ja'ai NAI experimental cmavo

affirm last word: attached to cmavo to affirm them; denies negation by nai whenever it is applicable.

Suggested by Mark Shoulson in 1999 as an affirmative of nai. By analogy with the pairs na/ja'a, na'e/je'a, and na'i/jo'a.


On grammatical class:

nai
attached to cmavo to negate them; various negation-related meanings.
ja'ai (exp!)
affirm last word: attached to cmavo to affirm them; denies negation by nai whenever it is applicable.

In definition:

ra'i'aucu'i (comp!)
attitudinal modifier: want this to last - (cu'i) accept this - (nai) want this to end soon
ra'i'aunai (comp!)
attitudinal modifier: want this to last - (cu'i) accept this - (nai) want this to end soon
ei'e (exp!)
irrealis attitudinal: competence (ja'ai) - incompetence (nai)
ei'i (exp!)
irrealis attitudinal: constraint (ja'ai) - independence (cu'i) - resistance against constraint (nai)
ra'i'au (exp!)
attitudinal modifier: want this to last - (cu'i) accept this - (nai) want this to end soon
rau'o (exp!)
flag a quote/sedu'u statement in order to indicate that the text is substantially the same in all relevant important aspects (usually including content), translated with this meaning, "to this/that same effect" - - (nai:) untranslated, original and exact wording
va'oi (exp!)
discursive: forces jvajvo reading of the preceding brivla; +nai: forces naljvajvo reading of the preceding brivla.
cmavrnai
x1 is the selma'o "NAI".

In notes:

va'icu'i (comp!)
discursive: in the same words.
narprugastcica
x1 (event) causes jamais-vu to x2 (person) using sense x3 under conditions x4
nalti
x1 is a logical 'NOT' statement resulting from the (multiplicative) negation of/applying the 'NOT' operator to x2 (du'u); x1 is the logical negation/negative of x2.
au'i (exp!)
attitudinal: happy for other's gain – neutral about other's gain – jealous
cau'i
modifier / discursive: elliptical affirmative; "maybe, maybe not"
cu'ei'ai (exp!)
discursive: indicate a change in speaker to first person (mi); used generally in quotations.
dau'o
Quantifier modifier: endowment of existential import - repeal of existential import/abstention from claiming existence - assertion of non-existence
ga'oi (exp!)
evidential: I disagree with you vehemently, but offer no substantive counterarguments/information pulled from my ass
ie'e (exp!)
attitudinal: finding something reasonable - unreasonable
io'e
attitudinal: feeling grounded - feeling spacy
io'u
attitudinal: good mental health - bad mental health
jo'oi
non-logical connective: the more ..., the more...
kai'e (exp!)
evidential: I expect - I deny expecting
lai'i (exp!)
evidential: I experience - I deny experiencing
le'ai
replace recent mistakenly uttered text
mau'au
mekso: conversion of operator/function to operand
mu'o'u
Marks an endpoint of a quote/string/expression and specifies that (relative to the original) the quote/string/expression so marked is complete, accurate, and well-portrayed by the quote/string/expression on the relevant side of the excerpt, including wrt all relevant information and when factoring in the content and context of the quotation-external discourse in which said quote/string/expression appears; indicator that quote mining or cherry-picking did not occur and that the excerpt which is quoted is not deceptive.
oi'o (exp!)
attitudinal: fuck/shit - fuck yeah/hell yeah
pai'e (exp!)
scalar question: how very...?
pei'a
scalar / attitudinal question: how very...?
pei'o (exp!)
attitudinal category question: what is the category (UI4) of attitudinal?
sai'ei
turns PA into CAI; intensity attitude modifier expressed by a mekso.
sei'u
vocative: "you're welcome / happy to help / no problem" - "just this once / you owe me"
si'i'ai (exp!)
digit/number: a finite/bounded number, finitely many.
vei'i (exp!)
evidential: I remember (experiencing) - I deny remembering
xei'u'oi
interval endpoint status (exclusive/inclusive) marker: dependent and coincident/matching with other
xoi'u'oi
interval endpoint status (exclusive/inclusive) marker: dependent and contrary/contraposed with other
xu'o (exp!)
attitudinal contour: stronger over time - unchanging intensity - weaker over time
zai'a (exp!)
attitudinal modifier: observed emotion; preceding attitudinal is observed on listener
coindoi
x1 is a part of Lojban text representing rule 'vocative' according to the first edition of the book 'The Complete Lojban Language'.
dudvota
x1 gives x2 (number) votes (upvotes) to x3
fa'arda
x1 is a part of Lojban text representing rule 'space-offset' according to the first edition of the book 'The Complete Lojban Language'.
ifle
if x1 (proposition) is true then x2 (event) happens else x3 (event) happens
jarnezi
x1 is a part of Lojban text representing rule 'text' according to the first edition of the book 'The Complete Lojban Language'.
purzida
x1 is a part of Lojban text representing rule 'time-offset' according to the first edition of the book 'The Complete Lojban Language'.
saptoda
x1 is a part of Lojban text representing rule 'simple-tense-modal' according to the first edition of the book 'The Complete Lojban Language'.
ta'erda
x1 is a part of Lojban text representing rule 'interval-property' according to the first edition of the book 'The Complete Lojban Language'.
uinda
x1 is a part of Lojban text representing rule 'indicator' according to the first edition of the book 'The Complete Lojban Language'.
uivla
x1 (text) is a zi'evla made of UI cmavos, optional glue, and a rafsi or piece of a gismu; meaning x2 (ka) in language x3.
ve'arda
x1 is a part of Lojban text representing rule 'space-interval' according to the first edition of the book 'The Complete Lojban Language'.
zilze'apuda
x1 is a part of Lojban text representing rule 'time' according to the first edition of the book 'The Complete Lojban Language'.
bi'in zei uanta
x1 is a part of Lojban text representing rule 'interval' according to the first edition of the book 'The Complete Lojban Language'.
ek zei uanta
x1 is a part of Lojban text representing rule 'ek' according to the first edition of the book 'The Complete Lojban Language'.
gek zei uanta
x1 is a part of Lojban text representing rule 'gek' according to the first edition of the book 'The Complete Lojban Language'.
gi'ek zei uanta
x1 is a part of Lojban text representing rule 'gihek' according to the first edition of the book 'The Complete Lojban Language'.
gik zei uanta
x1 is a part of Lojban text representing rule 'gik' according to the first edition of the book 'The Complete Lojban Language'.
gu'ek zei uanta
x1 is a part of Lojban text representing rule 'guhek' according to the first edition of the book 'The Complete Lojban Language'.
jek zei uanta
x1 is a part of Lojban text representing rule 'jek' according to the first edition of the book 'The Complete Lojban Language'.
joik zei uanta
x1 is a part of Lojban text representing rule 'joik' according to the first edition of the book 'The Complete Lojban Language'.
re zei taulka
x1 is a part of Lojban text representing rule 'tanru-unit-2' according to the first edition of the book 'The Complete Lojban Language'.