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The use of the word {{tp|pi}} is controversial. Many speakers believe it feels too engineered for Toki Pona's natural design, it creates more complexity and misconceptions than it is worth, and it encourages learners to [[Lexicalization|find "the phrase" for any given word]].{{Citation needed|Is there an example of someone specifically asserting this position?}} |
The use of the word {{tp|pi}} is controversial. Many speakers believe it feels too engineered for Toki Pona's natural design, it creates more complexity and misconceptions than it is worth, and it encourages learners to [[Lexicalization|find "the phrase" for any given word]].{{Citation needed|Is there an example of someone specifically asserting this position?}} |
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==Prepositions and preverbs in pi phrases== |
==Prepositions and preverbs in {{tp|pi}} phrases== |
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It happens that a {{tok|pi}} phrase can be interpreted as being a prepositional phrase or having a preverb, like a predicate. |
It happens that a {{tok|pi}} phrase can be interpreted as being a prepositional phrase or having a preverb, like a predicate. |
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|I spoke to the machine [that] was next to me. |
|I spoke to the machine [that] was next to me. |
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|mi toki tawa ilo pi(lon poka mi).}} |
|mi toki tawa ilo pi(lon poka mi).}} |
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|jan pi wile ala monsutatesu li awen lon; taso jan pi wile monsutatesu li awen lon kin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lipukule.org/post/2021/01/29/monsutatesu/|author={{tok|kala pona Tonyu}}|date=2021-01-29|website={{tok|lipu kule}}|access-date=2023-11-13|title={{tok|monsutatesu}}}}</ref> |
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|People [who] don't want to [[monsutatesu]] are present; but people [who] want to [[monsutatesu]] are still around too. |
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|jan pi(wile ala [moku open nena supa uta tenpo ale tawa esun sewi utala]) li awen lon; taso jan pi(wile [moku open nena supa uta tenpo ale tawa esun sewi utala]) li awen lon kin.}} |
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Though it is not obvious how to harmonize this usage with the standard way in which {{tok|pi}} is used, presented above, these sentences remain comprehensible to many.{{citation needed}} |
Though it is not obvious how to harmonize this usage with the standard way in which {{tok|pi}} is used, presented above, these sentences remain comprehensible to many.{{citation needed}} |