Contionary:Toki Pona/mi

Toki Pona

Glyph origin

• tok ("sitelen pona") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"): Likely a hand pointing at the speaker. Compare tok ("ona") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"), tok ("sina") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}").

Etymology

Template:Etymon From , from Romance languages.

Pronoun

Toki Pona/mi

1. Template:Non-gloss; I, me; we, us
2. my, mine; our, ours

Usage notes

• When the subject is only mi or only tok ("sina") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"), the following tok ("li") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}") is dropped.
  • Use of li between additional predicates varies. Some speakers use li in all instances but the first. Others prefer to start a new sentence, repeating mi as the subject.
• When number must be specified, mi wan, mi tu, mi mute, and similar words are commonly used.

References

• Template:R:Toki Pona: The Language of Good

Further reading

• Template:Tok-interwikt