Proposed Definitions And Examples
Proposed Definition of cai
- cai (CAI)
- Attitudinal Modifier. Expresses intense emotion on the part of the speaker. Can be placed after a UI to express its intensity, or by itself to indicate that the speaker feels intensely in some unspecified emotion. Highest part of a nine point scale. See also: sai, ru'e, cu'i, nai, pei, the preface.
- Keywords: intense emotion
Examples of cai Usage
.oicai le mi puzu se prami cu jai tcica fi le nu jbera le jdini .ije na xruti
(Intense Annoyance) My long-ago beloved is involved with deceiving someone into lending money, and she didn't return it.
.uu cai do bilma fi ma
(Intense Pity) You suffer from what illness?
Proposed Definition of cu'i
- cu'i (CAI)
- Attitudinal Modifier. Expresses neutral emotion on the part of the speaker. Can be placed after a UI to express neutrality on its scale, or by itself to indicate an emotional neutrality in some unspecified emotion. Middle point of a nine point scale. See also: cai, sai, ru'e, nai, pei, the preface.
- Keywords: neutral emotion
Examples of cu'i Usage
.i mi na sipna uicu'i
I'm not asleep, but I'm neither happy nor sad about it.
ju'ocu'i la lojban cu racli bangu i ku'i ju'osai lo jbopre ta'e na racli prenu
I'm not certain if Lojban is a sane language, but I am very sure that Lojbanists are habitually not sane people.
Proposed Definition of pei
- pei (CAI)
- Attitudinal Question. Asks the listener an emotional question. When used by itself, it asks the user to respond with a UI expressing their feelings. It can also be used in place of a CAI to ask the listener with what intensity they feel a particular emotion. See also: cai, sai, ru'e, cu'i, nai, the preface.
Examples of pei Usage
.iiro'a fi'ipei
(Social fear) Am I welcome?
e'epei mi'o darlu bau la lojban
Do you feel competent about us arguing in Lojban?
Proposed Definition of ru'e
- ru'e (CAI)
- Attitudinal Modifier. Expresses a weak emotion on the part of the speaker. Can be placed after a UI to express its mildness, or by itself to indicate that the speaker feels weakly in some unspecified emotion. Just above the middle position of a nine-point scale. See also: cai, sai, cu'i, nai, pei, the preface.
Examples of ru'e Usage
.i la camgusmis cusku zo lobjan u'iru'e
Heh, Camgusmis said "Lobjan".
.oiru'e mi pu zi ze'a jitro le skami be le mi mamta sepi'o la'o gy VNC gy ce'o la'o gy ssh gy
I am mildly annoyed about just spending a while controlling my mother's computer with VNC, then with ssh.
Proposed Definition of sai
- sai (CAI)
- Attitudinal Modifier. Expresses a strong emotion on the part of the speaker. Can be placed after a UI to express its strength, or by itself to indicate that the speaker feels strongly in some unspecified emotion. Just below the top position of a nine-point scale. See also: cai, ru'e, cu'i, nai, pei, the preface.
Examples of sai Usage
.oisai mi puze'u denpa le nu mi te benji le se dunda le mi mamta .iku'i mutce nabmi
Agh. I waited for a long time for the receipt of a present from my mother. However, it's very problematic.
.u'isai xu do djica lo nu catra ba'e ro sfani
''Hahaha! Do you want to kill *all* flies?"
Notes
Impact
I don't believe these definitions change the previous definitions or usage, except to expand the extant definitions.