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Re: negated nitcu



Don:
> > > What about "na'e nitcu"?
>
> > Isn't this {mi na nitcu lenu le resprdainysar mi citka}?
>
> "na" does not claim that there exists any relationship between the sumti and
> can be interpreted as "it is false that".  "na'e" means other-than and
> asserts that there is a relationship between the sumti but it is not the
> particular selbri (in this case 'need').  A subtle difference.

Not so subtle, because if {mi na`e nitcu ko`a} is true then either
{mi nitcu ko`a} or {mi na nitcu ko`a} can be true. So I think
Iain's rendering is better. Alternatively, {mi to`e nitcu} would
get the idea across too.

--And