Interjections

An interjection is a word or phrase used outside of a full sentence, generally as an exclamation or otherwise used to show emotion.

toki

toki!

Hello! (lit.literal translation 'Speech!')

waso a

waso a!

Hey, a bird!

In the "Phrase Book" section of Toki Pona: The Language of Good, many phatic expressions are presented in interjection form, such as lape pona (lit.literal translation 'good sleep') and pona tawa sina (lit.literal translation 'good toward you'). These are increasingly used with o to turn them from interjections to full sentences: o lape pona (lit.literal translation 'sleep well'), pona o tawa sina (lit.literal translation 'may good go toward you').

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