212 CHAPTER 4. PARTICLES
with verbs whose - /- forms have contractions, so for instance
,
play, becomes.
”Even if (you) say so now, it’s too late (now).”
Also, when wriĴen as this particle stands for the contrac-
tion of
. Used in this way, it can mean either of or |
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”It’s pointless to try to fix it now.”
A combination of + , this compound particle expresses ”since ...”,
”because ...” similar to.
”Because (I) I hadn’t been expecting it, (I) was most delighted.”
Literally, this sentence uses the noun form for ’being delighted’.
This particle is a contraction of
, and like the next particle, is
used to catch someone’s aĴention if you’ve been talking to them and they’re
being unresponsive. This is a very informal way to grab someone’s aĴen-
tion as well as point out that they should listen to you:
”Hey. Hey! I said Hey!”
This particle is slightly more reserved than , and as such is
experienced as effeminate. It tends to be used more by women than by
men.
