activeselective | Confusion suffix -i and suffix -r

• Autor: activeselective
• Tema: Confusion suffix -i and suffix -r
• Data: 2005-10-13 13:35
• Mesaje: 1708 (presedente, seguente)

(this message has been posted on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Lingua_Franca_Nova also)

I find this confusing, taken from the WikiPedia-article:

(1)
[Noun 'dansa' means "dance"]
To make the infinitive, add -r. 'Dansar', for example, means "to
dance".

(2)
[Adjective 'calda' means "hot"]
Another useful suffix is -i which, added to a noun or adjective,
means "to become" or "to cause to become." For example, 'calda' is
hot, so 'caldi' means "to heat".

My questions:
Should "to heat" not be 'caldar' according to the first rule?
Also, when using the second rule on nouns, "she becomes a woman
(noun)" is said like 'el femi'?

The confusion is about noun/adjective, and also about subject/object:

(A)
Is -r a suffix only for nouns and -i only for adjectives? Then the
WikiPedia-text should leave out the nouns in the -i rule.

(B)
Maybe -r is done by a subject (to cause to become) and -i done to an
object (to become) and the WikiPedia-text should say 'caldi'
means "to become hot" and not "to heat" / "to cause it to become
hot"?

Thank you.