vanå (18_Conjunctions & Clause Linking)
vanå
Grammatical function
- Type: Temporal Particle / Aspectual Marker
- Function: Persistive Aspect (“Still”)
- Meaning: Indicates an action that was happening before and is still happening now.
Logic & Etymology
va (Inside) + nå (NOW Aspectual Marker) (Now).
- Lit: “Inside-now.”
- Logic: The action is contained within the current moment; it has not exited or finished.
- Symmetry:
- panå (Front-now): Not yet.
- hùnå (Behind-now): Already.
- vanå (Inside-now): Still.
Syntax
Placed at the end of the sentence or clause.
- Structure:
[Action] vanå.
Example sentence
To wo shěsonů vanå. I am still reading.
Topo toponů vanå. It is still raining.