mi

mi
Pronunciation	/mi/
Usage	2024: Core (100% → )2023: Core (100% → )2022: Core (100%)
Book and era	nimi pu
Part of speech	Content word
Codepoint	󱤴 U+F1934

mi is a core content word and the standard first-person pronoun.

Etymology

The word mi is derived from Esperanto mi and English me, both from the first-person oblique pronouns in Romance and Germanic languages.

Semantic space

Main article: Pronouns

The word mi is a first-person pronoun, which does not mark number. It can mean I, me, we, and us. As a modifier, it usually implies possession, as in my and our

pu

In the "Official Toki Pona Dictionary" section, the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good defines mi as:

NOUN  I, me, we, us

ku

For Toki Pona Dictionary, respondents in ma pona pi toki pona translated these English words as mi:

me⁵81–100% of respondents, my⁵81–100% of respondents, I⁵81–100% of respondents, mine⁴61–80% of respondents, our⁴61–80% of respondents, myself³41–60% of respondents, us³41–60% of respondents, we²21–40% of respondents, self²21–40% of respondents, ours²21–40% of respondents, ourselves²21–40% of respondents

sitelen pona

The sitelen pona glyph for mi (mimi) depicts a hand pointing toward the speaker, viewed from above from their perspective. It may either be drawn straight or curved (mi2mi2).

sitelen sitelen

The 1 "bubble" in the sitelen sitelen glyph for mi (mimi) could represent that mi is the 1st person pronoun. Compare sina (sinasina) and ona (onaona).

Further reading

• "mi" on lipu Linku
• "mi" on lipu Wikipesija
• "mi" on English Wiktionary