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| {{Kala 2}}
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| =Nouns=
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| * Nouns include [[Wikipedia:Pronoun|pronouns]], [[Wikipedia:Adjective|adjectives]] (nouns of quality), and [[Wikipedia:Determiner_(linguistics)|determiners]]. | |
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| == Plurals ==
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| * Nouns are either singular, plural or collective.
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| * Concrete nouns are pluralized by suffixing '''-m'''.
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| :Examples : '''kono''' - stone > '''konom''' - stones | '''naka''' - woman > '''nakam''' - women
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| * When the last syllable of a word contains an '''m''', the plural is marked by reduplicating the final vowel.
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| :Examples : '''kama''' - village > '''kama'a''' - villages | '''teyemi''' - phrase > '''teyemi'i''' - phrases
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| * Collective (plural) nouns are marked by prefixing '''tli-'''.
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| :Examples : '''tsaka''' - house > '''tlitsaka''' - neighborhood | '''yama''' - mountain > '''tliyama''' - mountain range
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| * Nouns need not be marked plural if a number is used to show quantity.
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| :Example : '''sahi''' - color > '''sahim''' - colors > '''sahi ya'o''' - five color(s)
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| * Adjectives do not show plural agreement. However, when an adjective is used nominally, it can be pluralized.
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| :Example : '''nyeli''' - pink > '''nyelim''' - (the) pink (ones)
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| == Affect / Degree ==
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| * The diminutive is formed with '''-hi''', and the augmentative with '''-ha'''.
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| These are respectively realized as '''-ki''' and '''-ka''' when attached to a word that has a final syllable onset is /h/.
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| :Example : '''ina''' - food, meal | '''inahi''' - snack, morsel | '''inaha''' - feast, banquet
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| :Example : '''tsaka''' - house, home, dwelling | '''tsakahi''' - shack, hut, cabin | '''tsakaha''' - palace, mansion
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| * These are also used to differentiate hue, or shade.
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| :Example : '''yanahi''' - light yellow, '''kuyaha''' - dark green
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| * In [[Kala]] the concepts of comparative and superlative degree of an adjective are merged into a single form, the elative.
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| :How this form is understood or translated depends upon context and definiteness. In the absence of comparison, the elative conveys the notion of “greatest”, “supreme.”
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| :Example : '''tahaka''' - bigger/biggest
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| ::'''tsaka hayo ke nayo tahaka''' - His house is bigger than mine.
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| :Example : '''yanaha''' - more yellow/most yellow
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| ::'''ke mauam tayo yanaha''' - Your flowers are the most yellow.
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| ==Gender==
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| *In general, nouns do not indicate their gender. To distinguish the sexes, one can use the adjectival endings '''-ta''' and '''-na'''.
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| :Example : '''nikata''' "a male dog", '''nikana''' "a female dog".
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| == Articles ==
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| *There is only one article in '''Kala''', '''ke'''. It is used primarily as a "noun marker".
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| *It is ambi-definite, meaning it can be either definite or indefinite. The distinction is made through context.
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| :Example : '''kama''' "village", '''ke kama''' "the/a village", '''ke kama'a''' "the villages"
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| :Example : '''inahi''' "snack", '''ke inahi''' "the/a snack", '''ke inahim''' "the snacks"
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| ==Pronouns==
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| * [[Kala]] generally distinguishes four persons, the fourth person indicating abstract and inanimate nouns – both in the singular and plural numbers.
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| There is also a distinction between inclusive (I/we and you) and exclusive (we but not you) forms of the first person plural.
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| {| class="wikitable" border=1
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| ! !! ''Nominative'' !! ''Accusative'' !! ''Possessive'' !! ''Reflexive'' !! ''Reciprocal''
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| |- align=center
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| ! ''1S''
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| || na || ena || nayo || na'i || ''' '''
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| |- align=center
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| ! ''2S''
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| || ta || eta ||tayo || ta'i || ''' '''
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| |- align=center
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| ! ''3S''
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| || ha || eha || hayo || ha'i || ''' '''
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| |- align=center
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| ! ''4S''
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| || tla || etla || tlayo || tla'i || ''' '''
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| |- align=center
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| ! ''1P''
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| || nam || enam || namyo || nami || nanku
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| |- align=center
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| ! ''1P'' (EXCL)
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| || na'am || ena'am || na'amyo || na'ami || na'anku
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| |- align=center
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| ! ''2P''
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| || tam || etam || tamyo || tami || tanku
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| |- align=center
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| ! ''3P''
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| || kam || ekam || kamyo || kami || kanku
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| |- align=center
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| ! ''4P''
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| || tlam || etlam || tlamyo || tlami || tlanku
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| |}
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| * A chart of the agent-patient transitivity constructions;
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| {| class="wikitable" border=1
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| |+ '''A-P''' ''construction''
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| ! !! ''1<sup>st</sup> sing'' !! ''2<sup>nd</sup> sing'' !! ''3<sup>rd</sup> sing'' !! ''1<sup>st</sup> plu'' !! ''2<sup>nd</sup> plu'' !! ''3<sup>rd</sup> plu''
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| |- align=center
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| ! ''1<sup>st</sup> sing''
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| || '''-''' || na'eta || na'eha || '''-''' || na'etam || na'ekam
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| ! ''2<sup>nd</sup> sing''
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| || ta'ena || '''-''' || ta'eha || ta'enam || '''-''' || ta'ekam
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| ! ''3<sup>rd</sup> sing''
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| || ha'ena || ha'eta || '''-''' || ha'enam || ha'etam || ha'ekam
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| ! ''1<sup>st</sup> plu''
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| || '''-''' || nameta || nameha || '''-''' || nametam || namekam
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| |- align=center
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| ! ''2<sup>nd</sup> plu''
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| || tamena || '''-''' || tameha || tamenam || '''-''' || tamekam
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| ! ''3<sup>rd</sup> plu''
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| || kamena || kameta || kameha || kamenam || kametam || '''-'''
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| |}
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| == Correlative Pronouns ==
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| == Index ==
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| {{Kala index}}
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| [[Category:Kala]]
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