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Poor Thing: Anga
Anga is a small word of pity: “poor thing”.
How It Works
Anga is a small word of pity. In English the same feeling comes out as “poor thing”.
It sits near the word it pities, and its place in the sentence is free. In Jairo heta anga osufri it comes right after heta “a lot”. In mbaʼeve vera ivaíva anga ndojapói it follows ivaíva “bad”.
Its form does not change with the person. It also has no stress, so the word before it keeps its stress and its accent.
The Academy grammar calls this the mood of pity and writes anga joined to the verb with a puso, as in ahejáʼanga. Here it stands apart.
Examples (3)
- Jairo heta anga osufri okakuaa aja.
Jairo suffered a lot growing up, poor thing.
Anga follows heta “a lot” and shows pity for Jairo.
- Ajevérõ niko, ko mitã poriahu rerekóva ápe mbaʼeve vera ivaíva anga ndojapói.
And so this needy child you have here has done absolutely nothing bad, poor soul.
Anga follows ivaíva “bad” and shows pity for the child.
- Che sy hasy anga.
My mother is sick, poor thing.
Anga comes after hasy “sick” and shows pity for the mother.
How It Connects
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Anga adds feeling to a statement as voi does.
Related Patterns
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