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7-4.53.12 -wa --> -sa linker 'but, however'

Jani.s jut.k.i.ti.xa ... "But he hasn't come... .'
- 343 (Huancané)
S

Jani jank'a.s pur.k.i.t.
fast — 333

S

‘But they weren't arriving fast.' (Sitajara)

Kuna.t.s jani.s uwij.sti puri.ya.n.ta.xa ?
why ™~ sheep arrive 2+3

S

‘But why didn't you bring the sheep?’ (Juli)

Jani.ra.raki.s juta.fi.ma.:n.ti.xa.
come 2p 33
RDK

‘But you shouldn't have come yet!' (Salinas)

7-4.53.2 Replacing -ti by -xa.ya

Jani sar.chi.:.xa.ya q"aru.ru.x.
go NI 143 tomorrow
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‘Won't I leave tomorrow?’ (rhetorical question) (La Paz/Compi)

(Because of -chi NI on the verb, there is no -wa
in the sentence.)