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'''{{tp|kama}}''' is {{a category}} [[content word]] and [[preverb]] whoserelating [[semanticto space]]movement includesfrom movementfurther away towardsto nearer a referent (that is, "coming" or "arriving") and to change of state ("becoming").
 
==Function==
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{{Example
|ona li <umark>kama</umark> pona.
|It <umark>became</umark> good.<br/>
She <umark>got</umark> better.<br/>
They improved.}}
 
<!-- Example with a noun after kama -->
{{Example
|jan Alu li wile <umark>kama</umark> mama.
|Alu wants to <umark>become</umark> a parent.
|jan [ale luka uta] li wile kama mama.}}
 
<!-- Example with a transitive verb after kama -->
{{Example
|mi <umark>kama lukin</umark> e soweli suwi.
|I <umark>came to see</umark> a cute animal.<br/>
I <umark>spotted</umark> a cute animal.<br/>
(At first I didn't see a cute animal, and then I did.)}}
 
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{{Example
|ona li <umark>kama</umark> e pona.
|It <umark>brought</umark> goodness.}}
 
{{Example
|o <umark>kama</umark> e jan sona sijelo.
|<umark>Make</umark> a learned person of the body <umark>come</umark>.<br/>
<umark>Call for</umark> a doctor.}}
 
==Phatic expressions==