PartType: particle type
| Values: | Adv | Case | Foc | Ill | Neg | Pred | Top | Disc |
Adv: Adverbial particle
Examples
- əndá kətá mbwáː ɗi “Then you arrived..”
Case: Case particle
Examples
- _tə́ gə̀m tə̀ mə́n ɗi “they gave it to him”
Foc: In-situ focus particle
Examples
- _dèːwôs ɓét kəndí_ “That’s its only reason.”
Ill: Illocution particle
Examples
- màː ɗutíː ŋǎːn “Didn’t we kill him?”
Neg: Negation particle
Examples
- tôː mə́ yîsə́n hŋ́ “Well we didn’t know.”
Pred: Predicating particle
The two predicating particles àkwey “there is” and bâː “there isn’t” are Hausa loanwords.
Examples
- àkwéy dwaːmí gón […] “there is a metal […]”
Top: Topic particle
Examples
- myâːn kúmá máː ye màtsàlêʃɩ́ː “As for me, I see the problems.”
Disc: Discourse particle
Examples
- tôː ɮǐːwôs ʧol-ʧól “Well, his body is very smooth.”
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