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How to use '''ona''' and '''ni''' and their differences:
 
'''onani''' is a third person pronoun, similar to English's ''it, they, she, him, themselves, etc''.
 
'''onani''' can contain the information of a noun phrase (a head noun plus its modifiers), here are some examples:
*mi kepeken ilo. ona li pona. - I'm using a tool. It [the tool] is good.
*jan Mimi li moku e kili ona. - Mimi is eating her [Mimi's] fruit.
*kasi mute li lon. ona laso li pona. - There are many plants. The blue ones [plants] are good.
 
'''niona''' is a demonstrative pronoun, similar to English's ''this, that, these, and those''.
 
Besides being able to contain the information of a noun phrase, it can also hold the information of an entire sentence. Not only that, the information that ''ni'' contains can come after it is said, examples:
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