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Modal particle
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Linguistics/oQuamvf2">linguistics</a>, modal particles are a type of <a href="/facts/Grammatical_particle/Da0LIXEc">grammatical particle</a> used in a sentence to add extra meaning, particularly in <a href="/facts/Spoken_language/4BTtv1kU">spoken language</a>. Modal particles have various functions, including adding emotion or emphasis, or to express how sentence content is <a href="/facts/Grounding_in_communication/dAxk6B9I">grounded</a> in common knowledge between the speaker and participants. </p><p>Languages that use many modal particles in their spoken form include <a href="/facts/Dutch_language/yIB5lbsx">Dutch</a>, <a href="/facts/Danish_language/sTcGXTMJ">Danish</a>, <a href="/facts/German_language/oWaQIDA8">German</a>, <a href="/facts/Hungarian_language/nt4g0ano">Hungarian</a>, <a href="/facts/Russian_language/ETXrTgHV">Russian</a>, <a href="/facts/Telugu_language/yV5dQWhw">Telugu</a>, <a href="/facts/Nepali_language/TSC8VdAw">Nepali</a>, <a href="/facts/Norwegian_language/TGEyeerM">Norwegian</a>, <a href="/facts/Indonesian_language/J8Q78Ywb">Indonesian</a>, <a href="/facts/Sinitic_languages/8IYLTAT2">Sinitic languages</a>, and <a href="/facts/Japanese_language/EEv485a5">Japanese</a>. Modal particles are often context-dependent and <a href="/facts/Untranslatability/YcBDqhmM">difficult to translate</a>. </p>