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==Arithmetic==
= numbers =
 
===Cardinal Numbers===
 
*'''e'o''' - zero / nothing
*'''na'o''' - one
*'''ta'o''' - two
*'''ha'o''' - three
*'''ma'o''' - four
*'''ya'o''' - five
*'''tsa'o''' - six
*'''ka'o''' - seven
*'''pa'o''' - eight
*'''sa'o''' - nine
*'''ue'o''' - ten
*'''nye'o''' - (one) hundred
*'''tle'o''' - (one) thousand
*'''mue'o''' - ten thousand
*'''kye'o''' - (one) hundred thousand
*'''nte'o''' - (one) million
 
=== Higher Numbers ===
 
* '''uena'o''' - eleven / 11
 
* '''taue'o''' - twenty / 20
 
* '''nyeka'o''' - one hundred seven / 107
 
* '''hanyetauetsa'o''' (''long form'') | '''hatatsa'o''' (''short form'') - three hundred twenty six / 326
 
* '''tsatletauema'o''' - six thousand and twenty four / 6024
 
===Ordinal Numbers===
 
* '''ki'''- - ordinal prefix
:Example : '''kisa'o''' - ninth (in a sequence)
:Example : '''kiyanyepa'o''' - 508<sup>th</sup>
 
===Fractions===
 
* '''i'''- - fractional prefix
:Example : '''isa'o''' - a ninth, 1/9
:Example : '''iha'o te pa'o''' - three eighths, 3/8 [lit: a third of eight]
 
===Types of Numbers===
 
* '''ku''' - numeral, digit, number (''n/v'')
: '''kun''' - numerical
* '''ku kiso''' - cardinal (''number basic'')
* '''ku am''' - complex
* '''ku soto''' - even
* '''ku henan''' - fractional
: '''hena''' - fraction
* '''ku ohe''' - imaginary
* '''ku yeno''' - integer
* '''kumpuk''' - irrational
* '''ku katan''' - natural
* '''ku ak''' - negative
* '''ku mpala''' - odd
* '''ku ki''' - ordinal
* '''ku yanka''' - positive
* '''kupu''' - prime
* '''kumpu''' - rational
* '''ku uala''' - real
* '''ku nkun''' - reciprocal
 
===Basic Operations===
 
===Additional Mathematical Concepts===
 
==Geometry==
 
===Figures===
 
===Concepts===
 
==Quantity and Space==
 
===Weights and Measures===
 
===Weighing and Measuring===
 
===Concepts of Quantity===
 
===Concepts of Location===
 
[[File:Nasoka.png|frame|right|'''nasokam''' (The cardinal and intermediate directions.)]]
 
* '''ua'e''' - above / over / on
* '''tsa'e''' - across / beyond / through
* '''ma'e''' - ahead / before / in front of
* '''pahe''' - among / between / amid / amidst /
* '''uaye''' - away (from) / hence
* '''pue''' - after / behind
* '''yane''' - along / beside / by / next to / up to
* '''tahe''' - bottom / beneath / below / under
* '''pusula''' - compass
* '''nasoka''' - direction
* '''kyoli''' - distance / interspace / spacing / interval
* '''timu''' - east
* '''asai''' - edge / brink / lip / margin / rim / boundary
* '''uanaha''' - far / distant
* '''te''' - from / of
* '''hina''' - here / close / near
* '''upuka''' - horizon(tal)
* '''nahe''' - in / inside (of) / into
* '''pye''' - in the middle
* '''yoso''' - (to the) left
* '''taso''' - level
* '''kita''' - north
* '''mok''' - nowhere / no place
* '''enye''' - out / outside (of)
* '''mo''' - place / location / locale
* '''tsue''' - position / stance / posture
* '''yomo''' - (to the) right
* '''ihamo''' - somewhere
* '''mina''' - south
** '''minan''' - southern
** '''ka'e mina''' - to the south
* '''uana''' - there / that place
* '''ka'e''' - to / at / toward
* '''tle''' - up / away from earth’s center / abstract adverb of motion
* '''ukaha''' - vertical
* '''nisi''' - west
 
===Movement===
 
==Time==
 
===General Expression of Time===
 
===Telling Time===
 
===Units of Time===
 
===Timepieces===
 
===Concepts of Time===
 
==Days, Months and Seasons==
 
===Days of the Week===
 
* '''yoma'a te sema''' - Days of the week.
 
*The [[Kala]] week begins on Thursday.
 
