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# {{eng|even if}} [+dubitative]
# {{eng|even if}} [+dubitative]
{{defex|Stratuos, '''gjøs''' rapavú.|We will fight, '''even if we''' die.}}
{{defex|Stratuos, '''gjøs''' rapavú.|We will fight, '''even if we''' die.}}
# {{eng|or}} (''introduces a choice'')
{{defex|Gjøn hovend vánu, '''gjøn''' bist?|Do you want a cake '''or''' what?}}
{{defex|Hjei sjelta, gjøș dzard sjínúl, '''gjøș''' drávist.|I don’t know if she’s written a song '''or''' a book.}}


==== Usage notes ====
==== Usage notes ====

Revision as of 13:01, 5 March 2023

Radestrian

Etymology

From earlier *gjə, fromMiddle Radestrian gjo, inherited fromProto-Radic *ɣo, fromProto-Hirdic *gho, fromProto-Laenkean *g(ʱ)e/o(j)-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key)/jœ/, /j/, /œ/
  • Rhymes: -, (3)

Particle

gjø

  1. question-forming particle

Lua error in Module:languages at line 5: No such language (Bist gjøn devúl?). Lua error in Module:languages at line 5: No such language (Gjøș hovend devúl lirș skanþs?).

Usage notes

  • This particle adopts all personal agreement from the clause verb, leaving the verb in its impersonal form.
    • The impersonal form of Template:wl-rad in the indicative non-past is ∅, unless emphatic.

Inflection

Inflection of gjø  
person singular plural
first inclusive gjøi gjøs
exclusive gjøte
second humble gjøn
neutral gjøn gjø
third gjøș

See also

Conjunction

gjø

  1. if, whether (introduces the question of a proposition's truth value) [+indicative]

Lua error in Module:languages at line 5: No such language (Hjei sjelta, gjøș kad devúl.).

  1. even if [+dubitative]

Lua error in Module:languages at line 5: No such language (Stratuos, gjøs rapavú.).

  1. or (introduces a choice)

Lua error in Module:languages at line 5: No such language (Gjøn hovend vánu, gjøn bist?). Lua error in Module:languages at line 5: No such language (Hjei sjelta, gjøș dzard sjínúl, gjøș drávist.).

Usage notes

  • This conjunction adopts all personal agreement from the clause verb, leaving the verb in its impersonal form.
    • The impersonal form of Template:wl-rad in the indicative non-past is ∅, unless emphatic.

Inflection

Inflection of gjø  
person singular plural
first inclusive gjøi gjøs
exclusive gjøte
second humble gjøn
neutral gjøn gjø
third gjøș