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| polar negator || to'e || ne'e** || ni'uva'e || dukti
| polar negator || to'e || ne'e** || ni'uva'e || dukti
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| midpoint negator || no'e || cu'i || ? || ?
| midpoint negator || no'e || cu'i || nova'e? || ?
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| denial negator || na'e || nai || ? || natfe
| denial negator || na'e || nai || nova'e? || natfe
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| scalar affirmative || je'a || ja'ai || su'ova'e / ma'uva'e || jetnu
| scalar affirmative || je'a || ja'ai || su'ova'e / ma'uva'e || jetnu

Revision as of 11:28, 19 June 2015

This table describes a plan to have a system of scalar modifiers for selbri and sumtcita, to replace or provide an alternative for common usage of {mutce}, {milxe} etc. tanru.

Experimental cmavo added by me has a single asterisk; experimental cmavo added by others has a double asterisk.

Note: {va'e} may also be replaced by {va'ei**}; difference is that {PAva'e} acts as a selbri, while {PAva'ei} acts as a tense/sumtcita (tagged sumti, if present, indicates the scale or subjective frame of reference)

Description NAhE NAI/CAI PAva'e selbri
polar negator to'e ne'e** ni'uva'e dukti
midpoint negator no'e cu'i nova'e? ?
denial negator na'e nai nova'e? natfe
scalar affirmative je'a ja'ai su'ova'e / ma'uva'e jetnu
scalar abator rei'e* ru'e so'uva'e milxe
scalar normative noi'e* na'oi** no'ova'e cnano
scalar intensifier sai'e* sai so'iva'e mutce
strong scalar intensifier cai'e* cai so'isaiva'e / so'icaiva'e tcetce
scalar question pai'e* pei'a*† xova'e -

† Initially suggested by la ctefa'o as an attitudinal intensity question, but not added.

Note that though attitudinals use NAI/CAI as well, they do not follow this system, but have their own defined scales; in particular, {nai} tends to more often act as a polar negator rather than a denial negator with them.