BPFK Section: Attitudinal Specifiers

Proposed Definitions And Examples

cmavo: re'e (UI4)

Proposed Definition

Emotion category/modifier: spiritual. Indicates that the preceding attitudinal is focused towards the spiritual / religious / numinous / supernatural. Used without an attitudinal to indicate focus of the speaker.

See Also

  • {lijda}
  • {pruxi}

Proposed Keywords

  • spiritual
  • religious

Usage Examples

ki'e lojbot do pairnu'i io re'e
Thank you, Lojbot. You are fair and just.

cmavo: re'e cu'i (UI*4)

Proposed Definition

Emotion category/modifier: secular. Indicates that the preceding attitudinal is not focused towards the spiritual / religious / numinous / supernatural, and is therefore secular in nature. Used without an attitudinal to indicate focus of the speaker.

See Also

Proposed Keywords

  • secular

Usage Examples

A. ni'o .uisai re'ecu'i lo bavlamdei ku detri lo xisyjbenunsla
A. Well, hooray! Tomorrow is Christmas!
B. .i do na xriso .i ki'u ma do gleki tu'a lo xisyjbenunsla
B. But you're not Christian. Why are you happy about Christmas?
A. .i mi nelci lo nu terdu'a lo seldu'a .aucai
A. I enjoy observing the feast!
B. .i do bebna vau .oise'inai
B. Now you're being silly!

cmavo: re'e nai (UI*4)

Proposed Definition

Emotion category/modifier: sacrilegious. Indicates that the preceding attitudinal is focused away from the spiritual / religious / numinous / supernatural, into active sacrilege. Used without an attitudinal to indicate focus of the speaker.

See Also

Proposed Keywords

  • sacrilegious

Usage Examples

no cevni cu zasti re'enai
There is no god.

cmavo: ro'a (UI4)

Proposed Definition

Emotion category/modifier: social. Indicates that the preceding attitudinal is focused towards the speaker's interaction with society. Used without an attitudinal to indicate focus of the speaker.

See Also

  • {jikca}

Proposed Keywords

  • social

Usage Examples

.oi ro'a ba'e ca ku mi se cfipu po'o to srana la .vei,on. toi (slight edit)
Awkwarrrd. Now'' I'm just confused! (pertaining to Veijo)"

cmavo: ro'a cu'i (UI*4)

Proposed Definition

Emotion category/modifier: asocial. Indicates that the preceding attitudinal is not focused towards the speaker's interaction with society. Used without an attitudinal to indicate focus of the speaker.

See Also

Proposed Keywords

  • asocial

Usage Examples

ni'o .ui ro'a cu'i mi cikre le mi skami
I'm just puttering here by myself, fixing my computer.

cmavo: ro'a nai (UI*4)

Proposed Definition

Emotion category/modifier: antisocial. Indicates that the preceding attitudinal is focused away from the speaker's interaction with society, towards the speaker's isolation from society. Used without an attitudinal to indicate focus of the speaker.

See Also

Proposed Keywords

  • antisocial

Usage Examples

ni'o .ui nai ro'a nai mi mo'u zbasu le mi selkei no'u la .gandam.
I finished building my Gundam model. I feel so lonely.

cmavo: ro'e (UI4)

Proposed Definition

Emotion category/modifier: mental. Indicates that the preceding attitudinal is focused towards the mental / intellectual / thoughtful / contemplative. Used without an attitudinal to indicate focus of the speaker.

See Also

  • {menli}
  • {pensi}
  • {xanri}

Proposed Keywords

  • mental

Usage Examples

.i .oi ro'e mu'i ma pau nai lo nu tavla cusku zo galxe cu mutce nandu fi lo nu galxe bilma
''Stupid brain! Why is saying "galxe" so very difficult with a sore throat?"

cmavo: ro'e cu'i (UI*4)

Proposed Definition

Emotion category/modifier: non-mental. Indicates that the preceding attitudinal is not focused towards the mental / intellectual / thoughtful / contemplative. Used without an attitudinal to indicate focus of the speaker.

