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'''{{tp|sina}}''' is {{a category}} [[content word]] and the only standard {{w|Second-person pronoun|second-person}} [[pronoun]] in [[Toki Pona]].
==Etymology==
The word {{tp|sina}} is derived from {{w|Finnish language|Finnish}} ''{{lang|fi|{{wt|sinä#Finnish|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>
==Semantic space==
{{Main|Pronouns}}
{{tp|sina}} does not mark [[number]], so as a [[head]], it can mean singular "you" and plural "you", "y'all", "yinz", and the like. As a [[modifier]], it usually implies possession, as in "your" and "y'all's".
==={{tp|pu}}===
In the "[[Dictionary (pu)|Official Toki Pona Dictionary]]" section, the book {{pu|en}} defines {{tp|sina}} as:
{{pu def}}
==={{tp|ku}}===
For {{ku|en}}, respondents in {{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}} translated these English words as {{tp|sina}}:<ref>{{cite ku|<!--page number-->}}</ref>
{{ku data}}
=={{tp|sitelen pona}}==
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.
==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{R:Linku}}
*{{R:Wikipesija}}
*{{R:Wiktionary}}
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