Content words: Difference between revisions

'''Content words''' are the main [[part of speech|type of word]] in [[Toki Pona]], contrasted with [[particle]]s. Many speakers classify them as a part of speech. They are a class of words that are flexibly used likeas [[noun]]s,the [[verb]]s,{{w|Head (linguistics)|head}} (primary word of a phrase) and [[modifier]]s ([[adjective]]sof anda [[adverb]]s),'''content dependingphrase'''. onA theircontent placementphrase initself themay sentencebe structureused as a [[predicate]] of a sentence. Specific content words also have [[preposition]], [[preverb]], or [[preverbname]] senses.

In the dictionary section of the book ''Toki Pona: The Language of Good'', content words are each defined as adjectivesnouns, nounsverbs, or verbsadjectives. Other senses of these words can be derived from these definitions. For example, for a content word defined as a verb, possible noun senses include "something that is verbed" and "the act of verbing". This is supplemented by the analysis of using any content word as a [[transitive verb]]. For example, {{tp|A [[li]] B [[e]] C}} means "A causes C to be B".