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grammar outline and resources

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingua_Franca_Nova_grammar
zompist.com/virtuver.htm
languagesgulper.com/eng/languages.html

Introduction

Characteristics

Borrowing

Phonology

Consonants

Vowels

Diphthongs

Phonotactics

Syllables

Syllable Chart

Collating Order

Stress

Syntax / Word order

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 verb (optionally followed by modifying particles) and a subject (optionally followed by modifying particles). The subject, if understood, can be omitted at the end of an utterance: pana = "It is raining." pana! = "Rain!" An utterance can be anything from an interjection to a story.

Morphology

nouns

number

gender

pronouns

determiners

verbs

tense

aspect

mood

adjectives

Attributes
- Adjectives used attributively appear after the noun, without modification: nahi aya 'a beautiful girl'; paka hikya 'an old idiot'.

Predicates
- As predicates they are a bit more complicated; in effect they are partially converted into verbs. No copula is used. In the simplest form, the adjective simply appears after the noun, in verbal position:

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 * Attributes
 ** Adjectives used attributively appear after the noun, without modification: '''nahi aya''' 'a beautiful girl'; '''paka hikya''' 'an old idiot'.
+* Predicates
+** As predicates they are a bit more complicated; in effect they are partially converted into verbs. No copula is used. In the simplest form, the adjective simply appears after the noun, in verbal position:
 == adverbs ==

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