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Lessons in Blissymbolics - Person

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Many blissymbols can be derived from the symbol for Person :
Add a 1 and you get the first person pronoun, I :
Add a 2 and you get the second person pronoun, You :
In bliss, there is even a plural version of the second person pronoun, You (you all) :
The plural indicator that looks like an " x " can be visuallized to mean plural because it represents "two sticks held together".

If you make the person symbol lean over a little you have the idea of Necessity or Need :

Then add the verb indicator and you have the verb, to need :
The verb indicator is derived from a most basic "action" of the earth, a volcano.

Add the adjective indicator and you have the blissymbol for Necessary :
Charles Bliss said that an adjective does not represent a real physical thing, but rather it is an evaluation or idea that comes down from the mind about a thing...
So the adjective indicator that looks like a " v " implies the arrowhead pointing down from the blissymbol for Idea :

The idea of a leaning person representing
"need" is adapted further to give us the symbol for Help :
You can see that the "person" symbol is not leaning,
but rather, is supporting the leaning line.

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