Re: lojban recordings

la xorxes. cusku di'e

> What does it mean "to acknowledge an offer"? Is it the same as
> accepting it?

I think that to refuse an offer, one has to do more than "je'e", but that
"je'e" alone may pragmatically be understood as acceptance.

> And what exactly does "i'a" mean?
> 
> .i'a      UI1     acceptance     attitudinal: acceptance - blame
> 
> What has acceptance got to do with blame?

I almost understand this, but on reflection, I realize that I don't
grasp the distinction between "i'anai" and "i'enai".

> And what is {i'anai}?
> Is it "it's your fault" or is it "mea culpa"?

I think that "i'anai se'inai" is the former, and "i'anai se'i" is the latter.

> Or is the scale
> "acceptance - blame" a scale between "my fault" and "your fault"?

I don't think so.

> Also, it would be nice to have a more gracious way of replying
> to "thank you" than "mhm". Of course, it has to be somewhat
> idiomatic, but I still haven't found a nice way to do it.

To paraphrase some remarks made in The Loglanist about (the Loglan
equivalent of) "coi", "je'e" is neither gracious nor ungracious, but
merely correct.

-- 
John Cowan					cowan@ccil.org
		e'osai ko sarji la lojban.