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<div>==Toki Pona==<br />
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===Etymology===<br />
From {{compound|tok|anu<t:or>|seme<t:what>}}, inspired by {{der|tok|de|oder}}. {{coined|tok|Sonja Lang|in=2003}}.<br />
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===Pronunciation===<br />
* {{IPA|tok|/ˈanu ˈseme/}}<br />
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===Interjection===<br />
{{head|tok|intj}}<br />
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# {{non-gloss|Used to form a [[tag question]].}}<br />
#: {{ux|tok|sina kama '''anu seme'''?|You're coming, '''right'''?|lit=You come '''or what'''?}}<br />
#: {{syn|tok|ala|id=polar question marker|qq1=used between a reduplicated verb}}<br />
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===Usage notes===<br />
Some speakers consider ''anu seme'' to be a weaker question marker than the ''{{l|tok|ala|id=polar question marker|verb ala verb}}'' construction, while others deem them equivalent.</div>2A01:599:743:B3AF:902A:9CFF:FE4C:1BED