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ka
KA
but
French: mais
Alingi, ka akoki te.
He wants to, but he can't.
Il veut, mais il ne peut pas.
But — the small hinge that turns a sentence. Ka (also kasi) is "but." It sets one thing against another — "alingi, ka akoki te," he wants to, but he can't — the everyday word for the catch in the plan.
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