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== noun phrases ==
== noun phrases ==


The basic noun phrase in Kala is <small>PREPOSITION DETERMINER NOUN DESCRIPTIVE-VERB RELATIVE-CLAUSE</small>. Depending on context, this is fairly predominant with a few exceptions.
The basic noun phrase in Kala is <small>PREPOSITION DETERMINER NOUN DESCRIPTIVE-VERB RELATIVE-CLAUSE</small>. Depending on context, this is fairly predominant with a few exceptions
 
=== determiners ===
 
Determiners includes various particles, demonstratives, and quantifiers. Most nouns will have exactly one of these. They usually come before their nouns. Possessives are semantically determiners, but they can't carry determiner inflections, so an appropriate particle or pronoun is brought in for them.
 
==== quantifiers ====


== correlative pronouns ==
== correlative pronouns ==

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allophony

stress

grammar

noun phrases

The basic noun phrase in Kala is PREPOSITION DETERMINER NOUN DESCRIPTIVE-VERB RELATIVE-CLAUSE. Depending on context, this is fairly predominant with a few exceptions

correlative pronouns

verbs

mood

The negative mood (always marked finally) is indicated by the suffix –k or –nke (when the last syllable contains /k/).

  • mita inayek - dog eat-PST-NEG - The dog did not eat.
  • mita mokunke - dog sleep-NEG - The dog does not sleep.

copula

adjectives

adpositions

derivation

compounding

sample texts

lexicon