Personal pronouns
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| Usage | 2023: Core (100% → ) 2022: Core (100%) |
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| Book and era | nimi pu |
| Part of speech | Content word |
| Codepoint | U+F1934 |
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| Usage | 2023: Core (100% → ) 2022: Core (100%) |
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| Book and era | nimi pu |
| Part of speech | Content word |
| Codepoint | U+F195E |
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| Usage | 2023: Core (100% ↗ ) 2022: Core (99%) |
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| Book and era | nimi pu |
| Part of speech | Content word |
| Codepoint | U+F1946 |
The personal pronouns in Toki Pona are mi (first person), sina (second person), and ona (third person). Pronouns act like any other content word when it comes to syntax and number.
Number[edit | edit source]
Pronouns do not mark number, so they can be singular and plural.
mi
miI/me
we/us
sina
sinayou
y'all (or any other plural form)
ona
onait (or she/her, he/him, singular they/them, and the like)
they/them
If number must be specified, it can be added as a modifier:
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Possessives[edit | edit source]
When used as modifiers, personal pronouns almost always imply possession:
my stuff
our stuff
ijo sina
ijo sinayour stuff
ijo ona
ijo onatheir stuff
Distinction[edit | edit source]
Pronouns do not mark gender. Instead, you can narrow down the referent of a pronoun by using any quality as a modifier.
the yellow one(s) of them
Hey, the tall one(s) of you!
li dropping[edit | edit source]
If the subject of a sentence is only mi or only sina, the li that would follow is dropped.
ona li pona.
ona li pona.
Other pronouns[edit | edit source]
ni ("that") and seme ("what") are also pronouns, as they stand in for a content word or phrase, but they are not personal pronouns. See also ona vs ni.