Proposed Definitions And Examples

CUhE

Proposed Definition of cu'e

cu'e (CUhE)

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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Examples of nau Usage

PU

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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Examples of baba Usage

Proposed Definition of baca'a

baca'a (PU*)

will actually — time tense: future actuality; modal aspect --

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Examples of baca'a Usage

Proposed Definition of bapu

bapu (PU*)

will have been — time tense: will have been; (tense/modal) --

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Examples of bapu Usage

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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Examples of caca'a Usage

Proposed Definition of cajeba

cajeba (PU*)

during and after — time tense: during and after; (tense/modal) --

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Examples of cajeba Usage

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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Examples of pu Usage

Proposed Definition of puba

puba (PU*)

was going to — time tense: was going to; (tense/modal) --

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Examples of puba Usage

Proposed Definition of puca'a

puca'a (PU*)

actually was — time tense: past actuality; modal aspect --

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Examples of puca'a Usage

Proposed Definition of pujeba

pujeba (PU*)

before and after — time tense: before and after; (tense/modal) --

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Examples of pujeba Usage

Proposed Definition of pujeca

pujeca (PU*)

before and during — time tense: before and during; (tense/modal) --

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Examples of pujeca Usage

Proposed Definition of pupu

pupu (PU*)

had earlier been — time tense: had earlier been; (tense/modal) --

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Examples of pupu Usage

Proposed Definition of puza

puza (PU*)

a medium time before — time tense: a medium time before; (tense/modal) --

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Examples of puza Usage

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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Examples of puze'a Usage

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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Examples of puze'i Usage

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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Examples of puze'u Usage

Proposed Definition of puzi

puzi (PU*)

a short time before — time tense: a short time before; (tense/modal) --

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Examples of puzi Usage

Proposed Definition of puzu

puzu (PU*)

a long time before — time tense: a long time before; (tense/modal) --

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Examples of puzu Usage

Proposed Definition of ki

ki (KI)

tense default — tense/modal: set/use tense default; establishes new open scope space/time/modal reference base --

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Examples of ki Usage

Notes

Why aren't all of the PU je PU and PU-ZEhA entries in here? I think we're missing cajepu, baze'a, anything with ze'i/ze'u, etc. Do we even really need to include PU* in this list? -lindar

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