Proposed Definitions And Examples
Proposed Definition of re'e
- re'e (UI4)
- 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. (cf. lijda, pruxi)
- Keywords: spiritual, religious
Examples of re'e Usage
ki'e lojbot do pairnu'i io re'e
"Thank you, Lojbot. You are fair and just. *spiritual respect*"
Proposed Definition of re'e cu'i
- re'e cu'i (UI*4)
- 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.
Examples of re'e cu'i Usage
artificial:
A: ni'o .uisai re'ecu'i lo bavlamdei ku detri lo xisyjbenunsla
B: .i do na xriso .i ki'u ma do gleki tu'a lo xisjbenunsla
A: .i mi nelci lo nu terdu'a lo seldu'a .aucai
B: .i do bebna vau .oise'inai
Proposed Definition of re'e nai
- re'e nai (UI*4)
- 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.
Examples of re'e nai Usage
no cevni cu zasti re'enai
"There is no god."
Proposed Definition of ro'a
- ro'a (UI4)
- 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. (cf. jikca)
Examples of ro'a Usage
.oi ro'a ba'e ca ku mi se cfipu po'o to srana la .vei,on. toi (slight edit)
"Ugh, you guys! -Now- I'm just confused! (pertaining to Veyo)"
Proposed Definition of ro'a cu'i
- ro'a cu'i (UI*4)
- 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.
Examples of ro'a cu'i Usage
artificial:
ni'o .ui ru'a cu'i mi cikre le mi skami
Proposed Definition of ro'a nai
- ro'a nai (UI*4)
- 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.
Examples of ro'a nai Usage
artificial:
ni'o .ui nai ro'a nai mi mo'u zbasu le mi selkei no'u la .gandam.
;-; I finished building my Gundam model. *loneliness*
(Otaku jokes! Yaaaaaay!)
Proposed Definition of ro'e
- ro'e (UI4)
- 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. (cf. menli, pensi, xanri)
Examples of ro'e Usage
.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 soar throat?"
(It's funny in Lojban!)
Proposed Definition of ro'e cu'i
- ro'e cu'i (UI*4)
- 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.
Examples of ro'e cu'i Usage
artificial:
.a'i ro'e cu'i mi snada
I did it, through much hard work, though it took but little thought.
Proposed Definition of ro'e nai
- ro'e nai (UI*4)
- 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.
Examples of ro'e nai Usage
le'o ro'e nai catra ko
Die!
Proposed Definition of ro'i
- ro'i (UI4)
- 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. (cf. cinmo)
Examples of ro'i Usage
oi cai ro'i mi mutce caucni
Nrrr... I am completely without emotion! UGH!
Proposed Definition of ro'i cu'i
- ro'i cu'i (UI4)
- 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.
Examples of ro'i cu'i Usage
.i xu do kanro vau ro'i cu'i
Proposed Definition of ro'i nai
- ro'i nai (UI4)
- 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.
- Keywords: unemotional, emotionless
Examples of ro'i nai Usage
.i mi na jinvi ro'i nai
"I don't have an opinion."
Proposed Definition of ro'o
- ro'o (UI4)
- 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. (cf. dacti)
Examples of ro'o Usage
.oi nai ro'o le cidja cu kukte
Yum, this food is delicious!
Proposed Definition of ro'o cu'i
- ro'o cu'i (UI*4)
- 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.
Examples of ro'o cu'i Usage
.ii ro'o cu'i le cidja cu mutce kukte .i ku'i lo nu ri kargu cu terpa mi
The food is delicious, but I'm afraid of how expensive it's going to be.
Proposed Definition of ro'o nai
- ro'o nai (UI*4)
- 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.
Examples of ro'o nai Usage
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.
Proposed Definition of ro'u
- ro'u (UI4)
- Emotion category/modifier: sexual. Indicates that the preceding attitudinal is focused towards sexuality. Used without an attitudinal to indicate focus of the speaker. (cf. cinse)
Examples of ro'u Usage
melbi ro'u
Damn, she's HOT!
Proposed Definition of ro'u cu'i
- ro'u cu'i (UI*4)
- Emotion category/modifier: asexual. Indicates that the preceding attitudinal is not focused towards sexuality. Used without an attitudinal to indicate focus of the speaker.
Examples of ro'u cu'i Usage
.iu ro'o cu'i
I love you, there's just no spark.
Proposed Definition of ro'u nai
- ro'u nai (UI*4)
- Emotion category/modifier: XXXXXX. Indicates that the preceding attitudinal is focused away from sexuality. Used without an attitudinal to indicate focus of the speaker.
Examles of ro'u nai Usage
.iu ro'o nai
I love you like a brother.
Proposed Definition of bu'o
- bu'o (UI7)
- Start emotion. Used to indicate that the state refered to by the preceding attitudinal is just begining.
Examples of bu'o Usage
.ui bu'o do tolcliva
I'm happy now that you've arrived.
Proposed Definition of bu'o cu'i
- bu'o cu'i (UI*7)
- Continuing emotion. Used to indicate that the state refered to by the preceding attitudinal is ongoing (i.e., not presently begining or ending).
- Keywords: Continuing emotion
Examples of bu'o cu'i Usage
.ue bu'o cu'i do ji'a xu co'e doi brutus
E tu, Brute
Proposed Definition of bu'o nai
- bu'o nai (UI*7)
- End emotion. Used to indicate that the state refered to by the preceding attitudinal is now ending.
Examples of bu'o nai Usage
.iu bu'onai .uinai
I don't love you any more; I'm sad.
Proposed Definition of fu'e
- fu'e (FUhE)
- 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.
- Keywords: Begin indicator scope
Examples of fu'e Usage
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.
Proposed Definition of fu'o
- fu'o (FUhO)
- 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.
- Keywords: End indicator scope
Examples of fu'o Usage
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).
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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