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== pronouns == | == pronouns == | ||
=== NOM | === NOM === | ||
* '''na''' - 1s | * '''na''' - 1s | ||
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* '''tam''' - 2p | * '''tam''' - 2p | ||
* '''lam''' - 3p | * '''lam''' - 3p | ||
=== ACC === | |||
* '''aina''' - 1s | |||
* '''aita''' - 2s | |||
* '''aila''' - 3s | |||
* '''ainam''' - 1p | |||
* '''aitam''' - 2p | |||
* '''ailam''' - 3p | |||
-- | |||
* '''naita itsa''' | |||
: ''1s.NOM-2s.ACC love'' | |||
: I love you. | |||
=== POSS / REFL === | === POSS / REFL === | ||
Revision as of 16:40, 12 October 2010
- Nkala
abbreviations / notation used
- absolutive - ABS
- accusative - ACC
- first person - 1
- nominative - NOM
- object - obj
- preposition - prep
- second person - 2
- subject - sub
- third person - 3
- verb - v
grammar
word order
- (sub) - (obj) - (v)
- (sub) - (v)
- (sub) - (prep) - (obj) - (v)
sounds
consonants
- p - /p~b/ | mp - /mp~mb/
- t - /t~d/ | nt - /nt~nd/
- k - /k~g/ | nk - /nk~N/
- m - /m/
- n - /n/
- s - /s~S/ | ts - /ts~tS/
- l - /l~r/ | tl - /tl~tK/
vowels
- a - /a~a:/ | ai - /aI:/ | au - /aU:/
- i - /i~i:/ | ia - /ja:/ | iau - /jaU:/ | iu - /ju:/
- u - /u~u:/ | ua - /wa:/ | uai - /waI:/
syllable structure
- (C)V
- Note - The apostrophe ( ' ) is used to separate vowel groups and is not pronounced.
pronouns
NOM
- na - 1s
- ta - 2s
- la - 3s
- nam - 1p
- tam - 2p
- lam - 3p
ACC
- aina - 1s
- aita - 2s
- aila - 3s
- ainam - 1p
- aitam - 2p
- ailam - 3p
--
- naita itsa
- 1s.NOM-2s.ACC love
- I love you.
POSS / REFL
- nai - 1s
- tai - 2s
- lai - 3s
- nami - 1p
- tami - 2p
- lami - 3p
RECP
- nanku - 1p
- tanku - 2p
- lanku - 3p
colors
basic colors
- u la pu'ia a ka
- TOP.PTC 3s color COP INT
- What color is it?
--
- pu'ia - color / hue / shade / pigment
- kisipu - silver
- ku'ia - green
- tsuku - blue
- tulunku - orange
- malu - brown / tan
- nia'i - white
- supuku - gray
- akai - red
- alani - gold [color]
- iana - yellow
- ilila - purple / violet / indigo
- ulutu - pink
- u'ia - black
describing colors
food
- kutsu - flesh / meat
- matla - stew / soup / porridge
- niuma - rice / grain / seed
- sakana - fish
- tsala - sauce / paste
- ina - food / to eat
- inapa - grape
time
- saiu - 19 days / "month"
- ama - time / era
- aniu - year / 365 or 366 days
- iuma - day
numbers
- a'u - zero / nothing
- na'u - one
- ta'u - two
- la'u - three
- ma'u - four
- ia'u - five
- tsa'u - six
- ka'u - seven
- pa'u - eight
- sa'u - nine
- ua'u - ten
--
- ni'u - hundred
- ti'u - thousand
- li'u - 10^4
- mi'u - 10^5
body
- atana - body / corpse / cadaver / anatomy / physique
head
- ana - head / skull / mind [metaphorical]
- ania - eye / to see, look
- anu - ear / to hear, listen
torso
phrases
- iata'a - hello / hi / greetings
- mu ta iala ka
- place 2s go INT
- Where are you going?
