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KAYAKO NA KAH Kah Dictionary - Kwesho.com

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Deictic pronouns:wau – this, theseye – that, thoseExample sentencekaiko wau – this bookwana ye – that womanReciprocal pronoun: Example sentence:noyom – each otherInterrogative pronouns:haya - what?hayu - who?hala - where?hana - which?hashi - how?hasa - what kind of?hata - when?hamun - why?hano - where to?hachu - where from?hawi - how much/many?maika noyom – to greet one anotherVerbsVerbs in <strong>Kah</strong> do not inflect for tense, gender, number. This means they have one basic formthat is modified by both the context and individual constituents surrounding it. Importantwords modifying verbs are:kwi - already, indicates the action has already taken placela - to be at, indicates the action is still taking placedenu - to go, indicates an action will take place in the futurekwiku - before, ever, indicates an action has ever taken placelum - about to, on the brink of, indicates an action is about to take placejanja - usually, have the habit of, indicates an action usually takes placeke - intend, indicates the action could take place, "would", "how I wish"om - "let's!" "may you" indicates the wish that the action takes placetinti - should, ought to, indicates the action should be taking place, "should"And examples of their use are:gevu – run, to runwa kwi gevu – I ranwa la gevu – I am running,wa denu gevu – I will runwa ke gevu – I would run<strong>Kah</strong> <strong>Dictionary</strong> 7

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