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== Transitive use of {{tp|monsuta}} ==

Transitive use of {{tp|monsuta}} remains ~~poorly~~ defined. Depending on who you ask, {{tp|mi monsuta e sina}} can mean "I scare you," "I fear you," "I turn you into a monster"/"I make you scary," etc. Many people support multiple of these interpretations, where the specific meaning depends on context.

Transitive use of {{tp|monsuta}} remains nebulously defined. Depending on who you ask, {{tp|mi monsuta e sina}} can mean "I scare you," "I fear you," "I turn you into a monster"/"I make you scary," etc. Many people support multiple of these interpretations, where the specific meaning depends on context.

Note that the meanings of "to scare" and "to fear" can also be expressed without using transitive {{tp|monsuta}}. (See the example sentences above.)

The fact that transitive {{tp|monsuta}} can be analyzed to have two opposite meanings has inspired the {{tok|[[monsutatesu]]}} analysis of Toki Pona.

=== Analyses supporting {{tp|monsuta}} meaning "to scare" ===

* Transitive {{tp|monsuta}} can be interpreted as meaning "to use scary things on someone/something." {{tp|mi monsuta e sina}} could then imply "I use scary things on you in order to make you scared."

* If you include "fear" as one of {{tp|monsuta}}'s base meanings, transitive {{tp|monsuta}} can be interpreted as meaning "to use fear on someone/something".

=== Analyses supporting {{tp|monsuta}} meaning "to fear" ===

* Transitive {{tp|monsuta}} can be analyzed as meaning "to turn someone/something into a monster, into an object of fear". In this case {{tp|mi monsuta e sina}} could be used to imply "my mind/subconscious turns you into an object of fear". This analysis could suggest the connotation that the thing someone fears is not actually scary or dangerous, but their own mind makes it so.

== Uncommon and historical usage ==

== References ==