Talk:Preverbs: Difference between revisions

 

:tawa preverb is something Sonja has used at times, most famously in this Discord message on mpptp: "[https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/301377942062366741/741821646473789552 {{tp|mi tawa moku e kala!}}]" At other times she has also said "[https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/301378960468738050/922671773076574299 i sometimes use tawa preverb but i seem to be the minority]" and "[https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/301378960468738050/922674445720649759 i accept tawa preverb as a style of toki pona.]" and "[https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/375591429608570881/979837530625167361 i have french inclinations that make tawa preverb very natural sounding]". It's a very rare feature, and possibly only really Sonja's idiolect, but I don't think it's factual to say that it doesn't exist. And unlike what the article currently says "{{tp|mi tawa moku e kala}}" (I'm going in order to eat fish) is definitely meant as a different thing from transitive prepositional phrases (because then it would mean "I move the fish towards food"). But all that said, I agree that it's barely worth mentioning. The only thing that really makes it worth mentioning is that Sonja chose to teach it as an example of "preverbs in usage" in ku, so we need to add nuance to that. — [[User:jan Pensa|jan Pensa]] ([[User talk:jan Pensa|talk]]) [[File:Sitelen seli kiwen - Pensa.png|x24px]] 13:52, 18 May 2024 (UTC)