broda, where KI = fi'o broda
|-
| MOhI NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | non-motion
|-
| PU NAI
| Yes
| colspan="3" | fi'o NA broda, where PU = fi'o broda
|-
| ROI NAI
| Yes
| colspan="3" | number ROI NAI = fi'o NA broda, where number ROI = fi'o broda
|-
| TAhE NAI
| Yes
| colspan="3" | fi'o NA broda, where TAhE = fi'o broda
|-
| VA NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | fi'o NA broda, where VA = fi'o broda
|-
| VEhA NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | fi'o NA broda, where VEhA = fi'o broda
|-
| VIhA NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | fi'o NA broda, where VIhA = fi'o broda
|-
| ZAhO NAI
| Yes
| colspan="3" | fi'o NA broda, where ZAhO = fi'o broda
|-
| ZEhA NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | fi'o NA broda, where ZEhA = fi'o broda
|-
| ZI NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | fi'o NA broda, where ZI = fi'o broda
|}


ZO NAI  |  Yes  |  NAI is quoted by ZO; ZO any-word NAI = na'e bo ZO any-word
=NAI and indicators and free modifiers=


ZOI NAI | Yes | NAI is used as delimiter word; ZOI any-word ... any-word NAI = na'e bo ZOI any-word ... any-word
{|class=wikitable
|-
| colspan="5" |
|-
| Selmaho
| Now?
| colspan="3" | Proposed effect
|-
| colspan="5" |
|-
| CAI NAI
| Yes
| colspan="3" | as now
|-
| COI NAI
| Yes
| colspan="3" | as now
|-
| DAhO NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | recover pro-assign
|-
| DOhU NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | unvocative marker; not speaking to you ...
|-
| DOI NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | unvocative marker; not speaking to you ...
|-
| FUhE NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | negate composite indicator
|-
| FUhO NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | negate composite indicator
|-
| NAI NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | ja'ai nai = nai, nai nai = ja'ai
|-
| SEhU NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | SEI NAI / SOI NAI
|-
| SEI NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | SEI na ku
|-
| SOI NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | non-reciprocity
|-
| TO NAI
| Yes
| colspan="3" | NAI at the beginning of text
|-
| TOI NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | TO text TOI NAI = TO NAI text TOI
|-
| UI NAI
| Yes
| colspan="3" | opposite UI
|-
| XI NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | superscript
|-
| Y NAI
| Yes
| colspan="3" | NAI
|}


||
=NAI and numbers and lerfu-strings=


=== NAI and sumti ===
{|class=wikitable
|-
| colspan="5" |
|-
| Selmaho
| Now?
| colspan="3" | Proposed effect
|-
| colspan="5" |
|-
| BOI NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | other than (number BOI)/(lerfu-string BOI)
|-
| BU NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | other than (... BU)
|-
| BY NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | other than BY
|-
| FOI NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | other than (TEI lerfu-string FOI)
|-
| LAU NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | cancel letteral shift
|-
| MAI NAI
| No
| ( number
| lerfu-string) MAI NAI = other than (number
| lerfu-string) MAI
|-
| PA NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | other than PA
|-
| TEI NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | other than (TEI lerfu-string FOI)
|}


||
=NAI and mex=


Selmaho | Now? | Proposed effect
{|class=wikitable
|-
| colspan="5" |
|-
| Selmaho
| Now?
| colspan="3" | Proposed effect
|-
| colspan="5" |
|-
| BIhE NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | other than (operator)
|-
| FUhA NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | other than (FUhA rp-expression)
|-
| JOhI NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | na'e bo JOhI
|-
| KUhE NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | other than (PEhO ... KUhE)
|-
| MAhO NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | na'e MAhO
|-
| MOhE NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | na'e bo MOhE
|-
| NAhU NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | na'e NAhU
|-
| NIhE NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | na'e bo NIhE
|-
| PEhO NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | other than (PEhO ... KUhE)
|-
| TEhU NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | na'e/na'ebo ... TEhU
|-
| VEhO NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | other than (VEI mex VEhO)
|-
| VEI NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | other than (VEI mex VEhO)
|-
| VUhU NAI
| No
| colspan="3" | na'e VUhU
|}


