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Spacial and Temporal Kfeirt

Kfeirt defining 3D spacial and 2D temporal aspects (3D2D AKs) are constructed from a set of symbols representing different 'positions'. This construction methodology allows for extremely descriptive and extremely 'regular' Kfeirt.

Symbol Table

Spacial	Temporal	Symbol	Symbol Position
left		t	1
right		c	1
horizontal center, middle		tc	1
around		r	2
front, forward	future	w	2
rear, behind	past	y	2
Not t,k,c,s OR r - general	present	x	2
out	general	q	3
far out	distant	u	3
near out	near	o	3
exterior surface	immediate	oi	3
interior surface		ii	3
interior space		i	3
between, center		e	3
Not in, out OR btwn (all)	always	a	3
up	initiation	s	4
down	terminal	f	4
vertical center, middle	in process	fs	4
Not up OR down	whole	h	4
	repeating	k'	5

3D2D AKs have the following structure:

(1)(2)34(5)

Where 1st-position, 2nd-position and 5th-position symbols are 'optional'. The Kfeirt MUST have at least a 1st-position or a 2nd-position symbol.

Symbols from the same 'position' are mutually exclusive.

In 3D spacial aspect Kfeirt (sAK), 1st-position and 2nd-position symbols may be combined to give both 'X and Y' coordinates.

Example: tw = forward and to the left

'Degree' of distance is provided by the 3rd-position symbol. 'Z' coordinate is provided by the 4th-position symbol.

Example: twus = forward, to the left, far in the distance and up

Whereas, in 2D temporal aspect Kfeirt (tAK), 1st-position are not utilized. General 'temporal relation' (future, past or present) is provided by 2nd-position symbols. 3rd-position symbol 'fine tunes' the temporal relation, and the 4th-position symbol designates the 'focal point' of the event that the speaker is interested in (either the beginning, initiation, or 'start' of the event [s], the ending, terminal, or 'finish point' of the event [f], the whole event [fs], or the event as a collection of repeating actions [k'], such as 'knocking' is a collection of many 'knocks').

The 'Basis' Grar (Lojsk Grammatical Tag), "kfy_", is utilized to designate who/what/when the 3D2D AKs are 'relative to'. By default 3D sAKs are relative to the speaker (kfyi mih), and 2D tAKs are relative to the immediate present or 'now' (kfyi xoih).

Example:

The house is behind the tree.

:a sitc le has tce yqh kfyi mont q:

I just finished walking to my house.

:a dzo2 tle yoif (kfyi xoih) le mih tcwe has dwi mih q:

More examples:

ex1[ENG]: I walk to the house.

ex1[LOJ]: :a dzo2 le mih tcwe has q:

No 2D temporal keywords are utilized. Following the understanding that temporal relation is relative to the immediate present or 'now', a lack of a temporal grar/kfeirt pair tells us that the event is occurring at this very moment, unless otherwise noted. Note that we could have also have written [:a dzo2 tle xoifs le mih tcwe has q: meaning 'I am in the process of walking to the house.']

ex2[ENG]: I start to walk to the house.

ex2[LOJ]: :a dzo2 tle xois le mih tcwe has q:

[tle xois] means 'at present, focusing on the beginning of the event', which translates to 'start to...'. Again note that this is relative to the immediate present.

ex3[ENG]: I will start to walk to the house.

ex3[LOJ]: :a dzo2 tle wos le mih tcwe has q:

[tle wos] means 'in the near future, focusing on the beginning of the event', which translates to 'will start to...'. Again note that this is relative to the immediate present.

ex4[ENG]: I walked to the house.

ex4[LOJ]: :a dzo2 tle yoh le mih tcwe has q:

[tle yoh] means 'in the near past, focusing on the whole of the event', which translates to '...-ed'. Again note that this is relative to the immediate present.

ex5[ENG]: I just finished walking to the house.

ex5[LOJ]: :a dzo2 tle yoif le mih tcwe has q:

[tle yoih] means 'in the immediate past, focusing on the end of the event', which translates to 'just finished ...-ing'. Again note that this is relative to the immediate present.

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