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The use of the word {{tp|pi}} is controversial. Many speakers believe it feels too engineered for Toki Pona's natural design, it creates more complexity and misconceptions than it is worth, and it encourages learners to [[Lexicalization|find "the phrase" for any given word]].{{Citation needed|Is there an example of someone specifically asserting this position?}}

 

 

It happens that a {{tok|pi}} phrase can be interpreted as being a prepositional phrase or having a preverb, like a predicate.

|I spoke to the machine [that] was next to me.

|mi toki tawa ilo pi(lon poka mi).}}

 

Though it is not obvious how to harmonize this usage with the standard way in which {{tok|pi}} is used, presented above, these sentences remain comprehensible to many.{{citation needed}}