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"{{tok|en}}" divided between modifiers = and |
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{{Indent|1={{tok|jan pona en suli}} = good and tall person}} |
{{Indent|1={{tok|jan pona en suli}} = good and tall person}} |
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There was no clear way to divide between head nouns. "en" needed to |
There was no clear way to divide between head nouns. "en" needed to |
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be repeated to divide between multiple main nouns, which was clumsy |
be repeated to divide between multiple main nouns, which was clumsy |
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at times |
at times |
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{{Indent|1={{tok|en kon lete en suno}} = the north wind and the sun}} |
{{Indent|1={{tok|en kon lete en suno}} = the north wind and the sun}} |
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(because "kon lete en suno" would have meant "cold and sunny air") |
(because "kon lete en suno" would have meant "cold and sunny air") |
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===Modern usage=== |
===Modern usage=== |
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{{needs work|post-2002 usage was not completely the same as current usage, as it was not limited to subjects. IIRC {{tp|jan Pije}}'s course continued to teach {{tp|en}} in prepositional phrases and in {{tp|pi}} phrases until the course was deprecated, well after {{tp|pu}} was published. So the "historical usage" and "modern usage" sections should perhaps be renamed or merged.|section}} |
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⚫ | A reform proposed in October 2002 restricted {{tp|en}} to dividing |
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⚫ | A reform proposed in October 2002 restricted {{tp|en}} to dividing head nouns and no longer dividing modifiers.<ref name="forums2002" /> This reform was accepted unanimously by the online community by 1 November 2002 and became standard usage thereafter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=17&p=220|title=Poll results for tokipona|website=Toki Pona Forums|author=tokipona@yahoogroups.com|date=2002-11-01|access-date=2023-10-10}}</ref> |
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