BE NAI |  No  | BE NAI term = BE term NAI
=NAI and the rest=


BEI NAI  | No  | BEI NAI term = BEI term NAI
{|class=wikitable
 
|-
FA NAI  | No  | FA na'e bo, FA NAI KU = FA KU
| colspan="5" |
 
|-
KOhA NAI  |  No  | na'e bo KOhA
| Selmaho
 
| Now?
KU NAI  |  No  | na'e bo LA/LE, NA KU NAI = NA NAI KU, tag KU NAI = tag NAI KU, FA KU NAI = FA KU
| colspan="3" | Proposed effect
 
|-
LA NAI  |  No  | na'e bo LA
| colspan="5" |
 
|-
LAhE NAI  |  No  | na'e bo LAhE
| BO NAI
 
| No
LE NAI  |  No  | na'e bo LE
| colspan="3" | negates what follows in accordance with rules for that structure
 
|-
LEhU NAI  |  No  | na'e bo LOhU
| CEI NAI
 
| No
LI NAI  |  No  | na'e bo LI
| colspan="3" | (other than selbri) assign
 
|-
LIhU NAI  |  No  | na'e bo LU
| CMENE NAI
 
| No
LOhO NAI  | No  | na'e bo LI
| colspan="3" | incorporated to the name
 
|-
LUhU NAI  |  No  | na'e bo LAhE/NAhE BO
| CO NAI
 
| No
||
| colspan="3" | no tanru inversion
 
|-
===  NAI and selbri ===
| GAhO NAI
 
| No
||
| colspan="3" | ke'inai = ga'o, ga'onai = ke'i
 
|-
Selmaho | Now? | Proposed effect
| JAI NAI
 
| No
BEhO NAI  | No  | tanru-unit-2 linkargs NAI = na'e tanru-unit-2 linkargs
| colspan="3" | no modal conversion
 
|-
BRIVLA NAI  |  No  | na'e BRIVLA
| KE NAI
 
| No
GOhA NAI  |  No  | na'e GOhA
| colspan="3" | negates bracketed structure in accordance with rules for that structure
 
|-
ME NAI  | No  | na'e ME
| KEhE NAI
 
| No
MEhU NAI  |  No  | na'e ME
| colspan="3" | negates bracketed structure in accordance with rules for that structure
 
|-
MOI NAI  |  No  | na'e ... MOI
| NAhE NAI
 
| No
NUhA NAI  |  No  | na'e NUhA
| colspan="3" | na'e nai = je'a, je'a nai = na'e, no'e nai = other than neutral point, to'e nai = je'a (as a polar extreme)
 
