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Explain focus particles in more detail
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=== Interaction with focus particles === | |||
Tone on focus particles is a little nuanced. If you focus something that carries a separable tone, like the {{done|2}} in {{Derani||máoja}}, then the focus particle "steals" the tone. But if the tone is inseparable, the focus particle has to stay in its default rising tone form. | |||
Here are some examples of how this works for each of the focusable parts of speech: | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
! | |||
! Falling tone {{done|1}} | |||
! Rising tone {{done|2}} | |||
! Glottal tone {{done|3}} | |||
! Rising-falling tone {{done|4}} | |||
|- | |||
! [[Verb]] | |||
|Inseparable, must use prefix form to avoid conflict with rising tone | |||
{{Derani||kụrıatua}}<ul></ul> | |||
| {{Derani| |kú maoja}} | |||
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| {{Derani| |kû shoı}} | |||
|- | |||
! [[Pronoun]] | |||
| style="background:#ccc" | | |||
| Inseparable | |||
{{Derani| |kú jí}} | |||
| style="background:#ccc" | | |||
| {{Derani| |kû jí}} | |||
|- | |||
! [[Determiner]] | |||
| style="background:#ccc" | | |||
| Inseparable | |||
{{Derani| |kú báq nam}} | |||
| style="background:#ccc" | | |||
| {{Derani| |kû báq nam}} | |||
|- | |||
! [[Complementizer]] | |||
| Unattested | |||
| style="background:#ccc" | | |||
| Inseparable | |||
{{Derani| |kú ꝡä}} | |||
| {{Derani| |kû ꝡä}} | |||
|} | |} | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[https://toaq.net/refgram/phonology/#tones Refgram: Tones] | *[https://toaq.net/refgram/phonology/#tones Refgram: Tones] | ||