User:Masako/pataka

Kala’s grammar is fairly regular and equally as simple. This is an explanation based on a story. The story is fairly simple and involves a few situations that are common to the human experience.

characters

• yohano - John
• mikelo - Michael
• susana - Susan

creatures

• kuatla - snake
• mita - dog
• tsikua - bird

colors

• yana - yellow
• nila - blue
• oya - black

numbers

• na'o - one
• tsa'o - six
• ue'o - ten

phrases

• na ina

1sg eat

I eat. or I am eating.

• This is the simplest type of phrase in Kala. It includes the subject na and the action ina. The important thing to recognize is that ina can also mean food. The clue to its meaning in this phrase is word order, which, in Kala, is always (Subject)-(Object)-Verb. Verbs can be used alone when the phrase is an interjection, simply a statement of observance, or response to a question. Note the example below:

• pana

rain

It is raining or Rain!

• To express the tense, simple suffixes are used:

• mita inaye

dog eat-PST

The dog ate.

• (note the lack of a definite article)

• tsikua ilatli

bird fly-FUT

The bird will fly.