modal ? cu'e is a tense/modal question (meaning it takes the place of a fully-specified modal/tense). Specifically, it turns the entire bridi into a question, and requests that the listener provide a tense/modal as an answer. The tense/modal response fills the place where cu'e was in the original bridi and the resulting bridi is the answer offered to the question. To indicate that there is no value that could make that bridi true, use ???. A more extreme rejection of the presuppositions or implicatures involved in a question is to reply with ???.
Keywords: "when"
Examples of cu'e Usage
Proposed Definition of nau
nau (CUhE)
A time tense, referring to current space/time absolutely. This tense is used to refer to the current time/space and ignores ki and any tenses used already. It is not grammatical to combine nau with any other cmavo in a tense, except by way of a logical or non-logical connection.
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cmavo: pu (PU)
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Proposed Definition of ba
ba (PU)
A time tense relation/direction. The meaning as a sumtcita is that the main bridi happens after the attached sumti. Defaults to a perspective of future-tense, and can be used with a meaning similar to future-tense in natural languages, or as "after".
Keywords: "will" "going to" "future-tense"
Examples of ba Usage
Proposed Definition of baba
baba (PU*)
will be going to — time tense: will be going to; (tense/modal) --
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Proposed Definition of baca'a
baca'a (PU*)
will actually — time tense: future actuality; modal aspect --
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Proposed Definition of bapu
bapu (PU*)
will have been — time tense: will have been; (tense/modal) --
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Proposed Definition of ca
ca (PU)
A time tense relation/direction. The meaning as a sumtcita is that the main bridi happens simultaneous to the attached sumti. Defaults to a perspective of present-tense, and can be used with a meaning similar to present-tense in natural languages, or as "concurrent with" or "at the same time as".
Keywords: "now", "is", "-ing"
Examples of ca Usage
Proposed Definition of ca ma
ca ma (PU*)
A cmavo compound time tense relation/direction. Asks with what the main bridi is concurrent, similar to English "when?". See entries (ca) and (ma).
Keywords: "when"
Examples of ca ma Usage
Proposed Definition of caca'a
caca'a (PU*)
currently is — time tense: present actuality; modal aspect --
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Proposed Definition of cajeba
cajeba (PU*)
during and after — time tense: during and after; (tense/modal) --
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Proposed Definition of pu
pu (PU)
before — A time tense relation/direction. The meaning as a sumtcita is that the main bridi happens before the attached sumti. Defaults to a perspective of past-tense, and can be used with a meaning similar to past-tense in natural languages, or as "before".
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Proposed Definition of puba
puba (PU*)
was going to — time tense: was going to; (tense/modal) --
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Proposed Definition of puca'a
puca'a (PU*)
actually was — time tense: past actuality; modal aspect --
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Proposed Definition of pujeba
pujeba (PU*)
before and after — time tense: before and after; (tense/modal) --
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Proposed Definition of pujeca
pujeca (PU*)
before and during — time tense: before and during; (tense/modal) --
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Proposed Definition of pupu
pupu (PU*)
had earlier been — time tense: had earlier been; (tense/modal) --
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Proposed Definition of puza
puza (PU*)
a medium time before — time tense: a medium time before; (tense/modal) --
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Proposed Definition of puze'a
puze'a (PU*)
for a period in past — time tense: for a medium length interval some time in the past; (tense/modal) --
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Proposed Definition of puze'i
puze'i (PU*)
for a moment in past — time tense: for a short interval some time in the past; (tense/modal) --
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Proposed Definition of puze'u
puze'u (PU*)
for an era in past — time tense: for a long interval some time in the past; (tense/modal) --
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Proposed Definition of puzi
puzi (PU*)
a short time before — time tense: a short time before; (tense/modal) --
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Proposed Definition of puzu
puzu (PU*)
a long time before — time tense: a long time before; (tense/modal) --
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Proposed Definition of ki
ki (KI)
tense default — tense/modal: set/use tense default; establishes new open scope space/time/modal reference base --