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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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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

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NAI and sumti

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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

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NAI and selbri

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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

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NAI and sentences

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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

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NAI and connectives

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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

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NAI and tags

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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

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NAI and indicators and free modifiers

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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

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NAI and numbers and lerfu-strings

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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)

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NAI and mex

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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

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NAI and the rest

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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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