Minhast: Difference between revisions

| anda || Interruptive|| Particle used to break a long-winded monologue by the other speech participant, with the force of “If you'd stop a minute and let me speak...!”

| suakk(e) || Attitudunal|| Particle indicating strong disgust, best translated as "That is is sooooo gross!", but depending on context can also convey, "I find what you are/did is totally reprehensible", or "That's stupid"  

| (na')inna|| Connective|| Particle recalling what the speaker immediately said previously to segue into a new statement, sometimes translated as "You know" but better "As you recall what I just said..."  

| šukna|| Empathy|| Particle used by the speaker indicating sympathy to the listener for what the listener has said

| ahātu|| Connective|| “therefore, thus”

| ra'e|| Confirmatory - Expective || Particle indicating that the speaker expects the listener to agree what the speaker just said  

| wāš|| Exclamatory Interjection|| Particle indicating (usually) pleasant surprise.  It also a clitic form that is affixed to a verb

| naxt(a)|| Dissent/Disagreement|| Particle indicating strong disagreement; often used as a counterargument to “ra'e”

| se(ħ) || Interruptive-Disapproval|| Particle indicating mild disapproval of a person's statement or behavior

| hamman || Dissent/Interruptive-Disapproval|| Another Interruptive particle, used to convey strong dissent

| hayye || Prompt|| Particle used to elicit a response

| kay || Emphatic-Assertive || Particle indicating the speaker's statement is beyond question

| mek|| Deferential|| Particle used to soften an assertion or a command

| tana || Deferential-Confirmatory|| Particle of politeness, used to gently confirm that the listener agrees with what the speaker said

| suš, surušši|| Connective - Dissent/Disagreemen/Interruptive|| Particle of contradiction, brings to the foreground what the listener had previously said, and now the speaker is presenting a rebuttal to said statement. This is both an Interruptive and Connective  particle

| kaddāħ|| Emphatic Attitudunal-Dissent/Disagreement|| Particle indicating strong dislike of the listener as a result of previous statements by the listener. Oftentimes translated as “You idiot!”, or even “Fuck you!”.