Poswa particles and minor parts of speech

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.

Preverbal particles

See Poswa_verbs#Non-accusative_verbs.