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ja I§ pcl 1 accompanies a hand gesture indicating that something is close at hand: here! there! take this! 2 begins a story or introduces a new topic: now then, well now, now 3 expresses immediacy: right now! in just a second! 4 emphasizes pointing of a deictic word (beginning in a- or kë-): this very, that very, just, exactly 5 calls for listener's attention: so! behold! lo! II§ sequence of clitics = ia • ja ç'_ so here's what _ • ja çfarë 1 that's what, this is what _ 2 and what _! • ja hop, ja pop! here goes nothing! • ja _ ja _ either _ or _ • ja ke/ku _ here is _ • ja që what can you do! there's nothing you can do about it • ja se ç'/çfarë that's what • ja shyt, ja fyt come Hell or high water • ja tuk {verb} right here {}! there {}! lo {}! jaban|xhe'shë nf < jabanxhi' jaban|xhi' nm (np ~nj) foreigner to a community, stranger