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''Who comes to our land?'' | ''Who comes to our land?'' | ||
'''Lubunga | '''Lubunga ba-taa galu ba-koon''' | ||
''It's not up to you, nor up to me.'' | ''It's not up to you, nor up to me.'' | ||
Revision as of 17:56, 29 September 2021
Kamatarna was sparked by a mention in Tolkien's The Monsters and the Critics about how he overheard a man deciding he would "mark the accusative with a prefix", so I ran with the idea. The language is pretty consistently CVCV and marks cases with prefixes rather than suffixes. Some words have the shape CVCCV arising from a contraction of one syllable in a previous stage CVCVCV.
History
Phonology
Grammar
Pronouns
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| First person | ta | tar |
| Second person | koon | koor |
| Third person | poon | poor |
Pronouns can be used as suffix for possession.
Interrogative
Kima. Who.
Noun
Cases
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Ø | -r |
| Accusative | plo- | plo- -r |
| Dative | ba- | ba- -r |
| Genitive | ko- | ko- -r |
The accusative is used to indicate the goal of verbs of motion.
Sample sentences
Kima dúma plo-kamatar?
Who comes to our land?
Lubunga ba-taa galu ba-koon
It's not up to you, nor up to me.
Pulsamakoon plesa ka!
It's an order from your king!