|-
||
| NIhO NAI
 
| No
===  NAI and sentences ===
| colspan="3" | ni'onai = no'i, no'inai = ni'o
 
|-
||
| RAhO NAI
 
| No
Selmaho | Now? | Proposed effect
| colspan="3" | pro-assign non-update
 
|-
CEhE NAI  |  No  | CEhE NA KU CEhE
| SE NAI
 
| No
CU NAI  |  No  |  CU NA
| colspan="3" | no conversion
 
|}
GEhU NAI  |  No  | NOI ke'a NA broda
 
GOI NAI  |  No  |  NOI ke'a NA broda
 
I NAI  |  No  | negates the following sentence
 
KEI NAI  |  No  |  NU subsentence KEI NAI = NU NA KU ZOhU subsentence KEI
 
KUhO NAI  |  No  |  NOI subsentence KUhO NAI = NOI NA KU ZOhU subsentence KUhO
 
LU NAI  |  Yes  |  NAI at beginning of text
 
NA NAI  |  No  |  ja'a nai = na, na nai = ja'a
 
NOI NAI  |  No  |  NOI NA KU ZOhU
 
NU NAI  |  Yes  |  NU NA KU ZOhU
 
NUhI NAI  |  No  | NUhI NAI ... NUhU =  NUhI naku NUhI ... NUhU NUhU
 
NUhU NAI  |  No  | terms NUhU NAI = na ku terms NUhU
 
TUhE NAI  |  No  |  NAI at the beginning of text
 
TUhU NAI  |  No  |  TUhE text TUhU NAI = TUhE NAI text TUHU
 
VAU NAI  |  No  | terms VAU NAI = naku terms VAU
 
VUhO NAI  |  No  | VUhO NAI relative-clauses = VUhO relative-clause NAI [[jbocre: ZIhE relative-clause NAI|ZIhE relative-clause NAI]] ...
 
ZIhE NAI  |  No  | ZIhE NAI relative-clause = ZIhE relative-clause NAI
 
ZOhU NAI  |  No  |  ZOhU NA KU ZOhU
 
||
 
===  NAI and connectives ===
 
||
 
Selmaho | Now? | Proposed effect
 
A NAI  | Yes  |  negates second argument of A
 
BIhI NAI  |  Yes  | as now
 
GA NAI  |  Yes  |  negates first argument of GA
 
GI NAI  |  Yes  |  negates following argument of connective
 
GIhA NAI  |  Yes  |  negates second argument of GIhA
 
GUhA NAI  |  Yes  |  negates first argument of GUhA
 
JA NAI  |  Yes  |  negates second argument of JA
 
JOI NAI  |  Yes  | as now
 
PEhE NAI  |  No  | preceding NA KU for logical connectives, other-than for non-logical
 
||
 
=== NAI and tags ===
 
||
 
Selmaho | Now? | Proposed effect
 
BAI NAI  | Yes  |  fi'o NA broda, where BAI = fi'o broda
 
CAhA NAI  |  No  |  fi'o NA broda, where CAhA = fi'o broda
 
CUhE NAI  |  No  |  fi'o NA broda, where CUhE = fi'o broda
 
FAhA NAI  |  Yes  |  fi'o NA broda, where FAhA = fi'o broda
 
FEhE NAI  |  No  |  time aspects
 
FEhU NAI  |  No  |  FIhO selbri FEhU NAI = FIhO NA selbri FEhU
 
FIhO NAI  |  No  |  FIhO NAI selbri FEhU = FIhO NA selbri FEhU
 
KI NAI  |  No  |  fi'o NA broda, where KI = fi'o broda
 
MOhI NAI  |  No  |  non-motion
 
PU NAI  | Yes  |  fi'o NA broda, where PU = fi'o broda
 
ROI NAI  |  Yes  |  number ROI NAI = fi'o NA broda, where number ROI = fi'o broda
 
TAhE NAI  |  Yes  |  fi'o NA broda, where TAhE = fi'o broda
 
VA NAI  |  No  |  fi'o NA broda, where VA = fi'o broda
 
VEhA NAI  |  No  |  fi'o NA broda, where VEhA = fi'o broda
 
VIhA NAI  |  No  |  fi'o NA broda, where VIhA = fi'o broda
 
ZAhO NAI  |  Yes  |  fi'o NA broda, where ZAhO = fi'o broda
 
ZEhA NAI  |  No  |  fi'o NA broda, where ZEhA = fi'o broda
 
ZI NAI  |  No  |  fi'o NA broda, where ZI = fi'o broda
 
||
 
===  NAI and indicators and free modifiers ===
 
||
 
Selmaho | Now? | Proposed effect
 
CAI NAI  |  Yes  | as now
 
COI NAI  |  Yes  | as now
 
DAhO NAI  |  No  |  recover pro-assign
 
DOhU NAI  | No  | unvocative marker; not speaking to you ...
 
DOI NAI |  No  | unvocative marker; not speaking to you ...
 
