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Clarify disjunctive use and add examples.
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{{tp|anu}} is most commonly{{citation needed|This is true, but to be demonstrated would require a precise statistical analysis.}} used in the phrase {{tp|anu seme}} to form {{w|tag question}}s. This literally means "or what?" and it is one of two ways to form yes-or-no questions in Toki Pona.
 
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===Disjunction===
{{tp|anu}} is used to indicate an alternative among multiple things, either as a question or a statement. It replaces [[en]], [[li]], [[e]], or any [[preposition]], as when repeating them to introduce another [[subject]], [[predicate]], or [[object]].
The usage of the word {{tp|anu}} is rather underspecified in {{lipu pu|en}}, and other materials tend not to document it extensively.<ref>{{cite Discord|author=jan Sonja|username=sonjalang|date=2024-01-06|channel=learning-general|server=kama-sona|url=https://discord.com/channels/969386329513295872/969799336563212298/1193433322420977707|quote=anu is poorly documented, so do whatever you want}}</ref>{{citation needed|Compare to other learning resources.}} The community at large is hesitant to use it this way because of this uncertainty.{{citation needed|Obviously true, but difficult to substantiate.}} In {{lipu pu|en}} it is used for disjunction, to indicate an alternative among multiple things.
 
Introducing another subject:
 
{{Example
|onajan li kamawile sona e pilinni iketaso: ijo ala <mark>anu</mark> pilinwan pona<mark>anu</mark> latu ni<mark>anu</mark> mute li suli ala.lon?<ref>{{cite web|author=jan Kita|date=2021-09-21|url=https://tokiponalipukule.org/sitatapost/2021/09/21/nasin-nanpa-mute-li-lon/|titleurldate=jan Sitata2024-02-06|authortitle=Hermannasin Hesse,nanpa tr.mute janli Kalalon|website=toki.pona.org|date=2022lipu kule}}</ref>
|People only want to know this: nothing, or one, or two, or many things are present?
|jan li wile sona e ni taso: ijo ala <mark>anu </mark> wan <mark>anu </mark> tu <mark>anu </mark> mute li lon
}}
 
Introducing another predicate:
 
{{Example
|toki pona li nasin toki suli <mark>anu</mark> toki lili suwi taso?<ref>{{cite web|website=lipu tenpo|author=jan Telakoman|date=2021|url=https://wikisource.org/wiki/Lipu_tenpo/nanpa_akesi|title=lipu tenpo o kama pona!|urldate=2024-02-06}}</ref>
|Is Toki Pona a serious way of speaking or just a cute little language?
|toki pona li nasin toki suli <mark>anu </mark> toki lili suwi taso
}}
 
Introducing another direct object:
 
{{Example
|ona li kama e pilin ike <mark>anu</mark> pilin pona la ni li suli ala.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tokipona.org/sitata/|title=jan Sitata|author=Herman Hesse, tr. jan Kala|website=toki.pona.org|date=2022}}</ref>
|Whether it brings pain or pleasure, this is unimportant.<br/>
It doesn't matter whether it brings pain or pleasure.
|ona li kama e pilin-ike anu pilin-pona la ni li suli ala
}}
 
Introducing another object of a preposition:
 
{{Example
|jan li ken musi e ona kepeken toki Inli <mark>anu</mark> toki Nijon <mark>anu</mark> toki Kanse <mark>anu</mark> toki Epanja... <mark>anu</mark> toki pona kin a!<ref>{{cite web|title=musi pi alasa sona|author=jan Ke Tami|date=2021|website=lipu tenpo|url=https://wikisource.org/wiki/Lipu_tenpo/nanpa_toki|urldate=2024-02-06}}</ref>
|Folks can play it in English, or in Japanese, or in French, or in Spanish... or even in Toki Pona!
|jan li ken musi e ona kepeken toki [INLI] <mark>anu </mark> toki [NIJON] <mark>anu </mark> toki [KANSE] <mark>anu </mark> toki [EPANJA]. . . <mark>anu </mark> toki pona kin a
}}
 
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{{Example
|ona li ilo anu moku <mark>anu</mark> seme?<ref>{{cite web|author=jan Pensa|url=http://utala.pona.la/toki-en-lipu/lipu-suli/mi-en-waso-Kaka.html|title=mi en waso Kaka en monsuta pi ma kasi|website={{tok|utala musi pi ma pona}}|date=2023-07-15|access-date=2023-11-10}}</ref>
|Is it a tool or food or what?
|ona li ilo anu moku <mark>anu </mark> seme
}}
 
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{{Example
|mi sona ala e ni: tenpo li suno <mark>anu</mark> pimeja.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://utala.pona.la/toki-en-lipu/lipu-suli/nasi.html|author=jan Kepe|title=Nasi|website={{tok|utala musi pi ma pona}}|date=2023-07-15|access-date=2023-11-10}}</ref>
|I don't know this: the time is bright or dark.<br>I don't know whether it's day time or night time.
|mi sona ala e ni: tenpo li suno <mark>anu </mark> pimeja
}}
 
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