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{{Example|mi toki. mi moku.|I speak. I eat.}} |
{{Example|mi toki. mi moku.|I speak. I eat.}} |
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Some speakers prefer to repeat a second {{tp|li}} in this case.<ref name="kita2022" /> This is referred to as "extended {{tp|li}} style" in the {{ku|en}}.<ref>{{cite ku|10}}</ref> |
Some speakers prefer to repeat a second {{tp|li}} in this case.<ref name="kita2022" /> This is referred to as "extended {{tp|li}} style" in the {{ku|en}}.<ref>{{cite ku|10}}</ref> The earliest known appearance of this style is in December 2004, in the lessons by {{tok|[[jan Pije]]}}, and would remain a part of these lessons until the lessons were made unavailable in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|author={{tok|jan Pije}}|url=http://tokipona.nytka.org/lesson/lesson4.html|title=Toki Pona Lesson 4|quote={{tp|mi moku li pakala}}. This says, "I eat and destroy." While li is still omitted before moku because the subject of the sentence is mi (Look back over lesson three if you've forgotten this rule), we still use it before the second verb, pakala. Without the li there, the sentence would be chaotic and confusing. Compound sentences with sina follow this same pattern.|website={{tok|lipu pi jan Pije}}|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041217042434/http://tokipona.nytka.org/lesson/lesson4.html|archive-date=2004-12-07|access-date=2024-03-06|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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{{Example|mi toki li moku.|I speak and eat.}} |
{{Example|mi toki li moku.|I speak and eat.}} |
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