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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| -'''hauhe'''-
   |align=center| '''hauhe'''
   |align=center| ugly
   |align=center| ugly
   |align=center| -'''aio'''-
   |align=center| '''aio'''
   |-
   |-
   |align=center| big  
   |align=center| big  
   |align=center| -'''juga'''-
   |align=center| '''juga'''
   |align=center| small
   |align=center| small
   |align=center| -'''tisa'''-
   |align=center| '''tisa'''
   |-
   |-
   |align=center| hot  
   |align=center| hot  
   |align=center| -'''fema'''-
   |align=center| '''fema'''
   |align=center| cold
   |align=center| cold
   |align=center| -'''pona'''-
   |align=center| '''pona'''
   |-
   |-
   |align=center| fast
   |align=center| fast
   |align=center| -'''saco'''-
   |align=center| '''saco'''
   |align=center| slow
   |align=center| slow
   |align=center| -'''gade'''-
   |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| -'''juga'''-
   |align=center| '''juga'''
   |align=center| to expand
   |align=center| to expand
   |align=center| -'''jusga'''-
   |align=center| '''jusga'''
   |align=center| to increase
   |align=center| to increase
   |align=center| -'''julga'''-
   |align=center| '''julga'''
   |-
   |-
   |align=center| hot  
   |align=center| hot  
   |align=center| -'''fema'''-
   |align=center| '''fema'''
   |align=center| to heat up  
   |align=center| to heat up  
   |align=center| -'''fesma'''-
   |align=center| '''fesma'''
   |align=center| to become hot  
   |align=center| to become hot  
   |align=center| -'''felma'''-
   |align=center| '''felma'''
   |-
   |-
   |align=center| fast
   |align=center| fast
   |align=center| -'''saco'''-
   |align=center| '''saco'''
   |align=center| to accelerate
   |align=center| to accelerate
   |align=center| -'''sasco'''-
   |align=center| '''sasco'''
   |align=center| to accelerate
   |align=center| to accelerate
   |align=center| -'''salco'''-
   |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

  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