Rules Flashcards
7 possessive markers (maybe more?)
Ki - ustedes
A - you direct
Nu - I, mine
U - he or she
Qa - our
La - you formal
Alaq - you formal plural
How to construct a descriptive sentence
Adjective + la/ri/re + subject
Rax le Tz’i
ask a yes or no question about a descriptive sentence
LA + adj + la/ri/re + subject
negate descriptive sentence
Na + adj + ta le + subject
transitive verb conjugation prefixes (consonants)
Uses posessive prefixes (EXCEPT FOR I (nu becomes in instead))
CONSONANTS:
with na’o
kinna’o
kana’o
kuna’o
Kqana (pronounced like Kaqana)
Kina
KKina (pronounced Kakina, this only happens for incomplete form.)
VOWELS:???
completive versus incompletive markers
X - completive
K - completive
intransitive verb conjugation
Use personal pronouns
in at 0 oj ix e
wa’ik - to eat
kinwa’ik
katwa’ik
kwa’ik (sometimes kawa’ik)
kojwa’ik
kixwa’ik
kewa’ik
transitive verbs
use the possessive:
Cons - nu(in) a u qa i ki
Vowel - inw a aw r q iw k
recite the intransitive verb conjugation table
I = in
you = at
he/she = _ (k -> ka)
you formal = _ (ka) verb la
us = oj
you all = ix
they = e
you all formal = _ (ka) verb alaq
sentence order of (object, verb, subject
should be verb object subject. i.e Xintij ruk joseph le mansan is wrong. Must be xintij le mansan ruk joseph.