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Clarify the functionality of li in a way which doesn't allow interpreting later predicates as part of the subject. For example, the sentence "mi weka tan lape li tawa tomo sona li pali li tawa tomi mi li lape" would have every word except for the last lape as part of the subject according to the previous description.
(updated links to soweli Tesa (me)'s course)
(Clarify the functionality of li in a way which doesn't allow interpreting later predicates as part of the subject. For example, the sentence "mi weka tan lape li tawa tomo sona li pali li tawa tomi mi li lape" would have every word except for the last lape as part of the subject according to the previous description.)
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'''{{tp|li}}''' is a [[particle]] used to introduce thea [[predicate]]. Itto separatesa thesentence, which comes after all [[subject|subjects]] fromare the rest of the sentencestated.
 
==Etymology==
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==Function==
The particle {{tp|li}} separatesmarks the [[subject]]start fromof thea [[predicate]]. The predicate can be intepreted as a verb, noun, adjective, or prepositional phrase. The particle is omitted when the subject consists only of the word {{tp|[[mi]]}} or {{tp|[[sina]]}}.
 
{{Example|ona li moku.|They eat.}}
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