FUhE NAI  | No |  negate composite indicator
 
FUhO NAI  |  No  | negate composite indicator
 
NAI NAI  |  No  |  ja'ai nai = nai, nai nai = ja'ai
 
SEhU NAI  | No  | SEI NAI / SOI NAI
 
SEI NAI  |  No  | SEI na ku
 
SOI NAI  | No  |  non-reciprocity
 
TO NAI  | Yes  |  NAI at the beginning of text
 
TOI NAI  | No |  TO text TOI NAI = TO NAI text TOI
 
UI NAI  |  Yes  |  opposite UI
 
XI NAI  | No  |  superscript
 
Y NAI  |  Yes  |  NAI
 
||
 
===  NAI and numbers and lerfu-strings ===
 
||
 
Selmaho | Now? | Proposed effect
 
BOI NAI  |  No  | other than (number BOI)/(lerfu-string BOI)
 
BU NAI  |  No  | other than (... BU)
 
BY NAI  | No  | other than BY
 
FOI NAI  |  No  | other than (TEI lerfu-string FOI)
 
LAU NAI  | No  |  cancel letteral shift
 
MAI NAI |  No  | ( number | lerfu-string) MAI NAI = other than (number | lerfu-string) MAI
 
PA NAI  |  No  | other than PA
 
TEI NAI  | No | other than (TEI lerfu-string FOI)
 
||
 
===  NAI and mex ===
 
||
 
Selmaho | Now? | Proposed effect
 
BIhE NAI  |  No  | other than (operator)
 
FUhA NAI  |  No  | other than (FUhA rp-expression)
 
JOhI NAI  | No  | na'e bo JOhI
 
KUhE NAI |  No  | other than (PEhO ... KUhE)
 
MAhO NAI  | No | na'e MAhO
 
MOhE NAI  | No  | na'e bo MOhE
 
NAhU NAI  | No  | na'e NAhU
 
NIhE NAI  | No  | na'e bo NIhE
 
PEhO NAI  |  No  | other than (PEhO ... KUhE)
 
TEhU NAI  |  No  | na'e/na'ebo ... TEhU
 
VEhO NAI  |  No  | other than (VEI mex VEhO)
 
VEI NAI |  No  | other than (VEI mex VEhO)
 
VUhU NAI  | No | na'e VUhU
 
||
 
===  NAI and the rest ===
 
||
 
Selmaho | Now? | Proposed effect
 
BO NAI  |  No  | negates what follows in accordance with rules for that structure
 
CEI NAI  |  No  | (other than selbri) assign
 
CMENE NAI  |  No  |  incorporated to the name
 
CO NAI  |  No  | no tanru inversion
 
GAhO NAI  |  No  |  ke'inai = ga'o, ga'onai = ke'i
 
JAI NAI | No | no modal conversion
 
KE NAI | No | negates bracketed structure in accordance with rules for that structure
 
KEhE NAI | No | negates bracketed structure in accordance with rules for that structure
 
NAhE NAI | No | na'e nai = je'a, je'a nai = na'e, no'e nai = other than neutral point, to'e nai = je'a (as a polar extreme)
 
NIhO NAI | No | ni'onai = no'i, no'inai = ni'o
 
RAhO NAI | No | pro-assign non-update
 
SE NAI | No | no conversion
 
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Latest revision as of 08:02, 10 February 2015

Written by la xorxes:

The usual objection to the proposal of allowing NAI after any word is "but that would require defining the effect of nai on every single word", as if that was an impossible task. To address that objection, I present here how NAI could interact with each one of Lojban's 124 grammatical word classes. Some of them are already allowed by the grammar. Most of them are obvious. Those that are not obvious are at least plausible, in my opinion.

Legend:

  • Now? - part of the Standard grammar from CLL 1.0.

