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- 02:26, 25 March 2024 Playing cards (hist | edit) [1,765 bytes] Laqme (talk | contribs) (Initial article)
- 17:49, 23 March 2024 Expressing regrets (hist | edit) [813 bytes] Laqme (talk | contribs) (Created page with "You can express regrets using the subjunctive or counterfactual modal words {{t|ao}} and {{t|ea}} together with {{t|luı}}. {{Example|Âo, ꝡä luı moaqchıe jí pó tóa, nä pu taı jí pó téoqme da.|If I'd memorized the words, I would have passed the exam.}} {{Example|Êa, ꝡä bu luı nue tı jí nháo pátı, nä tıshue jí búe.|If I hadn't promised them to be at the party, I could stay home.}} A simpler way involves a counterfactual speech act and {{t|luı...")
- 17:20, 23 March 2024 A little (hist | edit) [1,608 bytes] Laqme (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Toaq has two similar words that express something is the case to a small extent. Their popular definitions are: {{Example|tuao|▯ is little / not much the case.}} {{Example|sono|▯ is the case a little bit.}} The difference between these words is the same as the subtle difference between "little" and "a little" in English. {{t|Tuao}} makes a "negative-ish" claim, in the direction of {{t|bu}}, and you can think of it as "not much", "only a little", or "at most a litt...")