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Preliminary Recommendations

Particle-Type

Attribute Value Gr. example Gr. tag
Type fut tha PtFu
neg dhen PtNg
subj na PtSj
other as, makari, eithe PtOt

Particles can be used to form compound tense forms tense (e.g. future) or compound mood forms (e.g. subjunctive), or as introducers of negation, or for suggesting, swearing, or wishing.

The value other is used to group together various functions of particles, such as hesitating, wishing, etc. which are semantically motivated and cannot be distinguished unless the linguistic and extra-linguistic context is taken into account.