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== Function of en ==
en is a subject particle, just like [[li]] and [[e]] are verb and object particles respectively. However, with en, the first subject is always unmarked.
 
; mi en sina li pali e pan =: We (I and you) bake bread.
 
; jan en soweli li tawa lon ma kasi =: Someone is walking their dog in the woods.
 
== en is not and. ==
In Toki Pona, and is implied any time there is repetition. To say and in the subject, verb, or object, you repeat the corresponding particle.
 
; ona li kama li tawa =: He arrives and leaves.
 
; ona li lukin e ma e sewi =: She sees the land and the sky.
 
; mi en sina li pali e pan =: We (I and you) bake bread.
 
[[en]] is only used to introduce repeated subjects. Multiple predicates, objects, and prepositions are formed by repeating [[li]], [[o]], [[e]], or the preposition, as the case may be.
To say and in a prepositional phrase, you repeat the preposition.
 
mi pali e tomo kepeken kiwen kasi kepeken kiwen ko loje = We build the house with wood and red bricks.
 
To say and between adjectives/adverbs, you just list the words.
 
tomo suli laso = big and green house
 
len loje jelo = red and yellow shirt (you might want to specify that the colors do not combine by saying this as a complete sentence, though)
 
== External resources ==
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