Seuna adjectives

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 for duke meaning "ill", there is no corresponding adjective *cibo for "healthy".

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	gonau	weak	semai
soft	uje	hard	hito
high	hai	low	au
tall	haika	short	auba
good	boi	bad	keu
exact	tiki	about	jubu
long	yau	short	wai
white	c	black	d

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

tuju = size, bigness

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

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

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