:*'''nayoma''' - Thursday
:*'''tayoma''' - Friday
:*'''yomha''' - Saturday
:*'''mayoma''' - Sunday
:*'''yomya''' - Monday
:*'''tsayoma''' - Tuesday
:*'''kayoma''' - Wednesday
* '''yomita''' - holiday
: '''iyoma ke yomita a''' - Today is a holiday.
* '''otisema''' / '''semoti''' - weekend
* '''iyoma ka''' - What day (is it)?
* '''yomanimu''' - worday
 
===Months of the Year===
 
The [[Kala]] calendar is modeled after the [[Wikipedia:Bahá'í_calendar|Baha'i Calendar]].
 
*[http://wiki.frath.net/images/0/07/Sayoma.PNG A chart of the [[Kala]] '''sayoma'''.]
 
*Based on this calendar, [[wikipedia:Cinco de Mayo|Cinco de Mayo]] would be '''yoma pa'o te sayo ha'o''', or Day 8 of Month 3.
 
*The correlating vocabulary to the [[wikipedia:Gregorian calendar|Gregorian calendar]] differs.
 
{| class="wikitable"
! No. || English || [[Kala]]
|-
| 1 || January || '''na'oku'''
|-
| 2 || February || '''ta'oku'''
|-
| 3 || March || '''ha'oku'''
|-
| 4 || April || '''ma'oku'''
|-
| 5 || May || '''ya'oku'''
|-
| 6 || June || '''tsa'oku'''
|-
| 7 || July || '''ka'oku'''
|-
| 8 || August || '''pa'oku'''
|-
| 9 || September || '''sa'oku'''
|-
| 10 || October || '''ue'oku'''
|-
| 11 || November || '''uenaku'''
|-
| 12 || December || '''uetaku'''
|}
 
===Seasons===
 
* '''mosima''' - season
: '''kueta''' - spring
: '''natsu''' - summer
: '''aki''' - fall / autumn
: '''neku''' - winter
* '''isime''' - equinox
* '''kamala''' - moon
* '''samapyola''' - solstice
* '''sama''' - sun / star
 
===Expressing the Date===
 
===Important Dates===
 
==Talking about the Weather==
 
===General Weather Vocabulary===
 
===Reacting to the Weather===
 
===Weather-Measuring Instruments and Activities===
 
==Colors==
 
===Basic Colors===
 
* '''etla ke sahi ka''' = What color (is) it?
 
* '''oya''' - black
* <font color="#0000FF">'''tsuku'''</font> - blue
* <font color="#8b4513">'''malo'''</font> - brown
* '''yehi''' - clear
* <font color="#DAA520">'''ohola'''</font> - gold
* <font color="#808080">'''kono'''</font> - gray
* <font color="#006400">'''kuya'''</font> - green
* <font color="#ffa500">'''tsunkua'''</font> - orange
* <font color="#ffc0cb">'''nyeli'''</font> / <font color="#ff69b4">'''elila'''</font> - pink
* <font color="#BB33BB">'''tlila'''</font> - purple / mauve / violet  / lilac
* <font color="#FF0000">'''akai'''</font> / <font color="#DD0000">'''ketla'''</font> - red
* <font color="#c0c0c0">'''tsokono'''</font> - silver
* '''nyahi''' - white
* <font color="#ffff00">'''yana'''</font> - yellow
 
===Describing Colors===
 
===Additional Vocabulary: Colors===
 
==Basic Grammar==
 
===Grammatical Terms===
 
===Articles and Particles===
 
===Demonstrative Pronouns===
 
* '''itla''' - this
* '''itlam''' - these
* '''uatla''' - that
* '''uatlam''' - those
 
===Possessive Pronouns===
 
* '''nayo''' - my / mine
* '''tayo''' - your(s)
* '''hayo''' - his / her(s)
* '''tlayo''' - its
* '''namyo''' - our(s)
* '''tamyo''' - your(s) [pl]
* '''kamyo''' - their(s)
* '''tlamyo''' - its [pl]
 
===Reciprocal Pronouns===
 
* '''kanku itsa''' - They love each other.
-
* '''nanku''' - we...each other
* '''tanku''' - you...each other
* '''kanku''' - they...each other
* '''tlanku''' - they (things/ideas)...each other
 
===Prepositions===
 
===Nominative Pronouns===
 
* '''na''' - I
* '''ta''' - you
* '''ha''' - he / she
* '''tla''' - it
* '''nam''' - we
* '''tam''' - you [pl]
* '''kam''' - they
* '''tlam''' - it [pl]
 
===Accusative Pronouns===
 
* '''ena''' - me
* '''eta''' - you
* '''eha''' - him / her
* '''etla''' - it
* '''enam''' - us
* '''etam''' - you [pl]
* '''ekam''' - them
* '''etlam''' - it [pl]
 
