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 ====Coordinating Particles====
-'''''UNDER CONTRUCTION'''''
+Wistanian coordinating particles come in four types: normal coordination, weak coordination, contrastive coordination, and alternative coordination.
-Also known as conjunctions. These conjunctions have still yet to be decided upon.
+Normal coordination (<code>CO</code>) is similar to the English "and". However, each item in the list is proceeded by the word '''''ya'''''.
-Wistanian coordinating particles come in three types: normal coordination, weak coordination, and contrastive coordination.
+ '''dajyi ya dari ya lari.'''
+ daji-i   '''ya''' dari '''ya''' lari.
+ hide-TEL '''CO''' boy  '''CO''' girl.
+ "The boy and the girl hid."
-Normal coordination is similar to the English "and", however each item in the list is proceeded by the word '''''ya'''''.
+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'''.
-  '''ya dari ya lari  dajyi.'''
+  '''dajyi dari nuz lari.'''
-  '''ya''' dari '''ya''' lari daji-i.
+  daji-i   dari nuz lari.
-  '''CO''' boy  '''CO''' girl hide-TEL.
+  hide-TEL boy  WCO girl.
-  "The boy and the girl hid."
+  "The boy hid with the girl."
+Contrastive coordination (<code>CCO</code>) is equivalent to the English "but" and is expressed through the particle '''bbal'''.
-Weak coordination 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'''.
+ '''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."
- '''dari nuz lari dajyi.'''
+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.
- dari nuz lari daji-i.
- boy  WCO girl hide-TEL.
- "The boy hid with the girl."
-Contrastive coordination is equivalent to the English "but",
+ '''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===