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{{Short description|Words with grammatical function and no meaning}}
{{Wikipedia|grammatical particle|particle}}
In [[Toki Pona]] [[grammar]], a '''particle''' is a word with no [[semantic value|semantic meaning]] that marks the grammatical structure of a [[sentence]]. Particles are crucial to forming understandable sentences. {{tp|[[li]]}}, {{tp|[[e]]}}, {{tp|[[o]]}}, and {{tp|[[la]]}} are taught in that order in {{pu|en}}<ref>{{cite pu}}</ref> and many other [[resources]].
Particles can be one of the main challenges of adapting from English to Toki Pona grammar. However, the concept is [[Toki Pona is not exceptional|not unique to Toki Pona]]; many natural languages have grammatical particles.
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These {{tp|[[nimi sin]]}} are particles:
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* [[we (particle)|{{tp|we}}]] (particle)
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