Seuna adjectives

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

Antonyms

Many adjectives come in opposite pairs. For example;-

beautiful	hau@e	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	sasco	to accelerate	salco

m

y

j

f

b

g

d

l

c

s

k

p

t

w

n

h

zm

zy

zb

zg

zd

zl

sk

sp

st

zw

zn

lm

ly

lj

lf

lb

lg

ld

lc

ls

lk

lp

lt

lw

ln

lh

ny

nj

nf

mb

ng

nd

nl

nc

ns

nk

mp

nt

mw

nh

ngw

nkw

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