===Reflexive Pronouns===
 
* '''na'i''' - myself
* '''ta'i''' - yourself
* '''ha'i''' - himself / herself
* '''tla'i''' - itself
* '''nami''' - ourselves
* '''tami''' - yourselves
* '''kami''' - themselves
* '''tlami''' - itselves
 
===Correlatives===
 
{| class="wikitable" border=1
|-
! !! ''query'' !! ''this'' !! ''that'' !! ''some'' !! ''none'' !! ''any'' !! ''every'' !! ''whichever''
|- align=center
! ''adjective''
|| ka || itla || uatla || iha || ak || ula || kua || ote
|- align=center
! ''person''
|| ko...ka || iko || uako || ihako || hok || kola || kohua || oteko
|- align=center
! ''thing''
|| no...ka || itla || uatla || ihano || nok || nola || nokua || oteno
|- align=center
! ''time''
|| ama/tsima...ka || ima || uama || ihama || amak || amala || kuama || otema
|- align=center
! ''place''
|| mo...ka || hina || uana || ihamo || mok || mola || mokua || otemo
|- align=center
! ''way''
|| to...ka || yoto || uato || ihato || tok || tola || tokua || oheto
|- align=center
! ''amount''
|| ku/o...ka || iku || uaku || ihaku || huk/ok || kula || hukua/okua || oteku
|- align=center
! ''reason''
|| nye...ka || inye || uanye || ihanye || nyek || ulanye || nyekua || otenye
|- align=center
! ''kind''
|| su...ka || isu || uasu || ihasu || suk || sula || sukua || otesu
|-
|}
 
===Conjunctions===
 
==Requesting Information==
 
* '''yaua''' - to answer, respond
* '''kanyo''' - to ask, request
-
* '''ta'ena ke...kalapa ka''' - Can you tell me...?
* '''to ka''' - How?
* '''nahe Kala ... yani ka''' - How do you say ... in Kala?
* '''ku ka''' - How much?
* '''na unyak''' - I don't understand.
* '''ke ka''' / '''a ka''' - What?
* '''ke ... yani ka''' - What does...mean?
* '''ama ka''' / '''tsima ka''' - When?
* '''mo ka''' - Where?
* '''ote ka''' - Which (one)?
* '''ko ka''' - Who?
* '''nye ka''' - Why?
 
==Family & Friends==
 
===Family Members===
 
* '''uena''' - aunt
* '''otaua''' - brother
: '''po'otaua''' - brother-in-law
* '''nataue''' - cousin
: '''taue''' - male cousin
: '''naue''' - female cousin
* '''nahi''' - daughter / girl
: '''ponahi''' - daughter-in-law
* '''tlika''' - family
* '''ota''' - father
: '''po'ota''' - father-in-law
* '''inataha''' - grandchild
* '''otaha''' - grandfather
* '''onaha''' - grandmother
* '''uenaha''' - great-aunt
* '''inatahaka''' - great-grandchild
* '''otahaka''' - great-grandfather
* '''onahaka''' - great-grandmother
* '''uetaha''' - great-uncle
* '''tla'ota''' - husband
* '''ona''' - mother
: '''po'ona''' - mother-in-law
* '''uetahi''' - nephew
* '''uenahi''' - niece
* '''onata''' - parent
* '''nata''' - relative
* '''onaua''' - sister
: '''po'onaua''' - sister-in-law
* '''tahi''' - son / boy
: '''potahi''' - son-in-law
* '''ueta''' - uncle
* '''tla'ona''' - wife
 
