Utterances
An utterance in L'ewa is anything from a single content word all the way up to an entire paragraph of sentences. An emotion particle can be a complete utterance. A question particle can be a complete utterance, anything can be an utterance. A speaker may want to choose more succinct options when the other detail is already contextually known or simply not relevant to the listener.
L'ewa has a few discourse particles, here are a few of the more significant ones:
| L'ewa | Function |
|---|---|
| xi | signals that the verb of the sentence is coming next |
| ko | ends a noun phrase |
| ka | marks something as the subject of the sentence |
| ke | marks something as the verb of the sentence |
| ku | marks something as the object of the sentence |