There are several very interesting verbal forms. By verbal, I mean they are not full verbs that can take subjects and yet they express verbal concepts. Today we will look at one such form. The first form is : ota. It is a verb suffix that expresses a verbal action that happens […]
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Yesterday we started our look at the nouns that are converted into a verb with the suffix -la. We are going to take a closer look at a few of these verbs. The verbs we look at today can be used in everyday life. These verbs are : wekala=to give […]
We have looked at adjectives for some time. Let’s go to nouns. Particularly nouns that become verbs. We already know iwamla. This is the noun iwam=huckleberry with the suffix -la which turns it into the verb which means: to collect or gather huckleberries. This suffix can be used on most […]
I thought that before we move on to another topic, it would be a good idea to have a review of what we know or can do with these adjectives. We can make nouns of them. 1. loslosli=warmth The noun would be losloslis=warmth losloslis loloksam mo dic gi. The warmth […]
We have been looking at colors recently. I thought it would be interesting to look at repeating adjective that do not describe colors. However, they behave like colors in that they too have repeating syllables. 1. loslosli=warm 2. liclicli=strong 3. limlimli=dark colored, of people having a dark complexion 4. gemgemli=calm, […]
We are going to make a change of topic for a bit. We are going to look at colors. Remember, Klamath is a language of suffixes and prefixes. So, there are a couple suffixes and one prefix we will look at. 1. -tgi= makes the color (an adjective) a verb. […]
I often say that Klamath is a language of suffixes. The process of adding suffixes to verbs and nouns is highly developed in Klamath. Adding suffixes and being able to identify them is a skill that everyone needs to learn. There are even a few prefixes that we need to […]
We are going to start a new topic today. It is making a causative verb. The causative verb in Klamath is made by adding a prefix to the verb. The prefix is h__s + verb.The blank space is for the first vowel of the verb. With verbs that have more […]
Of course, for you to do this exercise, it would be easier if I actually showed you how to do it. Every verb in Klamath can make at least three nouns. Surprise! The nouns are made with suffixes! That probably wasn’t a surprise. But the nouns are really very easy […]