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22 lines
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## Formality
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The informal dialect of L'ewa drops everything it can. The formal dialect
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retains everything it can, to the point where it includes noun phrase endings,
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the verb signaler, ka/ke/ku and every single optional particle in the language.
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The formal dialect will end up sounding rather wordy compared to informal slangy
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speech. Consider the differences between informal and formal versions of "I eat
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an apple":
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mi madsa lo spalo.
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```
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ka mi ko xi ke madsa ku lo spalo ko.
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Nearly all of those particles are not required in informal speech (you could
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even get away with `madsa lo spalo` depending on context), but are required in
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formal speech to ensure there is as little contextual confusion as possible.
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Things like laws or legal rulings would be written out in the formal register.
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