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=== yes/no'' questions with '''ji ===
#REDIRECT [[Extended Lojban Grammar (a draft)]]
There is another method of asking 'yes/no' questions. If the verb relation consists of only one verb word you can use repeat that verb word two times linking it with '''ji''':
:'''pei do nelci lo tcati''' - '''je'u'''
:''Do you like tea?'' - ''Yes.''
:'''do nelci ji nelci lo tcati''' - '''je nai'''
 
When using such method
*''yes'' is '''je'''
*''no'' is '''na je nai'''
 
This method is similar to the Chinese method of asking ''yes/no'' questions:
:好不好 ?
:hăo bù hăo?
:Are you all right? (literally - "good not good"?)
 
As you can see "good" is repeated two times separated by the word "bù". Similarly, in Lojban we use '''ji''', although the answers are not like in Chinese.

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