Transitivity

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Transitivity is a feature of certain verbs. All transitive verbs in Toki Pona can take a direct object governed by the particle e.

How transitives work

Transitives in Toki Pona are, generally, along these two lines:

to cause to be X

mi pona e ni

mi pona e ni

I cause ni to be pona

mi jan e ilo

mi jan e ilo

I cause the ilo to be a jan

to apply X to something

mi luka e ni

mi luka e ni

I apply (my) luka to this

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