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(Created page with "'''pin't''' is a common ''nasin'' that avoids the phrasal-modifier-grouping particle ''pi''. To most users, pin't involves restructuring sentences to compensate for the loss of ''pi'', so it generally does not change Toki Pona grammar. ==Motivations== <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="thumbcaption"><center> '''(This is REAL Grammar, done by REAL Tokiponists)''': Is <code>A</code> ''pi'' <code>B</code> <code>C</code> ''pi'' <...") |
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:;''jan li kama sona. jan ni li wile e nasin sin.'' |
:;''jan li kama sona. jan ni li wile e nasin sin.'' |
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::Some people learn. These people want new methods. (The "some" is clarified by the later ''ni''.) |
::Some people learn. These people want new methods. (The "some" is clarified by the later ''ni''.) |
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The obscure particle ''[[ki]]'' has also been suggested for this purpose, but many speakers dislike the idea of a [[wikipedia:Relative clause|relative clause]] marker in Toki Pona and prefer using cross-sentence ''[[ni]]'' for [[recursion]]. |
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Replacing ''pi'' with ''li'' can present opportunities to clarify the words' roles with particles, or get rid of unneeded information in the head phrase before ''pi'': |
Replacing ''pi'' with ''li'' can present opportunities to clarify the words' roles with particles, or get rid of unneeded information in the head phrase before ''pi'': |
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