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Kämpya: Difference between revisions
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| Before a consonant (Inalienable) || mái || áu || jó || ðé || ðí || zwé | | Before a consonant (Inalienable) || mái || áu || jó || ðé || ðí || zwé | ||
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| Before a vowel (Inalienable) || máj- || áw- || | | Before a vowel (Inalienable) || máj- || áw- || józw- || ðézw- || ðj- || ézw- | ||
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| Alienable || môṵ || ˈḛ̂wà || jô̰ || ðḛ̂- || ðjíʔ || N/A | | Alienable || môṵ || ˈḛ̂wà || jô̰ || ðḛ̂- || ðjíʔ || N/A | ||
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When an adjective modifies a noun, Kämpya makes a distinction between restrictive and non-restrictive (descriptive) adjectives [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrictiveness]. It does this by putting restrictive adjectives in Tone Class 2, and placing them before the noun they modify e.g. | When an adjective modifies a noun, Kämpya makes a distinction between restrictive and non-restrictive (descriptive) adjectives [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrictiveness]. It does this by putting restrictive adjectives in Tone Class 2, and placing them before the noun they modify e.g. | ||
/ | /ˈzwèʔpíd dô̰k/ | ||
fast.REST dog | fast.REST dog | ||
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Descriptive (non-restrictive) adjectives are in Tone Class 3 and follow the noun they modify e.g. | Descriptive (non-restrictive) adjectives are in Tone Class 3 and follow the noun they modify e.g. | ||
/dô̰k | /dô̰k ˈzwéʔpìd/ | ||
dog fast.DESC | dog fast.DESC | ||
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/jéi=déˈpʰáʔɾ lèt= | /jéi=déˈpʰáʔɾ lèt=ˈzwéʔpìd/ | ||
2PS=depart NEC=fast | 2PS=depart NEC=fast | ||
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/ái=déˈpʰáʔɾ kò= | /ái=déˈpʰáʔɾ kò=ˈzwéʔpìd/ | ||
1PS.EXCL.INTR depart COND=fast | 1PS.EXCL.INTR depart COND=fast | ||
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To say "more than ...", Kämpya speakers say ... /téŋ/, where /téŋ/ is a postpositional clitic that also means "above" e.g. | To say "more than ...", Kämpya speakers say ... /téŋ/, where /téŋ/ is a postpositional clitic that also means "above" e.g. | ||
/dô̰k ˈlḭ̀zád=téŋ | /dô̰k ˈlḭ̀zád=téŋ zwéʔpìd/ | ||
dog.TOP lizard=above fast | dog.TOP lizard=above fast | ||
Dogs are faster than lizards (literally "Dogs are fast above lizards"). | Dogs are faster than lizards (literally "Dogs are fast above lizards"). | ||