User:Masako/nkala
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Nouns
Nouns only decline for number and possession. They are altered with -lo to show plurality, and possessiveness with -yo.
Pronouns
kalama has three basic pronouns; wa [1sg], ni [2sg], and ko [3sg]. These do not indicate gender.
Verbs
Verbs do not change and are only ever modified by particles.
Tense
Past tense is indicated by the particle le following the verb. Future tense is indicated by the particle sa.
- ko ne kome le
- 3sg NEG eat PST
- He didn't eat.
- walo wite sa ko
- 1pl see FUT 3sg
- We will see her.
palalo
a
- aku / ku - hundred
- ama - but; yet; however
- awa - or; either
- ayo - any; whatever; whichever; whatsoever
e
- enpo - be away from; move away
i
- ila - be near; move toward; in direction of
k
- kasa - house; building; apartment; room; residence
- kata - speak; talk; language
- kome - eat; consume
- koye - some; a few; a little
- kula - all; whole; entire; every; complete
l
- loka - place; location; spot; point
- loma - bump, nose, hill, mountain, button
m
- ma - interrogative particle
- malu - be small; little; tiny
- mila - thousand
- muki - ocean; sea; bay
n
- na - seven
- nama - sleep; rest; relax
- ne - no; not; negative
- note - night; darkness
- nun - nine
o
- o - direct object particle
- oma - female parent
- opa - male parent
p
- pa - eight
- pala - word; morpheme; unit of language
- pan - food; bread
- paya - white; whiteness
- peka - run; flee; move quickly
- pen - five
- pu - this; these
s
- san - three; triple
- si - four
- simu - letter (of the alphabet)
- su - that; those
- sunya - zero; nothing
t
- ta - be large; big; grand
- tani - be aware of; know; understand
- tu - two; double; duo
u
- u - and; also; too; as well
- un - one; single; alone
w
- we - six
- wite - see; look; watch; observe
y
- ya - vocative / imperative particle
- yati - hand; arm
- ye - ten
- yo / -yo - have; hold; contain
- yu - be in; at; on
- yuma - day; daylight
- yunta - gather; collect; amass
phrases
- wa tani ko
- 1sg know 3sg
- I know her.
- ma loka kasa niyo
- Q place house 2sg.GEN
- Where is your house?