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== Etymology ==
== Etymology ==
The toki pona particle [[li]] is borrowed from the tok pisin particle ''i'', used to introduce a third-person predicate.[citation needed] This explains [[pu]]'s style of breaking a first-person sentence into two rather than applying [[li]] to a first- or second-person subject.
The toki pona particle [[li]] is originally from the Esperanto third-person singular pronoun "li."<ref>[https://archive.ph/i4Psx toki pona Etymological Dictionary]</ref> This explains [[pu]]'s style of breaking a first-person sentence into two rather than applying [[li]] to a first- or second-person subject.


== References ==
== References ==
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* [https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jan-Lope/Toki_Pona_lessons_English/gh-pages/toki-pona-lessons_en/index.html#SECTION00230000000000000000 jan Lope]
* [https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jan-Lope/Toki_Pona_lessons_English/gh-pages/toki-pona-lessons_en/index.html#SECTION00230000000000000000 jan Lope]
*[https://github.com/kilipan/nasin-toki#the-particle-li nasin toki pona]
*[https://github.com/kilipan/nasin-toki#the-particle-li nasin toki pona]
* [https://mun.la/sona/li.html jan Kekan San Actions with li]


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