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, the case is marked as a particle before the verb.
Morphology
Nouns
Nouns are inflected in dative form and oblique form.
| Dative | Oblique |
|---|---|
| -(a)ngg | -(e)nkk |
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.
Verbs
See : Verb Conjugations
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 |