Kallestiyes Grammar
Syntax
Orders
- Word Order: Verb - Subject - Object
- Adjectives before nouns
- Articles after nouns
- Determiners after nouns
- Relative clauses after main clause
Pronouns
- Oblique is put as a prefix on the verb.
Cases
- Oblique noun is put in the first place in the object and the dative noun / pronoun comes after.
Morphology
Nouns
Nouns are inflected in dative form and oblique form.
| Dative | Oblique |
|---|---|
| -(a)ngg | -(e)nkk |
Articles
| Indefinite | Definite | Generic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | seh | * | emat |
| Plural | iteh | deh |
Determiners
Demonstrative
- dreh
Genitive Case
To make genitive : NGen with the infix -(k)i(hs)-
Adjectives
Adjectives do not exist, but a noun can function like an adjective when it comes to describe a noun.
The nouns playing an adjective are put before the main noun.
Verbs
See : Verb Conjugations
Pronouns
| Nominative | Singular | Plural |
| 1 | ik | ekef |
| 2 | senet | |
| 3 feminine | yal | selit |
| 3 masculine | sev | |
| 3 neuter | sial | |
If the Direct Object is a pronoun, then the pronoun would be a prefix that must go on the base verb.
| 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)- | |
The Dative Pronoun is put in the first place in the object.
| Dative | Singular | Plural |
| 1 | ikangg | ekefangg |
| 2 | senetangg | |
| 3 feminine | yalangg | selitangg |
| 3 masculine | sevangg | |
| 3 neuter | sialangg | |
| 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 |