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===Questions=== | ===Questions=== | ||
===Coordination=== | ===Coordination=== | ||
Wena has the following coordinating conjunctions. | |||
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! Conjunction !! Gloss !! English | |||
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| '''''gwe''''' || and.<small>SIMULT</small> || and simultaneously, and at the same time | |||
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| '''''do''''' || and.<small>SUBSEQ</small> || and then, then, and subsequently | |||
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| '''''dozye''''' || and.<small>CONSEQ</small> || so, and therefore, and consequently | |||
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| '''''mye''''' || but || but | |||
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| '''''agwe''''' || or.<small>INCL</small> || and/or, or (and possibly both/all) | |||
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| '''''amye''''' || <small>XOR</small> || or (but not both/all) | |||
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These conjunctions can all be used at any level of syntax, linking sentences, predicates, noun phrases or modifiers within noun phrases. | |||
When more than two items are linked, the conjunction appears between each pair, unlike in English where it appears only between the last two. For example the structure '''A, B, and C''' is, in Wena, '''A ''gwe'' B ''gwe'' C'''. | |||
====Correlative coordination==== | |||
The particle '''''a''''' (glossed: <small>COORD</small>) can be used to mark the beginning of a correlative phrase. They chiefly appear to disambiguate exactly which syntactic structures are being coordinated or for emphasis. The following structures exist. | |||
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| '''''a'' '''X''' ''gwe'' '''Y || both X and Y | |||
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| '''''a'' '''X''' ''do'' '''Y || first X then Y | |||
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| '''''a'' '''X''' ''dozye'' '''Y || if X then Y | |||
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| '''''a'' '''X''' ''mye'' '''Y || "admittedly" X but Y | |||
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| '''''a'' '''X''' ''agwe'' '''Y || either X or Y (or both) | |||
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| '''''a'' '''X''' ''amye'' '''Y || either X or Y (but not both) | |||
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| '''''a '''''(...)''''' ze'' '''X''' ''mye '''''(...)''''' ndwa'' '''Y || not X but (rather) Y | |||
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| '''''a '''''(...)''''' ze myegi'' '''X''' ''mye gwe'' '''Y || not only X but also Y | |||
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===Subordination=== | ===Subordination=== | ||
===Conditional sentences=== | ===Conditional sentences=== | ||