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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:
adverbs
- japaneselanguageguide.com/grammar/adverb.asp
- bruce-the-korean.blogspot.com/2015/11/adverbs-and-adverbials.html
