Particles
Words with grammatical function and no meaning
In Toki Pona grammar, a particle is a word with no semantic meaning that marks the grammatical structure of a sentence. Particles are crucial to forming understandable sentences. li, e, o, and la are taught in that order in Toki Pona: The Language of Good[1] and many other resources.
Particles can be one of the main challenges of adapting from English to Toki Pona grammar. However, the concept is not unique to Toki Pona; many natural languages have grammatical particles.
pu Edit
These nimi pu are particles:
Sentence-structuring Edit
Particle | Follows | Introduces |
---|---|---|
e |
|
A direct object |
en | A subject | Another subject |
la | A context phrase or clause | The main clause |
li | A predicate | |
o | The predicate of a command or hope | |
pi | A phrase | A multi-word modifier phrase |
Other Edit
Nonstandard Edit
Notes Edit
References Edit
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (25 May 2014). Toki Pona: The Language of Good. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292300. OCLC 921253340.