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Particles

determiners

Determiners in kalo precede the noun they modify.

deixis

• pu - this; these
• su - that; those

amount

• aku - many; much (one hundred)
• kula - all; every; each
• ne - no; none; zero
• poka - some; several; a few

• meno - less; fewer / few; a little
• maso - more

other-ness

• asi - such
• ayo - whichever; whatever
• oto - other
• tonye - same

Number

Kalo	number	English	Kalo	number	English
sunya	0	zero	na	7	seven
wa	1	one	pa	8	eight
li	2	two	nun	9	nine
san	3	three	ye	10	ten
si	4	four	aku / -ku	100	(one) hundred
pen	5	five	mila	1000	(one) thousand
we	6	six

When numbers one through ten occur independently, the indicator "ke" precedes the number.

• ko yo le o kasa ke li

3s have PST O house NUM two

She had two houses.

• wa wite o nano ke si

1s see O man NUM four

I see four men.

Higher Numbers

• yewa - 11; eleven
• yeli - 12; twelve
• liye - 20; twenty
• liyesi - 24; twenty-four
• kuyeli - 112; one-hundred-twelve
• sankuweyepen - 365; three-hundred-sixty-five

phrasebook

• wikitravel.org/en/Spanish_phrasebook
• en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Phrasebooks_by_language

Essentials

• ola - Used for "hello; goodbye; farewell; welcome" (analogous to aloha)

• kan/a - "yes; it is"
• ne - "no; it is not"

• yapu wa - "Excuse me."
• nenka ma - "Please." [lit: is (it) possible?]

by extension "Do you mind?"

• tanka (ta) - "Thank you (very much)."
• tipa - "(That's) OK."

Greetings & Goodbyes

• ola yuma - "Good morning/day/afternoon"
• ola note - "Good evening/night"
• salama - "Hey/Hi/Hello/Bye"

Civilities

• moto (niyo) ma - manner 2s.POSS Q - How are you?
  • tipa - "Good/OK/Fine."
  • ... - "Not bad."

• tenpo ta ne wite - time big no see - Long time no see