Lojban Made Easy/L3
Attitudinals express emotion, and generally consist of two vowels. Some examples:
| Attitudinal | Feeling |
|---|---|
| .a'o | hope |
| .au | desire |
| .a'u | interest |
| .ie | agreement |
| .i'e | approval |
| .ii | fear |
| .iu | love |
| .oi | complaint |
| .ua | discovery |
| .ue | surprise |
| .u'e | wonder |
| .ui | happiness |
| .u'i | amusement |
| .u'u | repentance |
| .uu | sympathy |
Add -nai to negate
Examples:
- .iunai hate
- .ua.ue surprise at a discovery
- .a'u.ua interest in a discovery
- .iinai non-fear
Practice
[edit | edit source]What attitudinal would you use if...
- ...you see a scary monster
- ...you spill soda on a best friend's dress at a dance
- ...you buy a lottery ticket
- ...you win the lottery
- ...your best friend gets three cookies at snack time and you only get one
- ...you travel to Mars and meet little green men
- ...you are unhappily in love
Answers
[edit | edit source]- .ii (or for brave people .iinai)
- .u'u
- .a'o or .au
- .ui
- .oa
- .u'e.ua.ue
- .iu.uinai