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Some speakers prefer to repeat a second {{tp|li}} in this case.<ref name="kita2022" /> This is referred to as "extended {{tp|li}} style" in the {{ku|en}}.<ref>{{cite ku|10}}</ref> ItThe wasearliest firstknown citedappearance onof thethis popularstyle is in December 2004, in the lessons by {{tok|[[jan Pije]]}}, aroundand 2004would andremain a part of these lessons until the lessons itswere updatedmade versionunavailable onin 20152020.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tokipona.nytka.org/lesson/lesson4.html|title=Toki Pona Lesson 4|website={{tok|lipu pi jan Pije}}|author={{tok|jan Pije}}|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041217042434/http://tokipona.nytka.org/lesson/lesson4.html|archive-datetitle=2004-12-07|url-status=dead|access-date=2024-03-06Toki Pona Lesson 4|quote={{tp|mi moku li pakala}}. This says, "I eat and destroy." While li is still omitted before moku because the subject of the sentence is mi (Look back over lesson three if you've forgotten this rule), we still use it before the second verb, pakala. Without the li there, the sentence would be chaotic and confusing. Compound sentences with sina follow this same pattern.|website={{tok|lipu pi jan Pije}}|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041217042434/http://tokipona.nytka.org/lesson/lesson4.html|archive-date=2004-12-07|access-date=2024-03-06|url-status=dead}}</ref>