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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".
Not all adjectives come in such pairs. For example '''mutu''' means "important", the corresponding antonym is derived. "umutu" means "unimportant".


By the way - further alphabetical orders are;-  /b, by, bl, bw/ and  /b, zb, lb, mb/  
By the way - further alphabetical orders are;-  /b, by, bl, bw/ and  /b, zb, lb, mb/  
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   |-
   |align=center| strong
   |align=center| strong
   |align=center| '''gonau'''
   |align=center| '''yubu'''
   |align=center| weak
   |align=center| weak
   |align=center| '''semai'''
   |align=center| '''wiki'''
   |-
   |-
   |align=center| soft
   |align=center| soft
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   |align=center| '''hito'''
   |align=center| '''hito'''
   |-
   |-
   |align=center| high
   |align=center| high, tall
   |align=center| '''hai'''
   |align=center| '''hai'''
   |align=center| low
   |align=center| low, short
   |align=center| '''au'''
   |align=center| '''au'''
   |-
   |-
   |align=center| tall
   |align=center| deep
   |align=center| '''haika'''
   |align=center| '''gubu'''
   |align=center| short
   |align=center| shallow
   |align=center| '''auba'''
   |align=center| '''siki'''
   |-
   |-
   |align=center| good
   |align=center| good
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   |-
   |-
   |align=center| white
   |align=center| white
   |align=center| '''c'''
   |align=center| '''ai'''
   |align=center| black
   |align=center| black
   |align=center| '''d'''
   |align=center| '''hau'''
   |}
   |}


For antonyms, the "positive" member of a pair is also a noun expressing state. Foe example;-
For antonyms, the "positive" member of a pair is also a noun which gives the state.  


'''tuju''' = size, bigness
'''tuju''' = size, bigness


It is possible to know from the position clause, whether it is being used as a verb or a noun.
It is possible to know from its position in the clause, whether it is being used as a verb or a noun.
 
==Adjectives and nouns together==


'''jutu klogan''' = size of shoe .... general, big/small/medium etc.
'''jutu klogan''' = size of shoe .... general, big/small/medium etc.
'''klogaljutu''' = shoe size .... thinking about a specific measuring system i.e. European, etc. etc.
'''klogajutu''' = shoe size .... thinking about a specific measuring system i.e. European, etc. etc.


'''jutu poibon''' = size of mountain .... general, big/small/medium etc.
'''jutu poibon''' = size of mountain .... general, big/small/medium etc.
'''poiboljutu''' = mountain size .... thinking about a specific measuring system i.e. a moncrief, etc. etc.
'''poibojutu''' = mountain size .... thinking about a specific measuring system i.e. a monro, etc. etc.




Revision as of 17:57, 2 April 2008

Adjectives have the form CVCV. The second vowel can be a diphthong.

Antonyms

Many adjectives come in opposite pairs. For example;-

beautiful haue ugly aiho
big jutu small tiji
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 mutu means "important", the corresponding antonym is derived. "umutu" means "unimportant".

By the way - further alphabetical orders are;- /b, by, bl, bw/ and /b, zb, lb, mb/

Inflection of adjectives

Adjectives receive a siffix to shoe thw comparative and the superlative degree.

big jutu bigger jutun biggest jutus
hot fema hotter feman hottest femas
fast saco faster sacon fastest sacos

Adjective made into verbs

Adjectives can be made into verbs by infixes.

big jutu to expand justu to increase jultu
hot fema to heat up fezma to become hot felma
fast saco to accelerate saco to accelerate salco

List of all antonyms

beautiful haue ugly aiho
wide/broad juga narrow tisa
hot fema cold pona
fast saco slow gade
parallel tona perpendicular jema
big jutu small tiji
many kaya few bawa
heavy hobua light ekia
strong yubu weak wiki
soft uje hard hito
high, tall hai low, short au
deep gubu shallow siki
good boi bad keu
exact tiki about jubu
long yau short wai
white ai black hau

For antonyms, the "positive" member of a pair is also a noun which gives the state.

tuju = size, bigness

It is possible to know from its position in the clause, whether it is being used as a verb or a noun.

Adjectives and nouns together

jutu klogan = size of shoe .... general, big/small/medium etc. klogajutu = shoe size .... thinking about a specific measuring system i.e. European, etc. etc.

jutu poibon = size of mountain .... general, big/small/medium etc. poibojutu = mountain size .... thinking about a specific measuring system i.e. a monro, etc. etc.


Mid-clusters that are allowed

@ m y j f b g d l c s k p t w n h
s zm zy sf zb zg zd zl sk sp st zw zn sh
l lm ly lj lf lb lg ld lc ls lk lp lt lw ln lh

Index

  1. Introduction to Seuna
  2. Seuna : Chapter 1
  3. Seuna word shape
  4. The script of Seuna
  5. Seuna sentence structure
  6. Seuna pronouns
  7. Seuna nouns
  8. Seuna verbs (1)
  9. Seuna adjectives
  10. Seuna demonstratives
  11. Seuna verbs (2)
  12. Asking a question in Seuna
  13. Seuna relative clauses
  14. Seuna verbs (3)
  15. Methods for deriving words in Seuna
  16. List of all Seuna derivational affixes
  17. Numbers in Seuna
  18. Naming people in Seuna
  19. The Seuna calendar
  20. Seuna units
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