taso

meaning

maar, slechts, hoedanook; alleen

semantic space · lipamanka

taso doesn't actually change the semantic space of a word it modifies. instead, it trims away the possibility of other things filling the role of that object in a sentence. taso says that only the word it modifies does whatever it does. it's almost the inverse of ala in that instead of canceling out the semantic space of everything before it that it modifies, it cancels out everything else. taso is also used as a conjunction at the beginning of a sentence, meaning something similar to "but" in english.

pu verbatim

PARTICLE but, however
ADJECTIVE only

ku translations

but¹⁰⁰ only¹⁰⁰ however⁸² solely⁸² although⁸⁰ exclusively⁸⁰ though⁷⁹ just⁷¹ exclusive⁷⁰ despite⁶⁹ nonetheless⁶⁷ mere⁶⁴ merely⁵⁸ except⁵³ nevertheless⁵⁰ sole⁵⁰ yet⁵⁰ whereas⁴⁵ regardless³³ exception²⁷

usage

core · 100% usage

found in pu

coined pre-pu

origin

Tok Pisin · tasol ‘alleen, enkel, slechts, echter’

Engels · that’s all ‘dat is alles, dat zal het zijn’

coined by jan Sonja

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commentary

Veel bekwame sprekers gebruiken taso als een verbindingswoord tussen 2 zinnen (X taso Y), lijkend op "X, maar Y". Veel anderen doen dit dan weer niet.

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