Contionary:Toki Pona/la

Toki Pona

Glyph origin

• tok ("sitelen pona") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}"): Likely a closing parenthesis, as used to mark a numbered list or end an aside.

Etymology

Reportedly from , making it a Template:Dbt. Also speculated to be from .

Particle

Toki Pona/la

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   1. Template:Non-gloss; so; therefore

      mi ken ala toki pona e ijo la mi sona ala e ijo.

      If I can't express a thing in Toki Pona, I don't understand that thing.

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      tenpo kama la… ― In the coming time…

      ken la… ― Maybe…

      pona la… ― Happily…

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      (lon) tenpo lili la… ― In a short time…

      (tawa) mi la… ― To me…

      (tan) seme la… ― For what reason…

      • 2025 February 28, jan Ke Tami, “kala li ken ala ken waso?”, in lipu tenpo‎^[1], number (nanpa) tenpo, page 4:

        pini la, kulupu li ken toki e nasin ona pi nimi ni.

        After all, the group can discuss its approach to this word.

Usage notes

• In the Latin script, la is often preceded or followed by a comma to increase legibility.
• As conjunctions, tok ("kin") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}") and tok ("taso") → [[Contionary:{{{3}}}|{{{3}}}]] ("{{{4}}}") are often used without la, despite also being sentence-initial.

References

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

Further reading

• Template:Tok-interwikt