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Identifiers are also used for more specific descriptions of things than are available with trisyllabics, such as names of specific types of plants and animals, towns, rivers, hills and other topographical features, rock types, metals, foods etc.
Identifiers are also used for more specific descriptions of things than are available with trisyllabics, such as names of specific types of plants and animals, towns, rivers, hills and other topographical features, rock types, metals, foods etc.


===Clitics===
===Infixes===


Infixes in Letaale are single-syllable morphemes beginning with a consonant and containing secondary vowels which contribute grammatical information in a sentence. They are inserted into the word the refer to (or into the first word in a phrase that they refer to) directly after the stressed syllable. They may, themselves be unstressed, but can also be stressed for emphasis, taking the primary stress away from the syllable before it.
Infixes in Letaale are single-syllable morphemes beginning with a consonant and containing secondary vowels which contribute grammatical information in a sentence. They are inserted into the word the refer to (or into the first word in a phrase that they refer to), which is termed the "host", directly after the stressed syllable. They may, themselves be unstressed, but can also be stressed for emphasis, taking the primary stress away from the syllable before it.


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| '''sau''' || or || inclusive disjunctive clitic, "or", "and/or", indicates an alternative which is not exclusive || '''''vee<span style="color:blue">sau</span>lavi vilaivaa<span style="color:blue">sau</span>'''''<br />"you (<span style="color:blue">either</span>)eat <span style="color:blue">or</span> you dance (<span style="color:blue">or both</span>)" || '''''sau'''''
| '''sau''' || or || inclusive disjunctive clitic, "or", "and/or", indicates an alternative which is not exclusive || '''''vee<span style="color:blue">sau</span>lavi vilaivaa<span style="color:blue">sau</span>'''''<br />"you (<span style="color:blue">either</span>)eat <span style="color:blue">or</span> you dance (<span style="color:blue">or both</span>)" || '''''sau'''''
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| '''tau''' || <small>XOR</small> || exclusive disjunctive clitic, "or" "or ... but not both", indicates an exclusive alternative || '''''vee<span style="color:blue">tau</span>lavi vilaivaa<span style="color:blue">tau</span>'''''<br />"you (<span style="color:blue">either<span style="color:blue">) eat or you dance (but not both)" || '''''tau'''''
| '''tau''' || <small>XOR</small> || exclusive disjunctive clitic, "or" "or ... but not both", indicates an exclusive alternative || '''''vee<span style="color:blue">tau</span>lavi vilaivaa<span style="color:blue">tau</span>'''''<br />"you (<span style="color:blue">either</span>) eat <span style="color:blue">or</span> you dance (<span style="color:blue">but not both</span>)" || '''''tau'''''
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| '''tia''' || although || causal adversative clitic, "although", "even though", indicates the context under which some other fact is unexpected or contrastive || '''''vilaivaa(<span style="color:red">jeo</span>) vee<span style="color:blue">tia</span>lavi'''''<br />"you dance <span style="color:blue">although</span> you eat" || '''''jeo'''''
| '''tia''' || although || causal adversative clitic, "although", "even though", indicates the context under which some other fact is unexpected or contrastive || '''''vilaivaa(<span style="color:red">jeo</span>) vee<span style="color:blue">tia</span>lavi'''''<br />"you dance <span style="color:blue">although</span> you eat" || '''''jeo'''''
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| '''jeo''' || but || effective adversative clitic, "but", "however", "nevertheless", indicates something surprising given another fact or situation || '''''vilaivaa(<span style="color:red">tia</span>) vee<span style="color:blue">jeo</span>lavi'''''<br />"you dance, <span style="color:blue">but</span> you eat" || '''''tia'''''
| '''jeo''' || but || effective adversative clitic, "but", "however", "nevertheless", indicates something surprising given another fact or situation || '''''vilaivaa(<span style="color:red">tia</span>) vee<span style="color:blue">jeo</span>lavi'''''<br />"you dance, <span style="color:blue">but</span> you eat" || '''''tia'''''
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| '''vui''' || and || simultaneous conjunctive clitic, "and", indicates a simultaneous addition || '''''veevuilavi vilaivaavui'''''<br />"you eat and dance (at the same time)" || '''''vui'''''
| '''vui''' || and || simultaneous conjunctive clitic, "and", indicates a simultaneous addition || '''''vee<span style="color:blue">vui</span>lavi vilaivaa<span style="color:blue">vui</span>'''''<br />"you eat <span style="color:blue">and</span> dance (<span style="color:blue">at the same time</span>)" || '''''vui'''''
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| '''nua''' || first || initial conjunctive clitic, "first", "initially", indicates its host occurs first in a sequence || '''''veenualavi vilaivaasua'''''<br />"first you eat, then you dance" || '''sua'''