See Also

Proposed Keywords

  • non-mental

Usage Examples

.a'i ro'e cu'i mi snada
I did it, through much hard work, though it took but little thought.

cmavo: ro'e nai (UI*4)

Proposed Definition

Emotion category/modifier: mindless. Indicates that the preceding attitudinal is focused away from the mental / intellectual / thoughtful / contemplative, and towards mindless action. Used without an attitudinal to indicate focus of the speaker.

See Also

Proposed Keywords

  • mindless

Usage Examples

le'o ro'e nai catra ko
Die!

cmavo: ro'i (UI4)

Proposed Definition

Emotion category/modifier: emotional. Indicates that the preceding attitudinal is focused towards the speaker's feelings / emotions. Used without an attitudinal to indicate focus of the speaker.

See Also

  • {cinmo}

Proposed Keywords

  • emotional

Usage Examples

oi cai ro'i mi mutce caucni
I am so lonely I think I'm going to cry.

cmavo: ro'i cu'i (UI4)

Proposed Definition

Emotion category/modifier: non-emotional. Indicates that the preceding attitudinal is not focused towards the speaker's feelings / emotions. Used without an attitudinal to indicate focus of the speaker.

See Also

Proposed Keywords

  • non-emotional

Usage Examples

.i xu do kanro vau ro'i cu'i
How do you do.

cmavo: ro'i nai (UI4)

Proposed Definition

Emotion category/modifier: unemotional. Indicates that the preceding attitudinal is focused away from the speaker's feelings / emotions. Used without an attitudinal to indicate focus of the speaker.

See Also

Proposed Keywords

  • unemotional
  • emotionless

Usage Examples

.i mi na jinvi ro'i nai
"I don't care that I don't have an opinion."

cmavo: ro'o (UI4)

Proposed Definition

Emotion category/modifier: physical. Indicates that the preceding attitudinal is focused towards the physical, which can include the speaker's own body, but also the physical surroundings. Used without an attitudinal to indicate focus of the speaker.

See Also

  • {dacti}

Proposed Keywords

  • physical

Usage Examples

.oi nai ro'o le cidja cu kukte
Yum, this food is delicious!

cmavo: ro'o cu'i (UI*4)

Proposed Definition

Emotion category/modifier: non-physical. Indicates that the preceding attitudinal is not focused towards the physical, which can include the speaker's own body, but also the physical surroundings. Used without an attitudinal to indicate focus of the speaker.

See Also

Proposed Keywords

  • non-physical

Usage Examples

.ii ro'o cu'i le cidja cu mutce kukte .i ku'i lo nu ri kargu cu terpa mi
Gulp! The food is delicious, but I'm afraid of how expensive it's going to be.

cmavo: ro'o nai (UI*4)

Proposed Definition

Emotion category/modifier: XXXXXX. Indicates that the preceding attitudinal is focused away from the physical, which can include the speaker's own body, but also the physical surroundings.

See Also

Proposed Keywords

Usage Examples

ro'o nai dai do ka'e sutra zenba .i ko lo du'u go'i cu jinvi po'o na gi'e ba'e djuno
You're faster than this. Don't just think you are, know you are.

cmavo: ro'u (UI4)

Proposed Definition

Emotion category/modifier: sexual. Indicates that the preceding attitudinal is focused towards sexuality. Used without an attitudinal to indicate focus of the speaker.

See Also

  • {cinse}

Proposed Keywords

  • sexual

Usage Examples

melbi ro'u
Damn, she's HOT!

cmavo: ro'u cu'i (UI*4)

Proposed Definition

Emotion category/modifier: asexual. Indicates that the preceding attitudinal is not focused towards sexuality. Used without an attitudinal to indicate focus of the speaker.

See Also

Proposed Keywords

  • asexual

Usage Examples

.iu ro'o cu'i
I love you, there's just no spark.

cmavo: ro'u nai (UI*4)

Proposed Definition

Emotion category/modifier: XXXXXX. Indicates that the preceding attitudinal is focused away from sexuality. Used without an attitudinal to indicate focus of the speaker.

