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[subject] [modifier] [verb] [object] [details]
ma ane lo-vo sa a
(I deliberately love you, max)
omit anything obvious from context
Verb
domain + vo = action in that domain
lo-vo = love-do, ni-vo = move-do
Question
sentence + jo
sa mu jo? = are you happy?
Negation
no + word
ma no ni-vo = I not go
Connectors (ja)
ojaif
vior
tajaalthough
tejabut
lejabecause
jaand
Comparison (fe)
ofeleast
tefeequal / same
afemost
ma so sa wufe = I'm much bigger than you
Wh-questions: domain + jo
ko jowho?
da jowhere?
ti jowhen?
wa johow?
leja jowhy?
nu johow many?
Scale — 10 syllables
o
0 — nobody / nothing / 0
ma
1 — I / me / 1
sa
2 — you / 2
ta
3 — he / she / it / 3
me
4 — we / 4
te
5 — you plural / 5
na
6 — they / 6
le
7 — high / strong / 7
wu
8 — very high / intense / 8
a
9 — everyone / all / 9
Structure — 4 particles
la
name / label
jo
question
vo
verb suffix / do
no
negation
Domains — 59 syllables
EMOTION
fu
calm: blind rage → transcendent peace
lo
attraction: revulsion → devotion
ku
interest: numb → obsessed
wi
pride: humiliated → glorious
lu
courage: paralyzed → heroic
mu
joy / hello: despair → euphoric
fi
surprise: routine → mind-blown
pu
trust: paranoid → blind faith
ve
gratitude: resentment → reverence / profound gratitude
PHYSICAL — MATERIAL
fa
matter / density / existence: void / vacuum → degenerate matter
po
stone / rock: fluff → diamond
to
temperature: absolute zero → stellar / nuclear
li
wetness / diffusion: desert dry / no diffusion → submerged / saturated
PHYSICAL — MEASUREMENT
so
scale / size: ×1 base → ×10⁹ giga
su
weight: weightless → 10+ tonnes
wo
dimension: 0D / point → ∞D
PHYSICAL — FORM
ju
shape: sphere → spiked / sharp
go
quality / grade / good: degraded → perfect
SPACE & MOVEMENT
ba
containment / inside: boundless → sealed
wa
around: laser straight → impossible
ni
speed / movement: frozen → light-speed
ka
height: underground → orbital
pa
direction to/from: completely off course → directly ahead
da
distance: touching → planetary
va
lateral: hard left → hard right
BODY & LIFE
we
strength / ability: paralyzed → superhuman
bo
food: starving → bursting
de
growth: decaying → flourishing
ki
energy: comatose → manic
ge
pain: nothing → unbearable
ko
vitality / life: dead → peak vitality
vu
gender: no gender / neutral → man
be
touch: no contact → lethal blow
MIND & PERCEPTION
bi
clarity: delirious → crystalline
di
focus: unconscious → tunnel vision
mi
judgment: delusional → sage
ne
want / intend: accidental → resolved
pi
knowledge: oblivious → omniscient
si
creativity / intelligence: copying → genius
SENSE
je
color: black → white
ke
loudness / sound: silence → explosion
mo
smell: vacuum → toxic fumes
pe
visibility: invisible → crystal clear
se
taste: water → pure essence
SOCIAL
bu
cooperation: war → unity
du
group size: nobody → everyone
ga
king / president / boss: slave → absolute power
gu
ownership: nothing → everything
do
friend: mortal enemy → soulmate
tu
communication: silence → library
TIME & CHANGE
ji
stability: chaotic → eternal
za
pitch / frequency: never → always
nu
quantity: none → infinite
ti
time: instant → eternity
fo
age: just born → primordial
LOGIC
fe
comparison / equality / likeness: least → most
ja
connection / and: if → and (logical)
zo
operation: add → integral
vi
relations / or: separate / no relation → same / identical
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Scale + domain = meaning
[0–9][domain] = point on axis
ofurage (zero calm)
tefuneutral (mid calm)
afupeace (max calm)
Prefixes
a[dom]maximum of domain
o[dom]zero / minimum
no-[X]negation / inverse of X
Compound nouns (head first)
ali-kacloud (water + high)
ba-pohouse (container + hard)
de-dochild (growing + bonded)
Verbs
[domain]-vo = action · bare domain = state
a[dom]-vobring to maximum
o[dom]-vobring to zero
ako-vo = heal · ma ofu = I'm angry (state)
Tense (optional, omit if obvious)
present (unmarked)
ti-apafuture (time toward)
ti-opapast (time away)
ma ni-vo ti-opa = I went
Variables
la-[X] = X means [what follows]
scoped to conversation
Pronouns
ma sa taI / you / he–she
me te nawe / y'all / they
a / oeveryone / nobody
Relations (vi)
viwith / together
oviwithout
ma ni-vo vi sa = I go with you
Numbers
digit string + nu = number
mesa-nu42
taso-nu1,000 (kilo)
juxtaposition = addition
taso-nu saso-nu = 1,100