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== Sentences ==
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* Most sentences in [[Kala]] contain a verb phrase, typically denoting the occurrence of an action. A verb phrase consists of a verb plus any modifiers.
 
* Most sentences also contain at least one noun phrase, typically denoting a person or thing. A noun phrase consists of a noun plus any modifiers.
 
* The two most important noun phrases are the subject and the object. Their exact meaning depends on the choice of verb, but
:loosely speaking, the subject is the person or thing that carries out the action, and the object is the person or thing that is directly affected by the action.
 
* [[Kala]] has an extremely regular grammar, with very few exceptions to its rules. Sentences are made up of one or more phrases. Each phrase consists of a subject (optionally followed by modifying particles) and a verb (optionally followed by modifying particles).
 
=== Word Order ===
 
* [[Kala]] phrase structure can be represented as follows:
 
: ''subject-(modifier) (particle) ((object)-(modifier)) verb-(modifier) (particle)''
: or, more simply '''SOV'''
 
=== examples ===
 
* ''(a/the) house''
:{|
|'''tsaka'''
|-
|house
|}
 
* ''(a/the) blue house''
:{|
|'''tsaka'''  ||'''nila''' 
|-
|house  ||blue 
|}
 
* '''tsakam nila'''
: (the) blue houses
 
* '''tsakam nila nayo'''
: my blue house
 
* '''tsakaham nila nayo'''
: my big blue house
 
* '''tsakam nayo nila ka'''
: Is my house blue?
 
== Index ==


{{Kala index}}
{{Kala index}}


[[Category:Kala]]
[[Category:Kala]]

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