Chapter 14: If Wishes Were Horses: The Lojban Connective System
22. Rules for making logical and non-logical connectives
The full set of rules for inserting “na”, “se”, and “nai” into any connective is:
Afterthought logical connectives (eks, jeks, giheks, ijeks):
Negate first construct:
- place “na” before the connective cmavo (but after the “.i” of an ijek).
Negate second construct:
- place “nai” after the connective cmavo.
Exchange constructs:
- place “se” before the connective cmavo (after “na” if any).
Forethought logical connectives (geks, guheks):
Negate first construct:
- place “nai” after the connective cmavo.
Negate second construct:
- place “nai” after the “gi”.
Exchange constructs:
- place “se” before the connective cmavo.
Non-logical connectives (joiks, joigiks):
Negate connection:
- place “nai” after the connective cmavo (but before the “gi” of a joigik).
Exchange constructs:
- place “se” before the connective cmavo.