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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 | ||