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Thematic Lexicon

time

  • moment, instant - imahi
  • occasion | present, now (yet) - ima
  • hour, period - imaha
  • day - yoma
  • week (7 days) - sema
  • month (~30 days) - huama
  • season - amahi
  • time, year (~365 days) - ama
  • era - amaha
  • past - amaye
  • future - amatli
  • always, forever - kuama
  • never - amak

borrowings

syllable structure

  • (C)V(k, l, m, n)

syllable stress

  • Kala stress is penultimate; that is, the next-to-last syllable of the word is stressed.

Grammar

word order

  • The usual, declarative formal word order is subject noun phrase - (object noun phrase) - verb phrase.
Example : He/She is preparing food.
ha ke ina yaso
3sg food/eat prepare/ready
  • The "indirect object" exists only in the form of a prepositional phrase, and follows the object noun phrase.
Example : The woman gives the house to me.
naka ke tsaka ika na yeta
woman the/a house to/at 1sg give
  • This construction changes when both the subject (agent) and (indirect)/object (patient) are personal pronouns. In this case, the preposition/al (phrase) is unnecessary.
Example : She gives the house to me.
ha'ena ke tsaka yeta
3sg-TR-part-1sg the/a house give
  • A chart of the agent-patient transitivity constructions;
A-P construction
1st sing 2nd sing 3rd sing 1st plu 2nd plu 3rd plu
1st sing - na'eta na'eha - na'etam na'ekam
2nd sing ta'ena - ta'eha ta'enam - ta'ekam
3rd sing ha'ena ha'eta - ha'enam ha'etam ha'ekam
1st plu - nameta nameha - nametam namekam
2nd plu tamena - tameha tamenam - tamekam
3rd plu kamena kameta kameha kamenam kametam -

verbs

tense

  • The present tense is indicated by the basic form.
ha apua
3SG sing
He/She sings.
  • The simple past tense is indicated by the suffix -ye.
ha apuaye
3SG sing-PAST
He/She sang.
  • The simple future tense is indicated by the suffix -tli.
ha apuatli
3SG sing-FUT
He/She will sing.
  • The tense may be left out if it is clearly indicated by another word in the same sentence, or when telling a story (the "historical" tense).
ha yomatli apua
3SG day-FUT sing
He/She will sing tomorrow.
ha semaye apua
3SG week-PAST sing
He/She sang last week.

mood

  • The negative mood is indicated by the suffix -k, it is affixed in all tenses.
kam inak
3PL eat-NEG
They are not eating. / They do not eat.
kam inayek
3PL eat-PAST-NEG
They did not eat.
kam inatlik
3PL eat-FUT-NEG
They will not eat.

nouns

degree

  • The diminutive is formed with hi- and hy- when the word is vowel initial, unless the vowel is i or u, then it is placed as the suffix -hi, and the augmentative with -ha.
Example : ina - food, meal | inahi - snack, morsel | inaha - feast, banquet
Example : haya - animal | hi'aya - cub, kitten...etc. | hayaha - beast, giant animal
Example : tsaka - house, home, dwelling | hitsaka - shack, hut, cabin | tsakaha - palace, mansion
  • These are also used to differentiate hue, or shade.
Example : hiyana - light yellow, kuyaha - dark green

plurals

  • To make a noun plural, add -m to the end.
Example : kono - stone | konom - stones
Example : hisuka - piglet | hisukam - piglets
  • Nouns need not be marked plural if a number is used to show quantity.
Example : sahi - color, sahim - colors, sahi ya'o - five color(s)
  • Adjectives do not change when they are plural. However, when an adjective is used in place of a noun, it can be pluralized.
Example : nyeli - pink | nyelim - (the) pink (ones)

gender

  • In general, nouns do not indicate their gender. To distinguish the sexes, one can use the adjectival endings -ta and -na.
Example : nikata "a male dog", nikana "a female dog".

articles

  • There is only one article in Kala, ke. It is used primarily as a "noun marker".
  • It is ambi-definite, meaning it can be either definite or indefinite. The distinction is made through context.
Example : kama "village", ke kama "the/a village", ke kamam "the villages"
Example : inal "snack", ke inal "the/a snack", ke inalim "the snacks"

questions

  • When asking questions in Kala, the idea, or concept, is the subject, and the entire construction is followed by the interrogative particle ka.
  • ama...ka - when, lit: time...INT
  • ko...ka - who, lit: person [Agentive]...INT
  • nye...ka - why, lit: reason...INT
  • to...ka - what, lit: thing [Instrument]...INT
  • koyo...ka - whose, lit: person-POSS...INT
  • mo...ka - where, lit: place...INT
  • no...ka - how, what manner, lit: manner/method...INT
  • ko'o...ka - how much/many, lit: number/amount...INT

pronouns

Nominative Accusative Possessive Reflexive Reciprocal
1st sing na ena nayo na'i
2nd sing ta eta tayo ta'i
3rd sing ha eha hayo ha'i
1st plu nam enam namyo nami nanku
2nd plu tam etam tamyo tami tanku
3rd plu kam ekam kamyo kami kanku

examples

  • namyo ina
1PL-POSS food
Our food.
  • kami itsa
3PL-REFL love
They love themselves.
  • tanku moto ka
2PL-RECP remember/familiar INT
Do you remember each other?
  • eha unyatlik
ACC-3SG understand-FUT-NEG
He/She will not be understood.

Thematic Lexicon

colors

  • red - ketla
  • orange - tliyo
  • yellow - yana
  • green - kuya
  • blue - tsuku
  • indigo, violet, purple - tlaku
  • white, pale - nyahi
  • black, dark - oya
  • clear - yehi

time

  • moment, instant - imal
  • occasion | present, now (yet) - ima
  • hour, period - imat
  • day - yoma
  • week (7 days) - sema
  • month (~30 days) - huama
  • season - amal
  • time, year (~365 days) - ama
  • era - amat
  • past - amaye
  • future - amatli
  • always, forever - kuama
  • never - amak

Examples

  • mo ta yala ka
place/locale 2sg go/walk/travel INT-part
Where are you going?
  • nam tsala inaye
1pl sauce/paste eat-PAST
We ate the sauce.
  • ko tayo onatam ka
person 2sg-POSS parent-PL INT-part
Who are your parents?
  • na yalaye nye ta talaye
1SG go-PAST because 2SG return-PAST
I left because you returned.


sayoma

ke sayoma
yoma sayo anyo
ya'o pa'o uema'o
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