Kallestiyes Grammar

Syntax

• Word Order: Verb - Subject - Object
• Adjectives before nouns
• Articles after nouns
• Determiners after nouns
• Relative clauses after main clauses
• Oblique is put as a prefix on the verb, the case is marked as a particle before the verb.

Nouns

All the nouns must end by <eh> in nominative form. <angg> in dative form. <engg> in oblique form and others EXCEPT for the noun reks and the noun lih.

Nouns can be marked with postpositions.

• Definite Singular has no marks.
• Indefinite Singular is marked with particle before it : seh
• Definite Plural is marked with the particle before it : deh
• Indefinite Plural is marked with particle before it : iteh
• Demonstrative with : dreh
• Article generic with : emat

For Genitive, there isn’t any particle, but the Genitive is put after the noun.

Adjectives

Adjectives must follow the same ending as for nouns, but they must start with yi(f)- to say it’s an adjective.

Verbs

All verbs end by -ar in infinite and dictionary form.

Conjugate:

	Unitary	Continuous	Habitual
Present	*		-el
Past	-iv	-aav	-iet
Future	-is	-isk	-aask

Participles:

Present	Past
-al	-av

Mood + Modal verbs (after the main verb):

	Abilitive	Permissive	Obligative (Imperative)	May / Might / Would / Should
Affirmative	sah	gzat	wis	diar
Interrogative	naf	dang	laas	and
Negative	ef	def	lef	stef
Interrogative + Negative	snef	nif	laaf	staan

Pronouns

Nominative	Singular	Plural
1	ik	ekef
2	senet
3 feminine	yal	selit
3 masculine	sev
3 neuter	sial

Oblique	Singular	Plural
1	ik(se)-	ek(se)-
2	sen(se)-
3 feminine	yal(se)-	sel(se)-
3 masculine	sev(e)-
3 neuter	sial(se)-

Possessive (Adv/Adj)	Singular	Plural
1	ika	ekiv
2	senik
3 feminine	yetil	tasah
3 masculine	sevel
3 neuter	silik

postpositions

Motion from	fain
Motion via	faas
Motion to	fim
Location from (in distance of)	fik
Location in	fiek
Time ago	war