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Adjectives have the form CVCV. The second vowel can be a diphthong. | Adjectives have the form CVCV. The second vowel can be a diphthong. | ||
==Antonyms== | |||
Many adjectives come in opposite pairs. For example;- | Many adjectives come in opposite pairs. For example;- | ||
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{| border=1 | {| border=1 | ||
|align=center| beautiful | |align=center| beautiful | ||
|align=center| | |align=center| '''hauhe''' | ||
|align=center| ugly | |align=center| ugly | ||
|align=center| | |align=center| '''aio''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|align=center| big | |align=center| big | ||
|align=center| | |align=center| '''juga''' | ||
|align=center| small | |align=center| small | ||
|align=center| | |align=center| '''tisa''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|align=center| hot | |align=center| hot | ||
|align=center| | |align=center| '''fema''' | ||
|align=center| cold | |align=center| cold | ||
|align=center| | |align=center| '''pona''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|align=center| fast | |align=center| fast | ||
|align=center| | |align=center| '''saco''' | ||
|align=center| slow | |align=center| slow | ||
|align=center| | |align=center| '''gade''' | ||
|} | |} | ||
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and ..... au, o, oi, i, ia, a, ua, u, eu, e, ai | and ..... au, o, oi, i, ia, a, ua, u, eu, e, ai | ||
Not all adjectives come in such pairs. For example for '''duke''' meaning "ill", there is no corresponding adjective '''cibo for''' "healthy". | |||
==Adjective made into verbs== | |||
Adjectives can be made into verbs by infixes. | Adjectives can be made into verbs by infixes. | ||
{| border=1 | {| border=1 | ||
|align=center| big | |align=center| big | ||
|align=center| | |align=center| '''juga''' | ||
|align=center| to expand | |align=center| to expand | ||
|align=center| | |align=center| '''jusga''' | ||
|align=center| to increase | |align=center| to increase | ||
|align=center| | |align=center| '''julga''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|align=center| hot | |align=center| hot | ||
|align=center| | |align=center| '''fema''' | ||
|align=center| to heat up | |align=center| to heat up | ||
|align=center| | |align=center| '''fesma''' | ||
|align=center| to become hot | |align=center| to become hot | ||
|align=center| | |align=center| '''felma''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|align=center| fast | |align=center| fast | ||
|align=center| | |align=center| '''saco''' | ||
|align=center| to accelerate | |align=center| to accelerate | ||
|align=center| | |align=center| '''sasco''' | ||
|align=center| to accelerate | |align=center| to accelerate | ||
|align=center| | |align=center| '''salco''' | ||
|} | |} | ||
Revision as of 16:49, 8 March 2008
Adjectives have the form CVCV. The second vowel can be a diphthong.
Antonyms
Many adjectives come in opposite pairs. For example;-
beautiful | hauhe | ugly | aio |
big | juga | small | tisa |
hot | fema | cold | pona |
fast | saco | slow | gade |
Each of these pairs have a specific relationship to each other. Each consonant is reflected about "l" and each vowel is reflected about "a".
Alphabetical orders are ;-
@, m, y, j, f, b, g, d, l, c, s, k, p, t, w, n, h
and ..... au, o, oi, i, ia, a, ua, u, eu, e, ai
Not all adjectives come in such pairs. For example for duke meaning "ill", there is no corresponding adjective cibo for "healthy".
Adjective made into verbs
Adjectives can be made into verbs by infixes.
big | juga | to expand | jusga | to increase | julga |
hot | fema | to heat up | fesma | to become hot | felma |
fast | saco | to accelerate | sasco | to accelerate | salco |
By the way, further alphabetical orders are;-
/b, by, bl, bw/ & /m...h, zm...zn, lm...lh, ny...ng, ngw, nd...nk, nkw, mp...nh/
Index
- Introduction to Seuna
- Seuna : Chapter 1
- Seuna word shape
- The script of Seuna
- Seuna sentence structure
- Seuna pronouns
- Seuna nouns
- Seuna verbs (1)
- Seuna adjectives
- Seuna demonstratives
- Seuna verbs (2)
- Asking a question in Seuna
- Seuna relative clauses
- Seuna verbs (3)
- Methods for deriving words in Seuna
- List of all Seuna derivational affixes
- Numbers in Seuna
- Naming people in Seuna
- The Seuna calendar
- Seuna units