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=={{tp|li}} dropping==
{{Main|mi li and sina li}}
If the [[subject]] of a [[sentence]] is only {{tp|mi}} or only {{tp|sina}}, the particle {{tp|[[li]]}}, that would usually follow it, is dropped.
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The words {{tp|[[ni]]}} ("this, that") and {{tp|[[seme]]}} ("what") are also pronouns, as they stand in for a content word or phrase, but they are not personal pronouns. See also [[ona vs ni|{{tp|ona}} vs {{tp|ni}}]].
===Unused pronouns===
When toki pona first got published on the internet in 2001, "iki" was used instead of "ona". In 2002-03-24, a poll was created in the Yahoo! group about whether iki should be changed as it seemed to be too long and too similar to ike. The options were to not change anything, drop iki when it’s the subject and is understood, change iki to i, or find another solution.<ref>https://tinyurl.com/y4a7xzbu</ref> Then, in 2002-05-16, another poll on the Yahoo! group about {{tp|iki}} opened as the result of the previous one was to find a new solution. The options were to not change anything, change {{tp|iki}} to {{tp|ipi}}, change {{tp|iki}} to {{tp|ona}}, or find yet another solution.<ref>https://tinyurl.com/yyj7cxgp</ref> Finally, in 2002-05-31, the result of the poll was that {{tp|iki}} changed to {{tp|ona}}.<ref>https://tinyurl.com/yxe9qa9c</ref><ref>https://tinyurl.com/y4pqgjwm</ref>
While these pronouns are sometimes referenced for historical purposes, they don't actually see any noticable use beyond that.
==Notes==
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