===Friends===
 
==Describing People==
 
===Gender and Appearance===
 
===Concepts of Age===
 
===Marriage and the Human Life Cycle===
 
===Religion and Race===
 
===Characteristics and Social Traits===
 
===Basic Personal Information===
 
==The Body==
 
===Parts of the Body===
 
*
 
===Physical States and Activities===
 
===Sensory Perception===
 
===Personal Care===
 
==The Physical World==
 
===The Universe===
 
===The Environment===
 
===Matter and the Environment===
 
===Characteristics of Matter===
 
===Geography===
 
==Plants==
 
===General Vocabulary===
 
===Flowers===
 
===Trees===
 
===Fruits===
 
===Vegetables and Herbs===
 
==The Animal World==
 
===Animals===
 
* '''haya''' - animal / beast
* '''peka''' - bat
* '''kuma''' - bear
* '''ayani''' - buffalo
* '''nyesa''' - bull / bovine / cow / ox
* '''unta''' - camel
* '''mihu''' - cat
:* '''myao''' - meow
* '''masa''' - deer
* '''nika''' - dog
:* '''haoku''' - bark / howl
* '''atsua''' - donkey / mule
* '''pilo''' - elephant
* '''sampa''' - farm
:* '''ahila''' - barn
:* '''sampako''' - farmer
:* '''ukuta''' - fence
* '''x''' - fox
* '''x''' - giraffe
* '''x''' - goat
* '''x''' - hare / rabbit
* '''x''' - hippo
* '''x''' - horse
:* '''x''' - neigh
* '''x''' - hunt
:* '''x''' - hunter
:* '''x''' - hunting
* '''x''' - hyena
* '''x''' - lamb
* '''x''' - leopard
* '''x''' - lion
:* '''x''' - roar
* '''x''' - mammal
* '''x''' - mole
* '''x''' - monkey / primate
* '''x''' - cougar
* '''x''' - mouse / rodent / rat
* '''x''' - paw / hoof
* '''x''' - pet
* '''x''' - pig / swine
* '''x''' - rhino
* '''x''' - sheep
* '''x''' - tail
* '''x''' - tiger
* '''x''' - vertebrate
:* '''x''' - invertebrate
* '''x''' - wild animal
* '''x''' - wolf / lupine
:* '''x''' - howl
* '''x''' - zebra
* '''x''' - zoo
:* '''x''' - zoological
:* '''x''' - zoology
 
===Birds and Fowl===
 
===Fish, Reptiles, Amphibians and Marine Mammals===
 
===Insects and Other Invertebrates===
 
==Basic Social Greetings==
 
===Greetings and Farewells===
 
===Forms of Address and Introductions===
 
===Courtesy===
 
==Speaking and Talking==
 
===Speech Activities and Types===
 
===Useful Expressions===
 
==Telephone==
 
===Telephones and Accessories===
 
===Using the Telephone===
 
==Letter Writing==
 
===Salutations and Closings===
 
===Parts of a Letter===
 
===Writing Materials & Accessories===
 
==The Media==
 
===Print Media===
 
===Electronic Media===
 
==Feelings==
 
===Moods / Attitudes / Emotions===
 
===Likes & Dislikes===
 
===Expressing Emotions===
 
==Thinking==
 
===Describing Thought===
 
===Basic thought Process===
 
==At Home==
 
===Parts of the House===
 
===Rooms===
 
===Furniture===
 
===Common Items===
 
===Services===
 
===Additional Vocab===
 
===Apartment life===
 
==Eating & Drinking==
 
===Meals===
 
* '''ina supu''' - breakfast
* '''ina yohua''' - dinner
* '''ina''' - food
* '''ina pye''' - lunch
* '''inama''' - meal
* '''inahi''' - snack
* '''inaha''' - feast
 
===Food Preparation===
 
===Meat & Poultry===
 
===Seafood===
 
===Vegetables===
 
===Fruits===
 
===Menu Items===
 
===Dairy===
 
===Grains===
 
===Spices===
 
===Drinks===
 
===At the Table===
 
===Dining Out===
 
===Buying & Describing Food & Drink===
 
==Shopping & Errands==
 
===General Vocabulary===
 
===Hardware===
 
===Stationary===
 
===Photography===
 
===Tobacco===
 
===Toiletries===
 
===Laundry===
 
===Pharmacy===
 
===Jewelry===
 
===Music===
 
===Clothing===
 
===Books===
 
==Commerce==
 
==Sport==
 
===Games & Hobbies===
 
===Sports===
 
==Arts==
 
===Cinema===
 
===Sculpture/Architecture===
 
===Music/Dance===
 
===Literature===
 
===Theater===
 
==Holidays==
 
==Travel Destinations==
 
===Travel Agency===
 
===Countries & Continents===
 
===A Few Cities===
 
===Nationalities & Languages===
 
==Customs==
 
==Air Travel==
 
===Terminal===
 
===Flight===
 
===On the Plane===
 
==On the Road==
 
===Vehicles===
 
===Driving===
 
===Signs===
 
===Car===
 
==Train, Bus, etc.==
 
==Lodging==
 
===Hotels===
 
===Rooms===
 
==Vacation==
 
===Sightseeing===
 
===Outside the City===
 
===Directions===
 
==School==
 
===Classroom===
 
===Inside the School===
 
===People===
 
===Academia===
 
==Work==
 
===Professions===
 
===Interview===
 
===The Office===
 
==Emergencies==
 
===Fire===
 
===Robbery, Assault etc.===
 
==Medical Care==
 
===Doctor===
 
===Dentist===
 
==Legal Matters==
 
==Science & Technology==
 
===Computers===
 
===Internet===
 
==Politics==
 
===Expressing Opinion===


== Index ==
== Index ==

Revision as of 18:12, 5 November 2012