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   |align=center| '''salco'''
   |align=center| '''salco'''
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==List of all antonyms==
{| border=1
  |align=center| beautiful
  |align=center| '''haue'''
  |align=center| ugly
  |align=center| '''aiho'''
  |-
  |align=center| big
  |align=center| '''juga'''
  |align=center| small
  |align=center| '''tisa'''
  |-
  |align=center| hot
  |align=center| '''fema'''
  |align=center| cold
  |align=center| '''pona'''
  |-
  |align=center| fast
  |align=center| '''saco'''
  |align=center| slow
  |align=center| '''gade'''
  |-
  |align=center| parallel
  |align=center| '''tona'''
  |align=center| perpendicular
  |align=center| '''jema'''
  |}
==Midclusters that are allowed==


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Revision as of 05:40, 14 March 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 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".

Inflection of adjectives

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

big juga bigger jugan biggest jugas
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 juga to expand jusga to increase julga
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
big juga small tisa
hot fema cold pona
fast saco slow gade
parallel tona perpendicular jema

Midclusters 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

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