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==Motivations==
Toki Pona is not perfectly [[Minimalism|minimalist]], so many words can be reformulated with other words or grammatical expressions. For {{tp|jo}}, alternative expressions can be found easily and describe the immediate situation more clearly.
Many [[Tokiponists]] view {{tp|jo}} as a calque of the English word "have".
A subset of {{tp|jo}}n't reduces the amount of situations in which {{tp|jo}} would be used. In contrast, {{lipu pu|en}} is very broad in its usage of {{tp|jo}}.
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* Physically containing something is a common way of using {{tp|jo}}
* Physically holding something is the most common way of using {{tp|jo}}
==Strategies==
Not all languages have a direct equivalent to the English "have" or use it the same way. In Russian, it is common to formulate it as {{lang|ru|У меня есть вещь}} (literally: "At me is a thing"). This kind of expression also works in Toki Pona:
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