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====Coordinating Particles==== | ====Coordinating Particles==== | ||
Wistanian coordinating particles come in four types: normal coordination, weak coordination, contrastive coordination, and alternative coordination. | |||
Normal coordination (<code>CO</code>) is similar to the English "and". However, each item in the list is proceeded by the word '''''ya'''''. | |||
'''dajyi ya dari ya lari.''' | |||
daji-i '''ya''' dari '''ya''' lari. | |||
hide-TEL '''CO''' boy '''CO''' girl. | |||
"The boy and the girl hid." | |||
Weak coordination (<code>WCO</code>) refers to a co-actor in the sentence while keeping the focus on a specific item of the list, which is usually featured at the beginning of the list and without a particle. It is denoted with the word '''nuz'''. | |||
''' | '''dajyi dari nuz lari.''' | ||
daji-i dari nuz lari. | |||
hide-TEL boy WCO girl. | |||
"The boy | "The boy hid with the girl." | ||
Contrastive coordination (<code>CCO</code>) is equivalent to the English "but" and is expressed through the particle '''bbal'''. | |||
'''auvin vaun liyiya, bbal gaunun vaun bauliyiya.''' | |||
auvi-n vaun liya-iya, '''bbal''' gaunu-n vaun bau-liya-iya. | |||
bird-PL GNO fly-STA, '''CCO''' fish-PL GNO NEG-fly -STA | |||
"Birds fly, but fish do not fly." | |||
Alternative coordination (<code>ALTCO</code>) denotes a choice or alternative among a group of items in a list, equivalent to the English "or", and denoted with the word '''''i'''''. Like the normal coordinating particle '''''ya''''', this particle is featured before each item in a list. | |||
'''ja lu i garauvi i diyan a.''' | |||
ja -a lu i garauvi i diyan a. | |||
want-ATEL 2S.NOM ALTCO water ALTCO juice Q. | |||
"Do you want water or juice?" | |||
===Honorifics=== | ===Honorifics=== |
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