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==Number system== |
==Number system== |
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{{ku|en}} features a joke [[number system]] named after this word, {{tp|[[nasin nanpa kijetesantakalu]] (tan soweli nata)}}, where each digit is {{tp|kijetesantakalu}} with a different stressed syllable. |
{{ku|en}} features a joke [[number system]] named after this word, {{tp|[[nasin nanpa kijetesantakalu]] (tan soweli nata)}}, where each digit is {{tp|kijetesantakalu}} with a different stressed syllable. |
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== ''nasin kijetesantakalu'' == |
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'''''nasin kijetesantakalu''''' was an April Fools' Day 2021 joke made by [[jan Sonja]]. In the joke post in [[ma pona pi toki pona]], she wrote: "On this blessed anniversary of ''kijetesantakalu'', I would like to formally clarify that [[en]] is a subject marker that is omitted at the beginning of a sentence. The default and recommended word order in Toki Pona has always been subject–verb–object, but other structures are possible for stylistic effect." |
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She provided examples of the six word orders in use. |
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*'''SVO''': mi moku e kili. |
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*'''SOV''': mi e kili li moku. |
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*'''VSO''': li moku en mi e kili. |
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*'''VOS''': li moku e kili en mi. |
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*'''OVS''': e kili li moku en mi. kili li kama moku tan mi. |
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*'''OSV''': e kili en mi moku. kili la mi moku e ona. |
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''nasin kijetesantakalu'' is generally not used among speakers, but some people have adopted it in their own ''nasin''. |
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==References== |
==References== |