NAI and magic words

Selmaho Now? Proposed effect
BAhE NAI Yes emphatic/nonce NAI
FAhO NAI Yes NAI is absorbed by FAhO before it can be processed
LOhU NAI Yes NAI is quoted as any word
SA NAI Yes NAI replaces the words erased by SA
SI NAI Yes NAI replaces the word erased by SI
SU NAI Yes NAI at the beginning of text
ZEI NAI Yes NAI is joined into a lujvo with word preceding ZEI; any-word ZEI any-word NAI = na'e any-word ZEI any-word
ZO NAI Yes NAI is quoted by ZO; ZO any-word NAI = na'e bo ZO any-word
ZOI NAI Yes NAI is used as delimiter word; ZOI any-word ... any-word NAI = na'e bo ZOI any-word ... any-word

NAI and sumti

Selmaho Now? Proposed effect
BE NAI No BE NAI term = BE term NAI
BEI NAI No BEI NAI term = BEI term NAI
FA NAI No FA na'e bo, FA NAI KU = FA KU
KOhA NAI No na'e bo KOhA
KU NAI No na'e bo LA/LE, NA KU NAI = NA NAI KU, tag KU NAI = tag NAI KU, FA KU NAI = FA KU
LA NAI No na'e bo LA
LAhE NAI No na'e bo LAhE
LE NAI No na'e bo LE
LEhU NAI No na'e bo LOhU
LI NAI No na'e bo LI
LIhU NAI No na'e bo LU
LOhO NAI No na'e bo LI
LUhU NAI No na'e bo LAhE/NAhE BO

NAI and selbri

Selmaho Now? Proposed effect
BEhO NAI No tanru-unit-2 linkargs NAI = na'e tanru-unit-2 linkargs
BRIVLA NAI No na'e BRIVLA
GOhA NAI No na'e GOhA
ME NAI No na'e ME
MEhU NAI No na'e ME
MOI NAI No na'e ... MOI
NUhA NAI No na'e NUhA

NAI and sentences

Selmaho Now? Proposed effect
CEhE NAI No CEhE NA KU CEhE
CU NAI No CU NA
GEhU NAI No NOI ke'a NA broda
GOI NAI No NOI ke'a NA broda
I NAI No negates the following sentence
KEI NAI No NU subsentence KEI NAI = NU NA KU ZOhU subsentence KEI
KUhO NAI No NOI subsentence KUhO NAI = NOI NA KU ZOhU subsentence KUhO
LU NAI Yes NAI at beginning of text
NA NAI No ja'a nai = na, na nai = ja'a
NOI NAI No NOI NA KU ZOhU
NU NAI Yes NU NA KU ZOhU
NUhI NAI No NUhI NAI ... NUhU = NUhI naku NUhI ... NUhU NUhU
NUhU NAI No terms NUhU NAI = na ku terms NUhU
TUhE NAI No NAI at the beginning of text
TUhU NAI No TUhE text TUhU NAI = TUhE NAI text TUHU
VAU NAI No terms VAU NAI = naku terms VAU
VUhO NAI No VUhO NAI relative-clauses = VUhO relative-clause NAI ZIhE relative-clause NAI ...
ZIhE NAI No ZIhE NAI relative-clause = ZIhE relative-clause NAI
ZOhU NAI No ZOhU NA KU ZOhU

NAI and connectives

Selmaho Now? Proposed effect
A NAI Yes negates second argument of A
BIhI NAI Yes as now
GA NAI Yes negates first argument of GA
GI NAI Yes negates following argument of connective
GIhA NAI Yes negates second argument of GIhA
GUhA NAI Yes negates first argument of GUhA
JA NAI Yes negates second argument of JA
JOI NAI Yes as now
PEhE NAI No preceding NA KU for logical connectives, other-than for non-logical

