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Isn't that just "maybe"?

• ithkuil 6y ago
  No. There is a word for maybe/perhaps which is "forse". The difference is that "maybe" implied something is not known or can't be known or may or may not happen, as a matter of possiblity/probability. "Ni" OTOH is a statement that the question has no definite answer. It's not just that either option can be true, but the question is I'll poses, or the problem is more nuanced etc.
  • willyt 6y ago
    I think a native British English speaker would use maybe in both senses though you'd have to work it out from context. As in. A:'Do you want to go out with me' B:'Maybe...'.