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[[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.
== History ==
The particle [[en]] has not always played the role it does today. As [[Sonja Lang]] described in a forum post<ref>[http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=81 The words "en", "kin", and "kan"]</ref> from 2002-10-27, in early toki pona
<blockquote>
"en" divided between modifiers = and
; jan pona en suli : good and tall person
There was no clear way to divide between head nouns. "en" needed to
be repeated to divide between multiple main nouns, which was clumsy
at times
; en kon lete en suno : the north wind and the sun
(because "kon lete en suno" would have meant "cold and sunny air")
</blockquote>
However, this state could not continue, and Sonja proposed the following reforms:
<blockquote>
"en" is now used to divide between head nouns.
; kon lete en suno : the north wind and the sun
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.
</blockquote>
This is the way [[en]] is used today.
<blockquote>
; mi en mije li toki.
: I talk with the man.
: Me and the man are discussing.
</blockquote>
This reform was accepted unanimously by the online community on or before 2002-11-01.<ref>[http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=17&p=220#p220 Poll results for tokipona]</ref>
== References ==
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