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The passive voice is a grammatical construction in some languages, where the subject of the sentence is the patient of the verb. In Toki Pona, this is arguably possible with intransitive predicates (those without the particle e), but not in transitive predicates, where the object is the patient.[clarification needed] Speakers may discourage attempts to use the passive voice, in favor of more direct sentence structures.[citation needed]

Because it leaves the agent of an action unspoken, using the passive voice can remove accountability for the action, often as a means of evasion. This would conflict with a piece of early Toki Pona philosophy, the clarification of manipulative language into its honest meaning.[1]

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  1. "What is Toki Pona?". Toki Pona. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
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