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'''{{tp|anu}}''' is a [[particle]] used to indicate alternatives, corresponding with the English conjunctions{{w|conjunction}}s "''or"'' ({{w|exclusive disjunction}}) and "''and/or"'' ({{w|inclusive disjunction}}).

The usage of the word {{tp|anu}}'s use is rather underspecified in [[{{lipu pu]]|en}}. Nevertheless, it is used there for disjunction, to indicate an alternative among multiple things. The community at large is hesitant to use it this way, but there are examples of it in practice.

|ona li kama e pilin ike anu 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>

|ona li ilo anu moku anu 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>

|mi sona ala e ni: tenpo li suno anu 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>

{{tp|anu}} was also used to make statements. In the learning course [[Toki Pona in 76 illustrated lessons]] ({{w|Spanish- language course|Spanish}}: ''{{lang|es|Toki pona en 76 lecciones ilustradas}}'' (Toki Pona in 76 Illustrated Lessons) created by Eliazar Parra Cárdena, which was translated into many languages, the usage of {{tp|anu}} was taught in statements and questions side by side, distinguished only by the presence of a question mark or a period.<ref>Cárdenas, Eliazar Parra (2009). [https://archive.org/details/toki-pona-in-76-lessons/page/n38/mode/1up toki pona in 76 illustrated lessons]. ''Internet Archive''.</ref>

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SomeThe speakersword use ''{{tp|anu''}} is sometimes used as a [[content word]] meaning "to choose, to decide".<ref>Aronora ({{tok|jan Alonola}}) (6 October 2021). "{{tok|anu suli pi ma Tosi}}". In [https://liputenpo.org/lipu-tenpo-nanpa-toki/ {{tp|lipu tenpo nanpa toki}}].</ref> This meaning is controversial due to the lack of content word meanings given to other particles in the language.

In smaller communities,{{citation <!-- which communitiesneeded|reason=who? -->}} an experimental usage of {{tp|anu}} was proposed to have the word resemble the placement of [[pseudo-particlesparticle]]s, such as {{tp|taso}} and {{tp|kin}}, as modifiers of a phrase. This usage notably reduces the level of ambiguity created by ''{{tp|anu''}} in situations where it would otherwise be unclear to replace particles or prepositions.

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