BPFK Super-Section: BAI sumtcita
> (1) "not that x causes" would be the obvious first choice.
> (2) "x causes not-" (i.e. "x prevents") I can see as a
> possible choice.
> (3) "not-x causes" seems extremely unlikely, because here
> {nai} would not really be affecting {ri'a} but its
> complement.
> (4) "not that x causes not-", i.e. a double negative
> from a single {nai}.
>
> I can find many cases analogous to (1) or (2).
> I can't find any analogous to (3) and only the
> ri'anai/ki'unai/mu'inai series for (4).
I missed the obvious cases analogous to (3): logical
connectives. In {enai}, {nai} does not negate {e}
but one of its arguments.
mu'o mi'e xorxes
__
Do you Yahoo!?
Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today!
http://my.yahoo.com