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A '''terminator''' is a particle that doesn't carry any meaning except to mark the end of some grammatical construct. | |||
For example, quotations starting with {{t|mo}} are terminated by the terminator {{t|teo}}, and parentheticals starting with {{t|kïo}} are terminated by {{t|kı}}. | |||
== History == | |||
{{Hatnote|Main article: [[Archive:Terminator]]}} | |||
There used to be terminators for more constructs in Toaq, like {{t|ky}}, which terminated clauses. This made it possible to terminate a subclause manually: | |||
{{Example|Ca, ꝡä gom jí {{red|ky}}, ꝡä faq ní.|The fact that I erred caused this to happen.}} | |||
But the current [[Toaq Delta]] tries to avoid terminators for clauses, in favor of [[self-termination]] and valency-reducing prefixes like {{t|hao-}}. | |||
{{Example|Ca, ꝡä hạogom jí, ꝡä faq ní.|The fact that I erred caused this to happen.}} | |||