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Almost all words in Poswa sentences are either nouns or verbs. See [[Poswa_verbs#Non-accusative_verbs]]. | Almost all words in Poswa sentences are either nouns or verbs. | ||
==Particles occurring in isolation== | |||
===The question particle ''pa''=== | |||
The word '''pa''' means "or", but is generally not used alone unless it is at the end of a sentence, in which case its meaning would be better translated into English as "..., right?", "..., yes?", or by simply adding a question mark. | |||
==Particles occurring in pairs== | |||
===wi ... wa=== | |||
The particle pair '''wi ... wa''' expresses the meaning of "if ... then" in English. | |||
==pa ... pa=== | |||
==Preverbal particles== | |||
See [[Poswa_verbs#Non-accusative_verbs]]. | |||
Revision as of 07:25, 10 July 2016
Almost all words in Poswa sentences are either nouns or verbs.
Particles occurring in isolation
The question particle pa
The word pa means "or", but is generally not used alone unless it is at the end of a sentence, in which case its meaning would be better translated into English as "..., right?", "..., yes?", or by simply adding a question mark.
Particles occurring in pairs
wi ... wa
The particle pair wi ... wa expresses the meaning of "if ... then" in English.
