-rve

Special thanks to Thomas Pacheco for funding this lesson.

This lesson covers how you write the compound "-rve" in words like "curve" and "swerve".

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The somewhat common compound "-rve" doesn't fit in steno order, and the most obvious choice, -FR, is already used for several other endings (like in "offer", "cover"). So, in order to reduce conflicts, we assign it an otherwise unused chord, -FRB:

Think about the shape of this chord. To me, it always seems like a "curve" along the edge of the layout.

• KUFRB: curve
• SEFRB: serve
• SWEFRB: swerve
• KAFRB: carve
• SREFRB: verve
• TPHEFRB: nerve

Paired with inversion:

• STKEFRB: deserve

Briefs

Chord	Translation	Notes
REFRB	reserve
PREFRB	preserve
OEB	observe
OBT	object
SUBT	subject