Contionary:List of Knašta Affixes
This page contains a list of all affixes used in Knašta.
| Affix | IPA | Definition | Hyphenated | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sen- | sɛn | Past tense and past participle marker | Yes | Sen-gróþkatsí (I went) |
| són- | sɑn | Perfect tense marker | Yes | Són-gróþkatsí (I have gone) |
| til- | tɪl | Future tense marker | Yes | Til-gróþkatsí (I'll go) |
| -link | lɪŋk | Present progressive tense marker | Yes | Gróþkatsí-link (I'm going) |
| mos- | mos | (Archaic) Expresses obligation (must), equivalent of shall | Yes | Mos-gróþkatsí (I shall go) |
| éro- | ero | (Rare) Expresses that action was only heard about, not witnessed | Yes | Íl éro-gróþ-link oǴalja (They say he's going to France) |
| ňos- | ɲos | Used in conjunction with -ský to form the personal agentive form of a verb, used to form denonyms along with '-ins' | No | ňosjůtilsa-ský (human user), ňosTsyna-ins (Chinese person) |
| -ský | ski | Used to form agentive forms of nouns | Yes | ňoskondwíra-ský (human driver), kondwíra-ský (non-human driver) |
| -ins | ɪns | Used to mark the genitive case | Yes | Sé Ňosrojo Néðerland-ins (The King of the Netherlands) |
| o- (can be either ẁ or ò before vowels) | o | (Always lowercase) Used to mark the locative-allative case | No | oTsyna (in China), ẁAméríka (in America) |
| síl- | sil | Used to mark the conditional mood | Yes | Sí sen-lešťa fîmí ojo, síl-minǰeskakatsí (If I were hungry, I would eat) |
| kelk- | kɛlk, kɛk | Some (nouns), kind of or somewhat (adjectives) | No | Kelkpîní (some bread), kelkžentilska (somewhat nice) |
| pér- | per | (Rare, most speakers simply use pérmetsí) Used to make an action polite | Yes | Pér-férmatsínés sé portsa (Would you please close the door) |
| -alí | ali | Any | Yes | Žozak-alí (anything) |
| -réjetsí | rejɛt͡se̞ | None | Yes | Lešťa alímentsí-réjetsí (There is no food) |
| -tsjon (-atsjon if word does not end in a) | tsjon, atsjon | Used to form the gerund of verbs | No | Parlenskatsjon (talking) |
| -tůgeð | tugɛð | Collection, group, union of | No | Karttůgeð (Card collection) |
| -lí | li | (Rare, often only used with móndek) Throughout | Yes | Móndek-lí (Worldwide, global) |