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==Glide== |
==Glide== |
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Some speakers insert a {{w|semivowel}} glide at the end of vowels. In English, this occurs with the "long vowels" ay ee oh oo {{IPA|/ej ij ow uw/}}<ref> |
Some speakers insert a {{w|semivowel}} glide at the end of vowels. In English, this occurs with the "long vowels" ay ee oh oo {{IPA|/ej ij ow uw/}}<ref>{{cite YouTube|id=gtnlGH055TA|title=Why these English phonetic symbols are all WRONG|author={{w|Geoff Lindsey|Lindsey, Geoff}}|channel=Dr Geoff Lindsey|handle=DrGeoffLindsey|date=Oct 22, 2021|access-date=7 November 2023|quote=}}</ref><ref group="lower-alpha">{{IPA|[j]}} in the {{w|International Phonetic Alphabet}} represents {{w|Voiced palatal approximant|yod}}, as it does in Toki Pona.</ref> that are closest to Toki Pona {{tp|e i o u}}. |
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Learners may do this unintentionally, leading to ambiguities between phrases like {{tp|[[mi]] [[jo]] pona [[e]] [[ni]]}} ("I'm holding this fine") and {{tp|mi [[o]] pona e ni}} {{IPA|[mi<mark>j</mark>‿o ˈpona e ni]}} ("I should fix that"). Practice keeping the vowels "flat" to avoid this. |
Learners may do this unintentionally, leading to ambiguities between phrases like {{tp|[[mi]] [[jo]] pona [[e]] [[ni]]}} ("I'm holding this fine") and {{tp|mi [[o]] pona e ni}} {{IPA|[mi<mark>j</mark>‿o ˈpona e ni]}} ("I should fix that"). Practice keeping the vowels "flat" to avoid this. |
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