Editing Kot Wawa (section)

=== About “la” ===

When a connective joins two sentences together, the first sentence is not necessarily asserted as true. With the connective “la”, this can be used to couch a second sentence within a context set by the first without having to claim that that first sentence is true. This can be used to create “if-then” statements.


{| class="wikitable"
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| | zèu.
| | “It’s above it.”, “It’s high up.”, “It’s divine.”
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|-
|  | séu li bàna-télo la mí li wèn lòn-ní.
|  | “If the above gives water, I’ll stay here.”, “If it rains then I’ll stay here.”
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|  | kóm li bòn la sówel li mòk.
|  | “If the food is good, the beast will eat.”
|  | 
|}


“la” is the general purpose connective for combining two sentences. Sometimes, it’s possible to use a more specific one.


{| class="wikitable"
|-
| | án bàl li bàna-án zòn.
| | “Work brings knowledge.”
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|-
|  | bàl la zòn.
|  | “If one works, one will know.”
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|-
|  | bàl pana zòn.
|  | “If one works, this will give knowledge.”, “Work brings knowledge.”
|  | 
|-
|  | zùn.
|  | “It shines.”, “It’s the sun.”
|  | < tok ''suno'', ult. < en ''sun''
|-
|  | séu li zùn lòn-má.
|  | “On the land, the sky is bright.”, “On the land, it’s sunny.”
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|  | má la séu li zùn.
|  | “On the land, it’s sunny.”
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|-
|  | má nol séu li zùn.
|  | “On the land, it’s sunny.”
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|}


Any verb can be turned into a connective and used as one. However, most of Kot Wawa’s features for refining meaning are based around verbs, so if you have trouble being clear using a connective, you might want to use it as a verb instead.