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BestATN@hidden.email wrote: > > How about "xenoa", "dawnoa", and "fonoa" for the three main phases of matter > - gas, liquid, and solid? And maybe "vinoa" for plasma. Or perhaps some > other classifier would be better. > These are binary states, not things. Thus, we must use the classifier "-go". Also, we already have the adjective "tigo" = 'liquid', although I'm willing to change this for a good reason. However, "xego" for 'gas', "dawgo" for 'liquid', and so on are not even remotely mnemonic to me. If you want to help me build up the dictionary faster, then start with a classifier that I haven't discussed yet in the lessons (such as "noa"), and create as many words as possible using the semi-morphs that you already know. If I like the result, then I'll tell you so and YOU can then create example sentences for the dictionary. This will save me time. Suggesting a few words here and there does not help me at all. You might also want to try assigning senses to an unused semi-morph (such as "cu", or "jo", or "swe") and applying it to as many classifiers as possible. Again, be thorough. If I have to do too much work, I won't bother. Regards, Rick Morneau http://www.srv.net/~ram http://www.eskimo.com/~ram