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===Separating context phrases===

In the dialect used in {{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}}, {{tp|en}} can be used to separate phrases in the context of a sentence before the particle {{tp|[[la]]}}.

 

|ma pi (telo ala) <mark>en </mark> weka pi (ijo-ante ale) la tomo suli li lon.

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==Definitions==

==={{tp|pu}}===

In the "[[Dictionary (pu)|Official Toki Pona Dictionary]]" section, the book {{pu|en}} defines {{tp|en}} as:

 

==History==

===Historical usage===

The function of the particle {{tp|en}} has changed throughout the development of Toki Pona. [[Sonja Lang]] first defined it as such in a forum post from 2002, in the section called "Early Toki Pona":<ref name="lang2002">{{cite web|url=http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?t=81|title=The words "en", "kin", and "kan"|website=Toki Pona Forums|author=Sonja Lang|date=2002-10-27|access-date=2023-10-10}}</ref>

"en" is now used to divide between head nouns. […] There is no longer a way to divide between modifiers. This is no longer necessary. A "tall and good" person is simply a tall "good person" or a good "tall person", as you will.

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==Experimental usage==

{{Needs work|Reference nasin kijetesantakalu|section}}

 

|taso en tenpo pini en tenpo lon la ni li lon ala

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==References==