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* [[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). | * [[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). | ||
== greetings & farewells == | == greetings & farewells == |
Revision as of 09:22, 20 September 2013
Sentences
- 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).
greetings & farewells
- Welcome - uatsa
- Hello; Hi! / Good bye - yata
- How are you? - to tayo ka (lit: Your way?)
- to sana tayo ka (lit: How your health?)
- ta tama ka (lit: You good?)
- See you soon - nanku anyatlihi (lit: small future we see each other)
- What's your name? - ke ata tayo ka
- Cheers/Good health/Salute - kampa
etiquette
- Please - tsepa
- Thank you (very much) - nyasa(mha)
- That's a shame - uatla malaha
language difficulties
- I (don't) understand / I (don't) know - na unya(k)
- Please say that again / repeat that - tsepa ta'etla kalamye
- Please speak more slowly - tsepa ma tlena kala
- Please write it down - tsepa ta'etla moya
- How do you say ...? - to ... etla kala ka
- Do you speak ...? - ta ke ... kala ka
- Do you understand? - ta unya ka
times & dates
- What time is it?
- ama ka (lit: time INT) / tsima ka (lit: hour INT)
- It's one o'clock.
- ke tsima na'o a
- It's a quarter past two.
- ke tsima ima'o te ta'o a
- It's eight pm.
- ke tsima taue'o a
- It's half-past 5.
- ke tsima ita'o te ya'o a
- What day is it?
- iyoma a ka
- nayoma - Thursday
- tayoma - Friday
- hayoma - Saturday
- mayoma - Sunday
- yomaya - Monday
- tsayoma - Tuesday
- kayoma - Wednesday
- yesterday - yomaye
- today - iyoma
- tomorrow - yomatli
- last - -ye / next - -tli
- night - yohua
- week - sema
- month - sayo
- year - anyo
- morning - yomua
- afternoon; evening - puama
- What date is it today?
- ke sayoma ka / itla sayoma ka
- It's October 18th.
- yoma ha'o te sayo ueta'o a