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She compares its meaning to "the way 'oder' can be used in colloquial German."<ref name=newquestiontype /> A question formed with ''anu seme'' typically is less forceful and more open to alternative answers than a question formed by [[#'''verb''' ''ala'' '''verb'''|repeating the main verb]].
In German, "oder" at the end of a sentence is used to form a kind of tag question, <ref>[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oder#Particle Wiktionary]</ref> prompting an answer for ''confirmation'', and expecting the answer to be "yes" (this can be emphasised with "doch" or "wohl" or both, and the "oder" at the end can also be left out if these are used). Compared to English tag questions, these confirmation questions might be slightly less rhetorical.
=== ''seme'' ===
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