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explain hí and raı
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{{Example|{{green|Pu}} {{orange|fı}} {{red|bu}} guaı jí.|I {{green|was}} {{orange|about to}} {{red|not}} work.}} | {{Example|{{green|Pu}} {{orange|fı}} {{red|bu}} guaı jí.|I {{green|was}} {{orange|about to}} {{red|not}} work.}} | ||
Sentences can end with a [[speech act particle]] | Sentences can end with a [[speech act particle]]: {{t|da}} for a statement, {{t|móq}} for a question, {{t|ba}} for a wish, {{t|nha}} for a promise… | ||
The default is {{t|da}} if there are no question words, and {{t|móq}} if there are. | The default is {{t|da}} if there are no question words, and {{t|móq}} if there are. | ||
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You can start a subclause by saying a [[complementizer]] in the glottal tone {{Done|3}}. There's {{t|ꝡä}} "that", {{t|mä}} "whether", {{t|tïo}} "to what degree" and more. | You can start a subclause by saying a [[complementizer]] in the glottal tone {{Done|3}}. There's {{t|ꝡä}} "that", {{t|mä}} "whether", {{t|tïo}} "to what degree" and more. | ||
{{Example|Dua jí, | {{Example|Dua jí, ꝡä guaı súq.|I know that you work.}} | ||
{{Example|Bu dua jí, mä guaı súq.|I don't know whether you work.}} | {{Example|Bu dua jí, mä guaı súq.|I don't know whether you work.}} | ||
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This always binds a "variable" that can be accessed by repeating the verb itself in the rising tone {{done|2}}. | This always binds a "variable" that can be accessed by repeating the verb itself in the rising tone {{done|2}}. | ||
{{Example|Dua tú poq | {{Example|Dua tú poq, ꝡä suao {{green|póq}}.|Each person knows that {{green|they}} are important.}} | ||
We can ask questions using the determiner {{t|hí}}, which means "which?" | |||
{{Example|Chum chuq súq {{green|hí haq}}?|{{green|Which food}} are you eating?}} | |||
The verb {{t|raı}} means "to be anything". To say "something, everything, what", use {{t|sá raı, tú raı, hí raı}}. | |||
{{Example|Chum chuq súq hí {{green|raı}}?|What are you eating? (Which {{green|anything}} are you eating?)}} | |||