Description:

The term 'ken' refers to the literal act of reading, silently or out loud. In Common, it also has a connotation of assessment or criticism.

Verb:

As a verb, 'ken' is a skurun verb meaning to read something, silently or out loud, although silent is generally implied, to specify reading aloud, the modifier 'zisses' can be added. It takes an ergative reader and an absolutive thing read.

As well, 'ken' has a strong connotation of evaluating, assessing, critiquing or criticising. To 'ken' someone is to call out their faults - for these senses, the sense of 'aloud' is usually implied. The derived form rokén intensifies this sense and resolves any ambiguity as to whether reading or criticising is intended, and also tends to more strongly imply a negative reading.

Noun:

As a nouns, 'ken' refers to an instance of reading, a reading of something as in a way that it is understood, or a specific evaluation, assessment or criticsm. The derived form 'kenysyn' refers to reading and criticism as a general thing.

Modifier:

As a modifier, 'kenys' means 'critical'. To refer to someone as 'kenys' means that they are always assessing and criticising things - although it can also be used in a different context to say that someone just likes to read. This can have a positive sense as in 'discerning'.