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 {unknown}. A more extreme rejection of the presuppositions or implicatures involved in a question is to reply with {unknown}.
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.
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".
will be going to — time tense: will be going to; (tense/modal) --
will actually — time tense: future actuality; modal aspect --
will have been — time tense: will have been; (tense/modal) --
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".
A cmavo compound time tense relation/direction. Asks with what the main bridi is concurrent, similar to English "when?". See entries (ca) and (ma).
currently is — time tense: present actuality; modal aspect --
during and after — time tense: during and after; (tense/modal) --
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".
was going to — time tense: was going to; (tense/modal) --
actually was — time tense: past actuality; modal aspect --
before and after — time tense: before and after; (tense/modal) --
before and during — time tense: before and during; (tense/modal) --
had earlier been — time tense: had earlier been; (tense/modal) --
a medium time before — time tense: a medium time before; (tense/modal) --
for a period in past — time tense: for a medium length interval some time in the past; (tense/modal) --
for a moment in past — time tense: for a short interval some time in the past; (tense/modal) --
for an era in past — time tense: for a long interval some time in the past; (tense/modal) --
a short time before — time tense: a short time before; (tense/modal) --
a long time before — time tense: a long time before; (tense/modal) --
tense default — tense/modal: set/use tense default; establishes new open scope space/time/modal reference base --
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