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{{Example
|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>
|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
}}
Sometimes {{tp|anu seme}} is added on to the end of a series of alternatives to leave the question open:
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{{tp|anu}} was also used to make statements. In the learning course [[Toki Pona in 76 illustrated lessons]]
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{{tok|anu}} means "or"
: {{tp|mi wile jo e mani anu moku.}} — I want to have money or food.
: {{tp|sina ken moku e kili anu suwi. taso wan taso.}} — you can eat a trout or a cookie, but only one.
: {{tp|sina olin e mi anu ona?}} — do you love me or him?
: {{tp|sina toki tawa mi anu tawa ona?}} — do you speak to me or to him?
: {{tp|ni li waso anu tomo tawa kon? ala. ni li jan Superman!}} — Is that a bird or an airplane? No. This is Superman.
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==={{tp|pu}} usage===
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|wile sona nanpa wan li ni: ale li pona anu ike?
|The most fundamental question we can ever ask ourselves is whether or not the universe we live in is friendly or hostile. (Quote misattributed to {{w|Albert Einstein}})<ref>{{tok|jan Ke Tami}} (1 November 2023). "{{tok|toki ni li tan ala tan jan Ape Antan?}}". In [https://liputenpo.org/lipu-tenpo-nanpa-sin/ {{tp|lipu tenpo nanpa sin}}] (in Toki Pona). {{tp|lipu tenpo}}. p. 10.</ref>
|wile sona nanpa wan li ni : ale li pona anu ike
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The word {{tp|anu}} may behave similarly to a [[semiparticle]] and thus be able to be part of a [[la phrase|{{tp|la}} phrase]], as a whole meaning "otherwise".
In smaller communities,{{citation needed|reason=who?}} an experimental usage of {{tp|anu}} was proposed to have the word resemble the placement of [[pseudo-particle]]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.▼
{{Example
|mi monsuta e sina la o weka. anu la ni li tenpo alasa.<ref>{{cite YouTube|id=_DVC7iJLgWs|title={{tok|monsuta}}|author={{tok|jan Usawi}}|channel={{tok|jan Usawi}}|handle=janusawi8794|date=2021-06-26|access-date=2023-12-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cohost.org/spiders/post/269405-my-favorite-toki-pon|title=my favorite toki pona song, explained in english (or, why "monsuta" by jan Usawi goes so fucking hard)|website=Cohost|author={{tok|soweli Kina}}|username=@spiders|date=2023-11-11|access-date=2023-12-17}}</ref>
|If I scared you, then run away. Otherwise it's hunting time.
|mi monsuta e sina la o weka 　 anu la ni li tenpo alasa
}}
▲In smaller communities,{{citation needed|reason=who?}} an experimental usage of {{tp|anu}} was proposed
{{Example
|sina ken tawa <mark>tomo sitelen</mark> tawa <mark>tomo moku anu</mark>.
|You can go to the art gallery or to the restaurant.
|sina ken tawa <mark>tomo sitelen </mark>tawa <mark>tomo moku anu</mark>
}}
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