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 "a" at the beginning of the sentence can mean "ah" or "oh":
-a ni li pona tawa mi - oh, this is good for me.
+; a ni li pona tawa mi : oh, this is good for me.
 "a" at the end can emphasize the whole sentence.
-ni li pona tawa mi a - this is good for me! :)
+; ni li pona tawa mi a : this is good for me! :)
 "a" directly after a word can emphasize that word.
-ni li pona a tawa mi - this is great for me!
+; ni li pona a tawa mi : this is great for me
-You can use it to basically underline a word:
+It typically applies to the word immediately before it:
-ona a li pali e tomo
-''She'' builds a house
-ona li pali a e tomo
+; ona a li pali e tomo : ''She'' builds a house
-He ''builds'' a house
-ona li pali e tomo a
+; ona li pali a e tomo : He ''builds'' a house
-They build a ''house''
+; ona li pali e tomo a : They build a ''house''
 You can use it at the end of a sentence to basically emphasise the entire sentence (like an exclamation mark):
-ni li pona a
+; ni li pona a : That is great!!!
-That is great!!!
 You can use it on its own or in front of sentences to just add any number of unspecified emotional exclamations:
-a, mi sona
+; a, mi sona : Oh, ok, I understand
-Oh, ok, I understand
-a pakala
-Aw crap
+; a pakala : Aw crap
-a a a
-This signifies laughter like "hahaha"
+; a a a : Laughter — "hahaha"
 == External resources ==
 * [[pu]] Lesson 10