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Basic Rules
There is no “formal” grammar, Dr. Weilgart used to say, since all the elements still keep their original meaning. Here are a few of the elements and combinations used to signify the most common parts of speech.
Note: the core elements of meaning are always capitalized and literal definitions using these elements are hyphenated and bracketed. The little curve placed high within the line is the aUI form of a hyphen – (so it’s not confused with the symbol for Negation).
Verbs
End in -v , -v, Action, since verbs, in general, are words that show some form of action.
Example: e, e, Movement; ev, ev, to move
Ex.: a, a, Space; av av [Space-Action] to go
Simple past: -pAv, -pAv [Before-Time-Action/Verb] past action.
Ex.: e-pAv, e-pAv, moved
Simple future: -tAv, – tAv [Toward-Time-Action/Verb] future action.
Ex.: e-tAv, e-tAv, will move
Modifiers: Adjectives and Adverbs
End in -m, -m, Quality, since adjectives and adverbs describe – they qualify or modify – a nearby noun, verb, or another adjective. This corresponds to the English endings -y, -ly, -ious, -al, -ary. Modifiers like to stand before the word being modified.
Ex.: i, i, Light; im, im [Light-Quality] light (adj. as in ‘bright’)
Ex.: o, o, Life; om, om [Life-Quality] alive
Ex.: a, a, Space; am, am [Space-Quality] spatial
Opposites
Are formed by ‘covering’ a symbol with Y, Y, Negation, as is done in English with the prefixes un-, anti-, de-
Ex.: im, im, light; yim, yim [Opposite-light] dark
Ex.: k, k, Above; Yk, Yk [Oppositie-Above] below
As you may notice from these examples, when is in front (on top) of a vowel, it is written as a lower-case y consonant (pronounced as in ‘yellow’; /j/); when it is on top of a consonant, it is written as an upper case Y vowel (pronounced as in German Ü [/y/], as if you’re saying ‘ee’ but with very rounded lips, like for a kiss). So the symbol for Negation is always the opposite of what it’s standing above.
Articles
aUI does not insist on the use of the articles ‘a’, ‘an’, and ‘the.’ But they are possible:
Ex.: u, u, Human; un, un [Human-Many] people
Ex.: kE, kE [Above-Matter] gas; kEn, kEn [Above-Matter-Much] air
Plural
Is usually omitted or replaced by ‘many,’ nEn, nEn [Much-Matter-Quantity], or a specific number. Above, under ‘Articles,’ you see how articles can be used to show plural. Below, under ‘Pronouns,’ you see how they are made plural. Mass nouns often contain the -n, -n [Quantity] for plural or ‘much’:
Ex.: u, u, Human; un, un [Human-Many] people
Ex.: kE, kE [Above-Matter] gas; kEn, kEn [Above-Matter-Much] air
Pronouns
Take the place of a noun, like a nickname:
fu, fu [This-Person] I, me
bu, bu [Together-Person] you
cu, cu [Existing-Person] he/she
pIs, pIs [the-Thing] it
fnu , fnu [This-Many-Persons] we
bnu, bnu [Together-Many-Persons] you all
nu, nu [Many-Persons] they/them
pIns, pIns [it-Plural] they/them
Questions
Begin with h, h, Question. Often it is best to end the question either with a question word, or simply with hI, hI? [Question-Sound] huh?
hu, hu [Question-Person] who?
hE, hE [Question-Matter] what?
ham, ham [Question-Space] where?
hAm, hAm [Question-Time] when?
hYtUm, hYtUm [Question-cause-Adv.] why?
hUd, hUd [Question-Conceptually-Means (what means)] how?
To Be
These forms give you the ‘is’ words. aUI has several ways to say ‘is’ depending on context, but here are the most common ones
Ec, Ec [Matter-Exist] is
Ex.: Las Ec kab kvad.
(The ball is on the table.)
Uc, Uc [Mental-Exist] is (conceptually)
cu Uc rUm u.
(He/she is a good human.)
QcQc, Øc [Conditional-Exist] is Yc, Yc [Opposite-Exist] not
Ex.: cu Øc Yrom, Y.c tYweOm
(He/she is sick, not tired.)
yEc, yEc [Not-is] is not
Ex.: Las yEc kab kvad.
(The ball is not on the table.)
pAc, pAc [past-Exist] was/were
Ex.: Las pAc kab kvad.
(The ball was on the table.)
tAc, tAc [future-Exist] will be
Ex.: Las tAc kab kvad.
(The ball will be on the table.)