Kardii Grammar: Special Mentions

• Kardii Grammar: Special Mentions
  • Ksii and Siika
  • Ii and I'ia
  • I'iee
  • Coming and Going
  • Environment and Weather
    • Weather

Here are some words, or groups of words, that require special mention.

Ksii and Siika

The words 'ksii' and 'siika' are modifiers. When placed after another modifier, 'ksii' means 'very':

'sy ches ksii' (the very cold one)

'siika', on the other hand, increases the degree of the word's opposite:

'sy ches siika' (the very hot one)

When used to modify nouns or verbs, these two words have a similar effect on the most commonly thought-of quality of that word:

Ii and I'ia

Kardii 'too much' or 'over' and 'too little' or 'under' use the words 'ii' and 'i'ia':

'enil ii' (too long), 'enil i'ia' (not long enough)

I'iee

The word 'i'iee' means 'even', in the sense of 'as well':

'skende i'iee m'pykecha vin' (even the mirror was stolen)

It can also be used to emphasise a word:



The word 'ee' is a variant of 'i'iee', although it tends not to be used in southern Kardii.

Coming and Going

The words 'shaav' (come) and 'shay' (go) often refer to the subject's habitual location, rather than the current one:



The word 'ay' (again), when used with 'shaav' or 'shay', means 'back':

'an shaavchii ay chosas i' (they will come back tomorrow)

Environment and Weather

To make a reference to one's surroundings, use the word 'prast' (here) instead of the word for 'I':

prast ches (here is (I am) cold)

Weather

The weather and conditions outside use the noun 'aara' (Lit. 'sky'):