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aThe basicsentence structure of tokiToki ponaPona sentence looksis likeas thisfollows:
X li Y (e Z)
 
[[#context|'''context''']] {{tp|[[la]]}} [[#subject|'''subject''']] {{tp|[[li]]}} [[#predicate|'''predicate''']] {{tp|[[e]]}} [[#direct object|'''direct object''']] {{tp|[[preposition]]}} [[#indirect object|'''indirect object''']].<ref>{{cite web|title=nasin toki pona|author=jan Juli|url=https://github.com/kilipan/nasin-toki}}</ref><ref>Jean-Marc Quéré, ''sona li wan'' (2021) p. 9</ref><ref>{{cite pu|17, 20, 25, 26, 34, 35, 48, 49, 51, 56}}</ref>
- X is the main character of our sentence (also called the "subject"). it can be a person or an object or anything really. important is that we describe what X is or is doing.
 
==Context==
- Y is the thing they are or are doing (also called the "predicate"). it can be an action—like working, playing, talking—or a description—like blue, good, tall—or a thing—like house, animal, food.
The context before [[la]] can be a word, phrase, or entire sentence.
 
==Subject==
- Z is the thing that the action is done to (also called the "direct object"). it can also be basically anything. it is the receiver of the action Y performed by X
The subject of the sentence can be a word or phrase. Multiple subjects are combined with {{tp|[[en]]}}.
 
==Predicate==
finally, whenever our main character, the subject X is exactly the word "mi" (and nothing else) or exactly the word "sina" (and nothing else), the separator li is dropped from the sentence.
The predicate of the sentence can be a word or phrase, potentially with a [[pre-predicate]]. A [[preposition]] or prepositional phrase can be a predicate. Almost all predicates are introduced by [[li]]. <!-- It is not worth specifying that "almost all" means "except in the case of mi and sina along" here, I don't think. -->
 
==Direct object==
The direct object of a sentence can be a word or phrase. Each direct object is introduced by [[e]].
 
==Indirect object==
The indirect object of a sentence can be a word or phrase. Each indirect object is introduced by a [[preposition]].
 
==References==
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