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noun phrases

The basic noun phrase in Kala is PREPOSITION DETERMINER NOUN DESCRIPTIVE-VERB RELATIVE-CLAUSE. Depending on context, this is fairly predominant with a few exceptions

Adpositions

locative prepositions
noi at, on, in
seu from
at'eu towards, into, onto
liteu inside
besoi near, next to
bêboi above, on top of
k'eulag under
moldoi in front of
p'okeu behind, beyond
ntots all around
temporal prepositions
hoi during
maga before
bisoi after

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âg genitive (possessor, source), agentive (in passive constructions, like English "by"), initiative ("since")
wau benefactive (purpose), "for", "concerning", "with respect to"
nte adverbial (manner, as in "he sent it with love")
um compositive (like 'a pile of bricks')
ngu appositive, essive ("as")
kwen comitative ("with")
al abessive ("without"), "besides", "except for"
puk "per", "for each"

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sa elative ("from out of")
nai inessive ("in")
anda illative ("into")
uwa ablative ("from", "from near", "after")
ob adessive ("at", "near to")
isla allative ("to", "towards", "before"/"by" for time)
nggairit terminative ("as far as", "as much as", "until")
rambe prolative, prosecutive ("along", "via", "during")
mbembu interessive ("between", "among")
lita ("throughout")
ntatsn ("surrounding", "all around")


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