Frankly, I'm not really a grammar guy, but here are a few glyphs we can pile
up along the bottom of a word to depict its place in the grand scheme of things.
![](glyphs/~me.gif) |
First Person [I, me, us] (an arm pointing
to me)
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![](glyphs/auris.gif) |
I hear |
![](glyphs/~me.gif) | |
![](glyphs/~you.gif) |
Second Person [you] (a finger pointing to you)
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![](glyphs/occulus.gif) |
you see |
![](glyphs/~you.gif) | |
![](glyphs/~they.gif) |
Third Person [him, she, they] (based on a
drawing of the eye to indicate a person or thing seen.)
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![](glyphs/dicere.gif) |
he says |
![](glyphs/~they.gif) | |
![](glyphs/~plural.gif) |
Plural (stolen directly from Egyptian hieroglyphics.)
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![](glyphs/felis.gif) |
cats |
![](glyphs/~plural.gif) | |
![](glyphs/~the.gif) |
The definite article, a subscript of the glyph [that] |
![](glyphs/felis.gif) |
the cat |
![](glyphs/~the.gif) | |
![](glyphs/~past.gif) |
Past tense (rewind button.)
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![](glyphs/~future.gif) |
Future tense (fast forward button.) |
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![](glyphs/~must.gif) |
Imperative |
![](glyphs/eo.gif) |
go! |
![](glyphs/~must.gif) |
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![](glyphs/~passive.gif) |
Passive mood (a recliner chair.) |
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![](glyphs/~make.gif) |
To turn a Adjective into a Verb. ("to make ___")
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![](glyphs/penguin.gif) |
to chill |
![](glyphs/~make.gif) | |
![](glyphs/~like.gif) |
To turn a Noun into a Adjective. [___-like] (from
mathematics. "approximately equals") |
![](glyphs/asinus.gif) |
asinine |
![](glyphs/~like.gif) | |
![](glyphs/~full.gif) |
To turn a Noun into a Adjective. [-ful] |
![](glyphs/pericul.gif) |
dangerous ("dangerful") |
![](glyphs/~full.gif) | |
![](glyphs/~make.gif) ![](glyphs/~like.gif) |
To turn a Noun into a Verb. ("to make like".) |
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![](glyphs/~verb.gif) |
To turn a Noun into an infinitive Verb. (The
opposite of the symbol below; also v for verb.) |
![](glyphs/sedere.gif) |
to sit |
![](glyphs/~verb.gif) | |
![](glyphs/~state.gif) |
To turn a Verb into a Noun. (Simplified symbol
of standing, status, to mean "the state of".) |
![](glyphs/aperire.gif) |
opening |
![](glyphs/~state.gif) | |
![](glyphs/~of.gif) |
Possessive or genitive (I invented this symbol to suggest the
English word "of" and the French "de".)
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![](glyphs/~agent.gif) |
Agent [-er, -man] |
![](glyphs/cursor.gif) |
runner |
![](glyphs/~agent.gif) | |
![](glyphs/~more.gif) |
The Plus Sign indicates Comparative [-er, more] |
![](glyphs/cactus.gif) |
drier |
![](glyphs/~more.gif) | |
![](glyphs/~most.gif) |
Superlative (Double-plus) [-est,
most] |
![](glyphs/claudus.gif) |
lamest |
![](glyphs/~most.gif) | |
![](glyphs/~dimin.gif) |
Diminutive [-ette, mini-] ("Less than or equal
to") |
![](glyphs/pater2.gif) |
daddy |
![](glyphs/~dimin.gif) | |
![](glyphs/~un.gif) |
Negative [Un-, Non-] |
![](glyphs/clip.gif) |
unattached |
![](glyphs/~un.gif) | |
![](glyphs/~dis.gif) |
Really Negative [Dis-, Anti-] |
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![](glyphs/~self.gif) |
Reflexive [-self] (a mirror) |
![](glyphs/~me.gif) |
myself |
![](glyphs/~self.gif) | |
![](glyphs/~able.gif) |
Possible [-ible] (from logic) |
![](glyphs/flama.gif) |
flammable |
![](glyphs/~able.gif) | |
![](glyphs/~masc.gif) |
Masculine |
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![](glyphs/~fem.gif) |
Feminine |
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![](glyphs/~real.gif) |
Really (When the image is primarily used as a metaphor for an
abstract concept, this changes it to meaning exactly what it shows.) |
![](glyphs/horsshoe.gif) |
horseshoe |
![](glyphs/~real.gif) | |
![](glyphs/~metaph.gif) |
Metaphorically (When the image is primarily used as a realistic
icon, this changes it to a subtler metaphor for a more generic concept.) |
![](glyphs/auto.gif) |
vehicle |
![](glyphs/~metaph.gif) | |