Re: ei, einai

[John Cowan <cowan@DRV.CBC.COM>]

la xorxes. cusku di'e

> Unfortunately "einai" is glossed as "freedom" in the cmavo list,
> which would reverse the meaning of last two. "Freedom to do
> something" is not the same as "non-obligation to do something",
> but rather it is "non-obligation to NOT do something". I don't
> think that the "nai" of "einai" should have this double negative
> implication, so I propose to fix the gloss in the cmavo list.

I think that ".einai" is "freedom from" rather than "freedom to",
and that the latter does require a double negation.  (Which implicitly
answers my question about attitudinal vs. "na" scope.)

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