[Lingtyp] Remind-Me particles across languages

[JOO Ian]

Dear Jeanne,

In the Wiktionary page of "again", see "Translations" > "used in a question to ask something one has forgotten".

<https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/again>
again - Wiktionary, the free dictionary<https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/again>
wiktionary.org<https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/again>
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Regards,
Ian

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2025/03/31 18:01, Jeanne Lecavelier des Etangs-Levallois via Lingtyp <lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org> 작성:

Dear all,

I am currently looking at Remind-Me particles (particles which express that the speaker is asking for an information they used to know but forgot, like English "again" in "What's your name again?") across languages. Specifically, I am interested in Remind-Me particles (i) which have another (canonical) meaning when used in other contexts, and (ii) whose other/canonical meaning is not "again".

For instance, French Remind-Me particle is "déjà" ("already"): "Comment tu t'appelles toi déjà ?" (literally "What's your name already?") is interpreted as "What's your name again? (I forgot)".

If you know of any such particle (which can have a Remind-Me use, and which does not mean "again") in your native language or the language(s) you're working on, please write to me :-)

Many thanks for your help!
Best,
Jeanne Lecavelier
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