Contionary:List of Knašta Affixes

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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)