Yep, Ancient Greek has great particle game that English just can’t translate at all. And as you say, they’re really like gesture words, which make so much sens

Yep, Ancient Greek has great particle game that English just can’t translate at all. And as you say, they’re really like gesture words, which make so much sense, especially as text is now read/written without any human speaking behaviour at all. Arguably emojis fill this need, but I’m unconvinced.