| '''nua''' || first || initial conjunctive clitic, "first", "initially", indicates its host occurs first in a sequence || '''''vee<span style="color:blue">nua</span>lavi vilaivaa<span style="color:red">sua</span>'''''<br />"<span style="color:blue">first</span> you eat, then you dance" || '''sua'''
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| '''sua''' || subsequently || subsequent conjunctive clitic, "then", "subsequently", indicates an addition that follows in time || '''''vilaivaa(nua) veesualavi'''''<br />"you dance, then you eat" || '''''vui'''''
| '''sua''' || subsequently || subsequent conjunctive clitic, "then", "subsequently", indicates an addition that follows in time || '''''vilaivaa(<span style="color:red">nua</span>) vee<span style="color:blue">sua</span>lavi'''''<br />"you dance, <span style="color:blue">then</span> you eat" || '''''vui'''''
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| '''kua''' || when || simultaneous punctual temporal clitic, "when", indicates that another event or situation occurs at the same time as what is marked with '''kua'''  || '''''Veekualavi vilaivaatui.'''''<br />"When you eat, you dance." || '''''tui''''' / '''''nau''''' / '''''kua''''' / '''''jau'''''
| '''kua''' || when || simultaneous punctual temporal clitic, "when", indicates that another event or situation occurs at the same time as what is marked with '''kua'''  || '''''Vee<span style="color:blue">kua</span>lavi vilaivaa(<span style="color:red">tui</span>).'''''<br />"<span style="color:blue">When</span> you eat, you dance." || '''''tui''''' / '''''nau''''' / '''''kua''''' / '''''jau'''''
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| '''jau''' || while || simultaneous continuous temporal clitic, "while", indicates that its host is the temporal context for for another event or situation || '''''Veejaulavi vilaivaatui'''''<br />"While you're dancing, you eat." || '''''tui''''' / '''''nau''''' / '''''kua''''' / '''''jau'''''
| '''jau''' || while || simultaneous continuous temporal clitic, "while", indicates that its host is the temporal context for for another event or situation || '''''Vee<span style="color:blue">jau</span>lavi vilaivaa(<span style="color:red">tui</span>)'''''<br />"<span style="color:blue">While</span> you're dancing, you eat." || '''''tui''''' / '''''nau''''' / '''''kua''''' / '''''jau'''''
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| '''mua''' || before || antetemporal punctual clitic, "before", indicates that its host comes ''after'' another event or situation || '''''Veemualavi vilaivaatui.'''''<br />"Before you dance, you eat." || '''''tui''''' / '''''nau''''' / '''''nio'''''
| '''mua''' || before || antetemporal punctual clitic, "before", indicates that its host comes ''after'' another event or situation || '''''Vee<span style="color:blue">mua</span>lavi vilaivaa(<span style="color:red">tui</span>).'''''<br />"<span style="color:blue">Before</span> you dance, you eat." || '''''tui''''' / '''''nau''''' / '''''nio'''''
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| '''goe''' || until || antetemporal continuous clitic, "until", indicates that its host represents the end point of another event or situation || '''''Veegoelavi vilaivaatui.'''''<br />"Until you dance, you eat." || '''''tui''''' / '''''nau'''''
| '''goe''' || until || antetemporal continuous clitic, "until", indicates that its host represents the end point of another event or situation || '''''Vee<span style="color:blue">goe</span>lavi vilaivaa(<span style="color:red">tui</span>).'''''<br />"<span style="color:blue">Until</span> you dance, you eat." || '''''tui''''' / '''''nau'''''
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| '''nio''' || after || posttemporal punctual clitic, "after", indicates that its host comes ''before'' another event or situation || '''''Veeniolavi vilaivaatui.'''''<br />"After you eat, you dance." || '''''tui''''' / '''''nau''''' / '''''mua'''''
| '''nio''' || after || posttemporal punctual clitic, "after", indicates that its host comes ''before'' another event or situation || '''''Vee<span style="color:blue">nio</span>lavi vilaivaa(<span style="color:red">tui</span>).'''''<br />"After you eat, you dance." || '''''tui''''' / '''''nau''''' / '''''mua'''''
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| '''joe''' || since || posttemporal continuous clitic, "since", "from", indicates that its host represents the starting point of another event or situation || '''''Veejoelavi vilaivaatui.'''''<br />"Since you ate, you've been dancing."<br />"From the time when you eat, you're going to dance." || '''''tui''''' / '''''nau'''''
| '''joe''' || since || posttemporal continuous clitic, "since", "from", indicates that its host represents the starting point of another event or situation || '''''Vee<span style="color:blue">joe</span>lavi vilaivaa(<span style="color:red">tui</span>).'''''<br />"<span style="color:blue">Since</span> you ate, you've been dancing."<br />"<span style="color:blue">From the time when</span> you eat, you're going to dance." || '''''tui''''' / '''''nau'''''
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| '''gua''' || because || specific causal clitic, "because", "since", "as", indicates that its host is the cause of another event or situation || '''''Veegualavi vilaivaatui.'''''<br />"Because you eat, you dance." || '''''tui''''' / '''''nau''''' / '''''noe'''''
