Moods
A mood is a suffix of one vowel that colours a word. On an action, it says the intent: a caress, a push, a pull. On a thing, it says its style: loved, or dancing. The moods let a speaker be subtle without many words. This page lists the five moods, how they join, and the roots that were made with them.
The five moods §
| Mood | Gloss | It says | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
i |
CARE |
caring, gentle | adverb |
o |
PUSH |
pushing, away from | adverb |
u |
PULL |
pulling, towards | adverb |
a |
LOVED |
loved, taken inside, to the heart, to the self | adjective |
y |
DANCE |
dancing, moving with no direction, drawing | adjective |
The adverbs i, o and u say how an action is done, and the word is an
action. The adjectives a and y say what a thing is like, and the word
stays a noun. The Roles page settles this.
Each of the five vowels is also a prefix: a subject, or the order y. The
Subjects page lists both uses.
The Verbs card names only three moods, i, o and u. The moods a and
y came later: the note Loved of January 2022 says that a was kept
free for a late coming beauty.
Other ways to say how §
The Verbs card also says how an action is done with roots used as
suffixes: au, lovingly, qer, fiercely, do, intensely, and
gi, gently, with love. They are not moods. A later page will list
them.
Roots made with a mood §
Many roots of Zulapa were made from a root and a mood. They are roots of their own now, and some changed shape.
| Root | From | Means |
|---|---|---|
mi |
ma + i |
a gentle hand, to caress |
mu |
ma + u |
to pull, exhausted |
my |
ma + y |
a trace, to draw |
mado |
ma + o |
to slap |
ga |
gu + a |
spirit |
gu |
ga + u |
darkness, empathy, life |
gi |
gu + i |
permanence, kind |
go |
gu + o |
intense |
gai |
ga + i |
consciousness, rain, gentle |
gau |
ga + u |
attention |
gui |
gu + i |
life, to give birth |
za |
zu + a |
sap, to flow |
agi |
aga + i |
story, epic |
ago |
aga + o |
rhythm |
agu |
aga + u |
ear, to listen |
odo |
oda + o |
to leave |
odu |
oda + u |
to come |
dao |
da + o |
a distant place, from |
dau |
da + u |
a close place, to |
liu |
li + u |
to eat |
sheu |
she + u |
nose, to breathe |
sheo |
she + o |
to blow |
rumo |
rum + o |
to throw |
lamu |
lam + u |
to drink |
Some lost the vowel of the root, as mi, ga or agu. Some kept both
vowels, as gai, liu or dau. mado took a d.
The rules §
The five moodsMoods
A mood is a suffix of one vowel. It says the intent of an action, or the style of a thing. i is caring, gentle. o is pushing, away from. u is pulling, towards. a is loved, taken inside, to the self. y is dancing, moving with no direction.
A mood after a vowelconflict
After a consonant, a mood joins with nothing: ofeni. A mood that meets the same vowel takes l, like any suffix after a vowel. After another vowel, the sources do not agree. The engine and phrase 197 join with nothing: lai. The third lesson on video says gai. The second lesson says mali and lali, with l.
Open Does a mood join another vowel with nothing, as in lai? Or with l, like every other suffix, as in lali?
A mood with no subjectconflict
The rule of the moods on the Roles page says that i, o and u make the word an action. The phrases use such a word alone as an order: lai is Kiss gently in phrase 197, with the silent suffix of the engine. But an order now takes y, and a tense needs a subject.
Open Is lai alone an action, or a noun? Does an order with a mood take y, as in ylai?
Roots made from a root and a moodMoods
Many roots were made from a root and a mood. Some lost the vowel of the root: mai became mi, mau became mu, may became my, and gua, life loved, became ga, spirit. And gu is ga with u, the pulled spirit: the two roots make each other. Each is now a root of its own. ma already ends with the mood a: it is the loved hand, and takes no a.