NAI and tags

Selmaho Now? Proposed effect
BAI NAI Yes fi'o NA broda, where BAI = fi'o broda
CAhA NAI No fi'o NA broda, where CAhA = fi'o broda
CUhE NAI No fi'o NA broda, where CUhE = fi'o broda
FAhA NAI Yes fi'o NA broda, where FAhA = fi'o broda
FEhE NAI No time aspects
FEhU NAI No FIhO selbri FEhU NAI = FIhO NA selbri FEhU
FIhO NAI No FIhO NAI selbri FEhU = FIhO NA selbri FEhU
KI NAI No fi'o NA broda, where KI = fi'o broda
MOhI NAI No non-motion
PU NAI Yes fi'o NA broda, where PU = fi'o broda
ROI NAI Yes number ROI NAI = fi'o NA broda, where number ROI = fi'o broda
TAhE NAI Yes fi'o NA broda, where TAhE = fi'o broda
VA NAI No fi'o NA broda, where VA = fi'o broda
VEhA NAI No fi'o NA broda, where VEhA = fi'o broda
VIhA NAI No fi'o NA broda, where VIhA = fi'o broda
ZAhO NAI Yes fi'o NA broda, where ZAhO = fi'o broda
ZEhA NAI No fi'o NA broda, where ZEhA = fi'o broda
ZI NAI No fi'o NA broda, where ZI = fi'o broda

NAI and indicators and free modifiers

Selmaho Now? Proposed effect
CAI NAI Yes as now
COI NAI Yes as now
DAhO NAI No recover pro-assign
DOhU NAI No unvocative marker; not speaking to you ...
DOI NAI No unvocative marker; not speaking to you ...
FUhE NAI No negate composite indicator
FUhO NAI No negate composite indicator
NAI NAI No ja'ai nai = nai, nai nai = ja'ai
SEhU NAI No SEI NAI / SOI NAI
SEI NAI No SEI na ku
SOI NAI No non-reciprocity
TO NAI Yes NAI at the beginning of text
TOI NAI No TO text TOI NAI = TO NAI text TOI
UI NAI Yes opposite UI
XI NAI No superscript
Y NAI Yes NAI

NAI and numbers and lerfu-strings

Selmaho Now? Proposed effect
BOI NAI No other than (number BOI)/(lerfu-string BOI)
BU NAI No other than (... BU)
BY NAI No other than BY
FOI NAI No other than (TEI lerfu-string FOI)
LAU NAI No cancel letteral shift
MAI NAI No ( number lerfu-string) MAI NAI = other than (number lerfu-string) MAI
PA NAI No other than PA
TEI NAI No other than (TEI lerfu-string FOI)

NAI and mex

Selmaho Now? Proposed effect
BIhE NAI No other than (operator)
FUhA NAI No other than (FUhA rp-expression)
JOhI NAI No na'e bo JOhI
KUhE NAI No other than (PEhO ... KUhE)
MAhO NAI No na'e MAhO
MOhE NAI No na'e bo MOhE
NAhU NAI No na'e NAhU
NIhE NAI No na'e bo NIhE
PEhO NAI No other than (PEhO ... KUhE)
TEhU NAI No na'e/na'ebo ... TEhU
VEhO NAI No other than (VEI mex VEhO)
VEI NAI No other than (VEI mex VEhO)
VUhU NAI No na'e VUhU

NAI and the rest

Selmaho Now? Proposed effect
BO NAI No negates what follows in accordance with rules for that structure
CEI NAI No (other than selbri) assign
CMENE NAI No incorporated to the name
CO NAI No no tanru inversion
GAhO NAI No ke'inai = ga'o, ga'onai = ke'i
JAI NAI No no modal conversion
KE NAI No negates bracketed structure in accordance with rules for that structure
KEhE NAI No negates bracketed structure in accordance with rules for that structure
NAhE NAI No na'e nai = je'a, je'a nai = na'e, no'e nai = other than neutral point, to'e nai = je'a (as a polar extreme)
NIhO NAI No ni'onai = no'i, no'inai = ni'o
RAhO NAI No pro-assign non-update
SE NAI No no conversion