| '''gua''' || because || specific causal clitic, "because", "since", "as", indicates that its host is the cause of another event or situation || '''''Vee<span style="color:blue">gua</span>lavi vilaivaa(<span style="color:red">tui</span>).'''''<br />"<span style="color:blue">Because</span> you eat, you dance." || '''''tui''''' / '''''nau''''' / '''''noe'''''
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| '''noe''' || therefore || specific effective clitic, "therefore", "so", indicates that its host is the effect caused by another event or situation || '''''Vilaivaa(gua) veenoelavi.'''''<br />"You've been dancing; therefore, you eat." || '''''tui''''' / '''''nau''''' / '''''gua'''''
| '''noe''' || therefore || specific effective clitic, "therefore", "so", indicates that its host is the effect caused by another event or situation || '''''Vilaivaa(<span style="color:red">gua</span>) vee<span style="color:blue">noe</span>lavi.'''''<br />"You've been dancing; therefore, you eat." || '''''tui''''' / '''''nau''''' / '''''gua'''''
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| '''vue''' || if.<small>REAL</small> || generic/potential causal clitic, "if", indicates that its host, ''if it does turn out to be the case'', is the cause of another event or situation || '''''Veevuelavi vilaivaajue.'''''<br />"If you eat, (then) you dance." || '''''jue'''''
| '''vue''' || if.<small>REAL</small> || generic/potential causal clitic, "if", indicates that its host, ''if it does turn out to be the case'', is the cause of another event or situation || '''''Vee<span style="color:blue">vue</span>lavi vilaivaa(<span style="color:red">jue</span>).'''''<br />"<span style="color:blue">If</span> you eat, (then) you dance." || '''''jue'''''
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| '''jue''' || then.<small>REAL</small> || generic/potential effective clitic, "then", indicates that its host is the effect caused by another ''possible'' event or situation || '''''Veevuelavi vilaivaajue.'''''<br />"If you eat, (then) you dance."  || '''''vue'''''
| '''jue''' || then.<small>REAL</small> || generic/potential effective clitic, "then", indicates that its host is the effect caused by another ''possible'' event or situation || '''''Vee<span style="color:red">vue</span>lavi vilaivaa<span style="color:blue">jue</span>.'''''<br />"If you eat, (then) you dance."  || '''''vue'''''
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| '''viu''' || if.<small>IRR</small> || irrealis causal clitic, "if", indicates that its host is a ''hypothetical'' event or situation that, ''if it were true'', would the cause of another event or situation || '''''Veeviulavi vilaivaajiu.'''''<br />"If you ate, (then) you would dance." || '''''jiu'''''
| '''viu''' || if.<small>IRR</small> || irrealis causal clitic, "if", indicates that its host is a ''hypothetical'' event or situation that, ''if it were true'', would the cause of another event or situation || '''''Vee<span style="color:blue">viu</span>lavi vilaivaa(<span style="color:red">jiu</span>).'''''<br />"<span style="color:blue">If</span> you <span style="color:blue">ate</span>, (then) you would dance." || '''''jiu'''''
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| '''jiu''' || then.<small>IRR</small> || irrealis effective clitic, "then", "would" indicates that its host would be the effect caused by another ''hypothetical'' event or situation || '''''Veeviulavi vilaivaajiu.'''''<br />"If you ate, (then) you would dance." || '''''viu'''''
| '''jiu''' || then.<small>IRR</small> || irrealis effective clitic, "then", "would" indicates that its host would be the effect caused by another ''hypothetical'' event or situation || '''''Vee<span style="color:red">jiu</span>lavi vilaivaa<span style="color:blue">jiu</span>.'''''<br />"If you ate, (<span style="color:blue">then</span>) you <span style="color:blue">would</span> dance." || '''''viu'''''
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| '''gau''' || preparatively || telic causal clitic, indicates that its host is done in preparation in order to achieve another event or situation || '''''Veegaulavi vilaivaaneo.'''''<br />"You eat preparatively in order to dance." || '''''neo'''''
| '''gau''' || preparatively || telic causal clitic, indicates that its host is done in preparation in order to achieve another event or situation || '''''Vee<span style="color:blue">gau</span>lavi vilaivaa<span style="color:red">neo</span>.'''''<br />"You eat (<span style="color:blue">preparatively</span>) in order to dance." || '''''neo'''''
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| '''neo''' || so.that || telic effective clitic, "so that", "in order that", indicates that its host is the intended goal behind another event or situation || '''''Vilaivaa(gau) veeneolavi.'''''<br />"You dance in order to eat." || '''''vue'''''
| '''neo''' || so.that || telic effective clitic, "so that", "in order that", indicates that its host is the intended goal behind another event or situation || '''''Vilaivaa(<span style="color:red">gau</span>) vee<span style="color:blue">neo</span>lavi.'''''<br />"You dance <span style="color:blue">in order</span> to eat." || '''''vue'''''
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