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'''{{tp|sina}}''' is {{a category}} [[content word]] and the only standard {{w|Secondsecond-person pronoun|second-person}} [[pronoun]] in [[Toki Pona]].

The word {{tp|sina}} is derived from {{w|Finnish language|Finnish}} ''{{lang|fi|{{wt|sinä#Finnishwikt|sinä}}}}'', meaning "you".<ref name="etym">{{cite etym}}</ref><ref>{{tok|jan inwin}}. [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t-pjAgZDyKPXcCRnEdATFQOxGbQFMjZm-8EvXiQd2Po/edit?usp=sharing {{tok|nimi ale pona}} (2nd ed.)]. ''Google Sheets''. Retrieved 13 October 2023.</ref>

The word {{tp|sina}} doesis nota marksecond-person [[number]]pronoun, sowhich asis anot marked for [[headnumber]],. itIt can mean both singular "you" and plural "''you", "y'all"', "yinz",as andwell theas like''y'all''. As a [[modifier]], it usually implies possession, as in "''your"'' and "y'all's".

For {{ku|en}}, respondents in {{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}} translated these English words as {{tp|sina}}:<ref>{{cite ku|<!--page number-->342}}</ref>

The {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} glyph for {{tp|sina}} ({{sp|sina}}) depicts a hand pointing across from the speaker, viewed from above from their perspective; implicitly, in the direction of the person or audience they are speaking to.<ref>{{cite etym sp}}</ref> It may either be drawn straight or curved ({{sp|sina2}}).

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