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===DriftSemantic drift from "do" sense===
{{Needs work|1=Not sure how to call the "X li Y e Z" = "X makes Z Y" construction. Apart from that, do other communities outside of ma pona do this? When did people *start* doing it?|2=section}}
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In [[Historicalhistorical usage]]ly and in the book {{lipu pu|en}}, the word {{tp|pali}} was often used as a generic action verb meaning "to do". This has since become notably less popular, an instance of {{w|semantic drift}}. This drift is sometimes referred to as {{tp|pali}}n't.<ref name="palint">{{cite web|url=https://mun.la/sona/palint|title=palin't|author={{tok|[[jan Kekan San]]}}|website=mun.la|publisher=|access-date=2024-01-21}}</ref> This drift is sometimes referred to as '''{{tp|pali}}n't'''.
 
{{Example
|sina <mark>pali</mark> e seme?
|What are you doing? (''obsolete usage'')<br
/>What are you working on? (''surviving usage'')<ref name="palint" />
|sina <mark>pali </mark> e seme
}}
 
Many speakers nownowadays prefer more direct constructions with a causative predicate.{{citation needed}}construction, Thisin maythe haveform motivated''X the{{tp|li}} Y {{tp|e}} changeZ''.
 
{{Example
|ona li <mark>pali</mark> e ni: mi pona.
|They do this: I am good. (''obsolete usage'')
|ona li <mark>pali </mark> e ni2 {{idsp}} mi pona
}}
 
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