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(As someone who learned Toki Pona from jan Pije's course and used to use this nasin for a while, it isn't that en has a lower priority than pi, but that the priority between the two is undefined and dependent on context.)
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'''{{tp|pi <var>X</var> en <var>Y</var>}}''' refers to a largely [[historical]] [[style of Toki Pona]], in which {{tp|[[en]]}} has lower priority than {{tp|[[pi]]}} and may be used within {{tp|pi}} phrases to join multiple modifiers or modifier phrases.<ref name="pije-lessons">{{cite web||url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041218033522/http://tokipona.nytka.org:80/lesson/lesson0.html|title={{tp|o kama sona e toki pona!}}: Lesson 12|website=tokipona.nytka.org|author=Bryant Knight|date=2004|access-date=2024-01-14}}</ref> It evokes the controversial glossing of {{tp|pi}} as "of", which is proscribed and considered misleading in standard usage.
'''{{tp|pi <var>X</var> en <var>Y</var>}}''' refers to a largely [[historical]] [[style of Toki Pona]], in which {{tp|[[en]]}} may be used within {{tp|pi}} phrases to join multiple modifiers or modifier phrases.<ref name="pije-lessons">{{cite web||url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041218033522/http://tokipona.nytka.org:80/lesson/lesson0.html|title={{tp|o kama sona e toki pona!}}: Lesson 12|website=tokipona.nytka.org|author=Bryant Knight|date=2004|access-date=2024-01-14}}</ref> It evokes the controversial glossing of {{tp|pi}} as "of", which is proscribed and considered misleading in standard usage.


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Revision as of 20:57, 5 March 2024

Caution: The subject of this article is nonstandard and will not be understood by most speakers.
If you are a learner, this information will not help you speak the language. It is recommended to familiarize yourself with the standard style, and to be informed and selective about which nonstandard styles you adopt.
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pi X en Y refers to a largely historical style of Toki Pona, in which en may be used within pi phrases to join multiple modifiers or modifier phrases.[1] It evokes the controversial glossing of pi as "of", which is proscribed and considered misleading in standard usage.

This subject or style relates to Toki Pona Dictionary.

This style is noted in the "Notes on lipu pu" section of the Toki Pona Dictionary, which states that it "continues to be used by some people; however, many people dislike using it". Two examples are provided as follows:[2]

linja pi(ma en sewi)

linja pi ma en sewi

horizon (line of land and sky)

musi pi(kiwen-walo en kiwen-pimeja)

musi pi kiwen walo en kiwen pimeja

chess (game of white stones and black stones)

References

  1. ↑ Bryant Knight. (1 June 2004). "o kama sona e toki pona!: Lesson 12". tokipona.nytka.org. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  2. ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. pp. 8–9.
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