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{{tp|e}} marks the verb's [[direct object]], the thing to which the subject of the sentence does the action. A verb with a direct object is called a transitive verb.<ref>See Hopper, Paul J., and Sandra A. Thompson. “Transitivity in Grammar and Discourse.” Language, vol. 56, no. 2, 1980, pp. 251–99. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/413757. Accessed 16 Jan. 2024.</ref> When the action has more than one target, the particle [[e]] introduces each new direct object.
{{Example
|jan li wile alasa <mark>e</mark> mi[.]<ref>jan Lakuse, "luka waso pi nena taso" (2023) ''utala pona'' http://utala.pona.la/toki-en-lipu/toki-lili.html#luka-waso-pi-nena-taso</ref>
|Someone wants to hunt me.
|jan li wile alasa <mark>e </mark> mi
}}
{{Example
|ale li ken lukin <mark>e</mark> ona, <mark>e</mark> pona ona, <mark>e</mark> wawa ona!<ref>mun Kekan San, "jan mun" (2023) ''utala pona'' http://utala.pona.la/toki-en-lipu/lipu-suli/jan-mun.html#sitelen-Lasina</ref>
|Everyone could see them, their goodness, [and] their might!
|ale li ken lukin <mark>e </mark>ona <mark>e </mark>pona ona <mark>e </mark>wawa ona
}}
===Confusion with preposition marker===
{{tp|e}} does <em>not</em> introduce the object of a [[preposition]].
{{Example|mi lon ma kasi.|I am in a land of plants.}}
If {{tp|e}} is used in that position, it invokes a non-prepositional sense of the word.
{{Example
|mi lon <mark>e</mark> ma kasi.
|I created the land of plants.
|mi lon <mark>e </mark>ma kasi
}}
This distinction extends to [[Prepositions#Transitive prepositional phrases|transitive prepositional phrases]], a nonstandard grammatical construction. Speakers who use this style use {{tp|e}} to introduce the direct object of the prepositional phrase.
{{Example
|mi lon ma <mark>e</mark> kasi.
|I put-in-the-soil the plants.
|mi lon ma <mark>e </mark>kasi.
}}
==Definitions==
==={{tp|pu}}===
In the "[[Dictionary (pu)|Official Toki Pona Dictionary]]" section, the book {{pu|en}} defines {{tp|e}} as:
{{pu def}}
=={{tp|sitelen pona}}==
The {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} glyph for {{tp|e}} ({{UCSUR char|{{codepoint|e}}}}) represents the heads of a double {{w|arrow symbol}}, facing rightwards along the standard writing direction. It is a reduplication of the glyph for {{tp|[[li]]}} ({{sp|li}}).
=={{tp|sitelen sitelen}}==
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<!--The {{tp|[[sitelen sitelen]]}} glyph for {{tp|{{subst:PAGENAME}}}} ({{ss|{{subst:PAGENAME}}}}) depicts/represents/is derived from/is composed of ….-->
==References==
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==Further reading==
===Resources===
* {{tok|jan Misali}}: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUtEN3vOuck objects (toki pona lesson two)]
* {{tok|soweli Tesa}}: [https://
* {{tp|nasin toki pona}}: [https://github.com/kilipan/nasin-toki#the-particle-e
* Jonathan Gabel: [https://jonathangabel.com/toki-pona/direct-objects/
===Dictionaries===
* {{R:Linku}}
* {{R:Wikipesija}}
* {{R:Wiktionary}}
{{Words}}
▲* [[pu]] Lesson 5
▲* [https://lipu-sona.pona.la/3.html jan Lentan Lesson 3]
▲* [https://sowelitesa.kittycat.homes/lipu-sona/4 soweli Tesa Lesson 4]
▲* [https://jonathangabel.com/toki-pona/direct-objects/ sitelen sitelen Direct Objects]
▲* [https://github.com/kilipan/nasin-toki#the-particle-e nasin toki pona]
▲* [https://mun.la/sona/e.html jan Kekan San Objects with e]
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