See Also

Proposed Keywords

Usage Examples

.iu ro'o nai
I love you like a brother.

cmavo: bu'o (UI7)

Proposed Definition

Start emotion. Used to indicate that the state refered to by the preceding attitudinal is just begining.

See Also

Proposed Keywords

  • start emotion

Usage Examples

.ui bu'o do tolcliva
I'm happy now that you've arrived.

cmavo: bu'o cu'i (UI*7)

Proposed Definition

Continuing emotion. Used to indicate that the state refered to by the preceding attitudinal is ongoing (i.e., not presently begining or ending).

See Also

Proposed Keywords

  • continuing emotion

Usage Examples

.ue bu'o cu'i do ji'a xu co'e doi brutus
Et tu, Brute

cmavo: bu'o nai (UI*7)

Proposed Definition

End emotion. Used to indicate that the state refered to by the preceding attitudinal is now ending.

See Also

Proposed Keywords

  • end emotion

Usage Examples

.iu bu'onai .uinai
I don't love you any more; I'm sad.

cmavo: fu'e (FUhE)

Proposed Definition

Begin indicator scope. Normally, an attitudinal applies to the preceding word or construct. fu'e and fu'o together mark the begining and end (respectively) of an alternate scope that can have attitudinals applied to it. Such attitudinals appear after the fu'e or fu'o and apply to the entire text surrounded by them (which can cut across other structural bounds, or be smaller than other constructs). fu'e and fu'o constructs can be nested. A fu'e without a corresponding fu'o applies until the end of text (or utterence). A fu'o without a corresponding fu'e applies retroactively back to the beginning of text.

See Also

Proposed Keywords

  • begin indicator scope

Usage Examples

mi viska le fu'e .ia blanu zdani fu'o ponse
I see the owner of what I believe to be a blue house.

.i fu'e po'o lo za'i prami .e lo za'i gleki fu'o cu se cinmo lo se gugde be la skatygug .i lo za'i xebni .e lo za'i .i'o zei nai zei cinmo zo'u to'e slabu .i ba'e to'e slabu
There is only love and happiness in Scatland. Hatred and resentment? Well that's unheard of. It's unheard of.

cmavo: fu'o (FUhO)

Proposed Definition

End indicator scope. Normally, an attitudinal applies to the preceding word or construct. fu'e and fu'o together mark the begining and end (respectively) of an alternate scope that can have attitudinals applied to it. Such attitudinals appear after the fu'e or fu'o and apply to the entire text surrounded by them (which can cut across other structural bounds, or be smaller than other constructs). fu'e and fu'o constructs can be nested. A fu'e without a corresponding fu'o applies until the end of text (or utterence). A fu'o without a corresponding fu'e applies retroactively back to the beginning of text.

See Also

Proposed Keywords

  • end indicator scope
  • terminator

Usage Examples

  • See examples under fu'e

Notes

I've tried to make re'e, ro'a, ro'e, ro'i, ro'o, and ro'u consistent with regard to how their negative and neutral forms work. In all cases, the cu'i form is almost like a na'e, that is, the emotion is said to apply to a different aspect. The nai form acts like to'e, being the opposite of the unnegated form. Some of them still need keywords, as the old keywords like "denying emotion" don't apply (there's no emotion to deny).

  • UI4 should be CAI. UI doesn't modify UI, CAI does. — donri

Impact

Negated UI4 may have shifted meanings slightly. The book doesn't really specify what they mean when applied to an attitudinal (instead of just used alone), so they haven't seen much use. Consequently, there isn't much old
usage to invalidate.

Added the ability to nest fu'e and fu'o, and semantics for what happens if they are unbalanced. Also added the ability to attach an attitudinal to fu'o (which isn't mentioned in the book). None of these should alter previous usage, only add new possible uses.

Poll

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Created by Eimi. Last Modification: Friday 22 of August, 2014 18:01:30 GMT by Ilmen.