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- || jólw- || ðélw- || ðj- || ézw-
| 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.


/ˈlwèʔpíd dô̰k/
/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 ˈlwéʔpìd/
/dô̰k ˈzwéʔpìd/


dog fast.DESC
dog fast.DESC
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/jéi=déˈpʰáʔɾ lèt=ˈlwéʔpìd/
/jéi=déˈpʰáʔɾ lèt=ˈzwéʔpìd/


2PS=depart NEC=fast
2PS=depart NEC=fast
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/ái=déˈpʰáʔɾ kò=ˈlwéʔpìd/
/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 lwéʔpìd/
/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").