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== Intransitive Verb ==
A verb that cannot take a direct object. "Smile" is an intransitive verb: "the baby smiles."
 
== Modifier ==
In [[toki pona]], [[#Adverb|adverbs]] and [[#Adjective|adjectives]] are never distinguished, unlike English. Any toki pona word that can modify a [[#Noun|noun]] can also modify a [[#Verb|verb]], and vice versa. For this reason, the two are often lumped together as "modifiers" when discussing toki pona grammar.
 
== Noun ==