modal particle

English

Noun

modal particle (plural modal particles)

1. (linguistics) a word class that indicates the mood of an utterance

Related terms

• sentence-final particle

Translations

linguistic class

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 語氣助詞／语气助词 (zh) (yǔqìzhùcí)

• French: particule modale f
• German: Modalpartikel (de) f
• Japanese: 心態詞 (shintaishi)
• Korean: 양상소사 (yangsangsosa)
• Swedish: modalpartikel c
• Vietnamese: từ ngữ khí, ngữ khí từ