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'''''anu''''' is a [[Toki Pona]] [[particle]] used to show alternatives, corresponding with the English conjunction "or".
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=== {{tp|anu seme}} ===
In {{pu|en}}, the word ''anu'' is defined, but not explained, outside of its role in [[Questions|''anu seme'' tag questions]].▼
{{tp|anu}} is most commonly used in the phrase "{{tp|anu seme?}}" to form tag questions. This literally means "or what?", and it's one of two ways to form yes-or-no questions in Toki Pona.
{{Example|ona li jan pona anu seme?|They are good people, aren't they?<br/>Are they a good people?}}
''anu'' remains a debatable subject when it comes to it being able to form questions on its own, without the ''seme'' or the ''[''predicate''] ala [''predicate'']'' format. ''pu'' only gives 2 sentences containing ''anu'' without ''anu seme'':▼
See the page [[Questions]] for more information about {{tp|anu seme}} and other ways to form questions.
=== Statements ===
=== Either/or questions ===
▲''anu'' remains a debatable subject when it comes to it being able to form questions on its own, without the ''seme'' or the ''[''predicate''] ala [''predicate'']'' format.
=={{tp|pu}} usage==
▲In {{pu|en}}, the word ''anu'' is defined, but not explained, outside of its role in [[Questions#anu|''anu seme'' tag questions]].
''pu'' only gives 2 sentences containing ''anu'' without ''anu seme'':
<blockquote>mi kute e mije anu meli.</blockquote>
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* The second use of ''anu'' is also not a question in the English sentence (although a question format arises out of the reformulation in toki pona. A literal translation of the Toki Pona back to English can include a question, for example: "the foremost question is this: is the universe good or bad?")
== Pre-{{tp|pu}} usage ==
Usage of ''anu'' to form questions without ''seme'' was widespread before the publication of {{tp|pu}}.
Usage of ''anu'' to form questions without the ''seme'' was widespread. The ''o kama sona e toki pona!'' course by jan Pije (the most influential resource for learning Toki Pona in the pre-pu era) taught ''anu'' explicitly and exclusively as a word for making questions. This included questions without ''seme'', as well as questions ending in ''anu seme''. ([http://web.archive.org/web/20200427220238/http://tokipona.net/tp/janpije/okamasona12.php source])▼
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However, ''anu'' was also used to make statements. Eliazar Parra Cárdena's Spanish-language 2004 course ''Toki pona en 76 lecciones ilustradas'' (Toki Pona in 76 Illustrated Lessons), which was translated into many languages, taught usage of ''anu'' in statements and usage in questions side by side, distinguished only by the presence of a question mark or a period. ([https://archive.org/details/toki-pona-in-76-lessons/page/n38/mode/1up source])
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