I'm actually kinda wondering if we would be willing to use our last monosyllabic cmavo, {xau}, for this.
I actually turn out to use it quite often for afterthought attitudinal, due to its relative freedom of context. No need to worry about whether {vau} is sufficient or even possible {xau a'inai}. That extra syllable might make the difference for how well it is accepted among beginners, who often mistakenly attach attitudinals to the last word of a sentence.While we're at it I've had a look at the other xVV cmavo. {xai} seems fine and usable.
{xei} doesn't see much use, but {rei} really needs a replacement, and making it multisyllabic would break the pattern.But {zo xoi ki'a sai}? Can't make sense of the definition, and I can't see how it is useful.
On Sunday, May 10, 2015 at 4:04:48 PM UTC+8, Spheniscine (la zipcpi) wrote:I think it might be useful to have a new cmavo, {vau'u}, which is in its own selma'o. It would act as a "super famyma'o / super vau"; acting as any number of {vau}s needed to close off a sentence.Why? Attitudinals, mostly; it'd allow adding attitudinals as an afterthought, attaching it to the entire sentence rather than the last thing in it. {vau} is sufficient for simple sentences (e.g. {do sidju mi vau ui}), but more complex sentences with subclauses at the end may require several {vau}, which just feels wrong. For exampleInstead of: {do sidju mi lo nu mi zenba lo ni ricfu vau vau vau ui}You can have: {do sidju mi lo nu mi zenba lo ni ricfu vau'u ui}--
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