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Jan Ke Tami (talk | contribs) (Created page with ":''This page describes several different ways of how toki pona is or could be used. Some of these ways are experimental, plus the description of what is sometimes referred to as "head dropping" is in actuality disputed and might talk about something completely different. Therefore, this article should not be read as being authoritative in any meaningful way!'' In toki pona, a phrase consisting of at least 2 words can be analysed as having a "head" in front (described in...") |
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==Generic dropping==
If a concept is previously described with a modifier, you might get away with using the modifier in the remainder of the text
<blockquote>ilo luka en ilo tu li lon. luka li utala e tu.<br>
mi jo e len poki. poki ni li lili la noka mi li ken ala lon insa ona.</blockquote>
Like most forms of head dropping, this will take the right kind of context and is probably more confusing when the modifier is a word that is used as a noun as much.
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==tenpo dropping==
Time units are used so often and are so correlated with the modifiers that the modifiers alone might provide enough context.
<blockquote>tenpo suno wan --> suno wan<br>
tenpo sike tu --> sike tu</blockquote>
==head noun dropping==
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When referring to a group of beings that aren't all represented by the same head noun, there are some strategies to talk to or about them, and one of these is dropping the head - especially when it comes to quantity modifiers:
<blockquote>soweli ale en kala ale en akesi ale o --> ale o<br>
waso mute en jan mute li lon --> mute li lon</blockquote>
==head noun dropping in front of names==
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