Proposed Definitions
- ba'o
- Perfective aspect. It indicates that a situation is over, no longer taking place.
- ca'o
- Progressive aspect. It indicates that a situation is in progress, ongoing.
- co'a
- Initiative aspect. It indicates that a situation is at its outset, just beginning.
- co'i
- Punctual aspect. It indicates that a situation takes place at one moment in time, without duration.
- co'u
- Cessative aspect. It indicates that a situation is at its termination, ending. In the case of a process, it may or may not be completed (cf. 'mo'u').
- de'a
- Pausative aspect. It indicates that a situation is interrupted, temporarily suspended.
- di'a
- Resumptive aspect. It indicates that a situation is being resumed after a pause.
- mo'u
- Completitive aspect. It indicates that a situation is at its natural ending point, becoming complete.
ro tcidu cu frica fi lo ka mo'u finti le lisri
Each reader completes the novel in a different way.
- pu'o
- Prospective aspect. It indicates that a situation is about to take place, not yet realized.
le kulnu be lo pruxa'u natmi cu ze'u pu'o daspo canci
The culture of the indigenous peoples was for a long
time on the verge of being eradicated.
- za'o
- Superfective aspect. It indicates that a situation is beyond its natural ending point, still taking place.
mi'a ponse le kesma'e noi pa'arcau selcfi i ky traji lo ka malkelci
kei la starflit i lo matra za'o po'urbi'o i lo santa za'o fliba
Here we had this hopeless lemon of a starship - the biggest
piece of shit in Starfleet: engines that kept breaking down,
shields that kept failing.
Notes
Some of the names of the aspects are changed with respect to CLL, in an attempt to get closer to a more standard terminology:
- inchoative -> prospective (As far as I can tell, other than in Lojban "inchoative" seems to describe {co'a} rather than {pu'o}.)
- continuitive -> progressive ("continuitive" seems to be used for an aspect that emphasizes continuation after a stage of ongoingness, so perhaps closer to {za'o}.)
- cessitive -> cessative (Typo in CLL?)
- achievative -> punctual (I don't know where "achievative" comes from.)