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(Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:{{tp|te}} and {{tp|to}}}} {{Hatnote|{{tp|te}} redirects here. For other uses, see {{tp|te}} (disambiguation).}} {{Needs work}} {{nimi |te |PoS=particle }} {{nimi |to |PoS=particle }} '''{{tp|te}}''' and '''{{tp|to}}''' are rare {{w|quotative}} particles.") |
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{{Short description|Obscure Toki Pona particles}}
{{tp title|te|to}}
{{Hatnote|"{{tp|te}}" redirects here. For the obsolete form of {{tp|teje}}, see {{sect|Left and right#Dedicated words}}.}}
{{Nonstandard}}
{{nimi|te
|PoS=particle
}}
{{nimi|to
|PoS=particle
}}
'''{{tp|te}}''' and '''{{tp|to}}''' are
==Etymologies==
The words {{tp|te}} and {{tp|to}} were coined in 2020 by {{tok|kala kala}} ({{tok|jan Salan}}) and {{tok|jan Lakuse}} in the {{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}} community.<ref name="kalakala2020"/><ref>{{cite ku|24}}</ref> The word {{tp|te}} is derived from {{w|Japanese}} {{lang|ja|って}} ({{w|Hepburn}}: ''{{lang|ja-Latn|tte}}''), and {{tp|to}} from {{lang|ja|と}} ({{w|Hepburn}}: ''{{lang|ja-Latn|to}}'').<ref>{{cite Discord|url=https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/301377942062366741/891875372617056316|channel=toki=-pona|server=ma pona pi toki pona|author=jan Lakuse|username=raacz106|access-date=2024-03-03|quote=to functions how te/to function in japanese.
it's basically directly ripped from japanese}}</ref>
==Function==
These words serve to set off quoted or indirect speech.
{{Example
|ona li toki sama te jan Tamo en jan Sala lon ma Tanaka to.<ref>{{cite web|title=nanpa open (1)|author=jan Juli|website=kalama sin|date=2021|url=https://wikisource.org/wiki/Kalama_sin/1|urldate=2024-01-30}}</ref>
|They'd say, like quote Tamo and Sala in Tanaka unquote. <!-- This translation is garbage mama... -->
|ona li toki sama te jan [TAMO] en jan [SALA] lon ma [TANAKA] to.
}}
==Definitions==
For {{ku|en}}, respondents in {{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}} translated these English words as {{tp|te}} and {{tp|to}}, respectively:<ref>{{cite ku|360, 369}}</ref>
{{ku data|te}}
{{ku data|to}}
==References==
<references>
<ref name="kalakala2020">{{cite Discord|url=https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/375591429608570881/695275726345207849|name={{tok|kala kala}}|channel={{tok|sona-musi}}|server={{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}|access-date=2023-12-23}}
<blockquote><poem>
{{tp|musi}} concept word:
Quotative Particle: {{tp|te}}
Function: Follows a quote to indicate it is one rather than modifiers or additional info.
Ex.1: {{tp|jan li toki e pona te la ale li awen ni kin.}}
If someone says 'pona', everything will stay as such.
Ex. 2: {{tp|ona li kama! soweli li m[u]: "mi lukin e noka kala a a a" te. taso, soweli ante li lukin li mu e 'o weka e ona' te.}}
"They're coming. The bear roared. "I see the legs of a fish! Haha!" However, the other bear looked over and roared, "Get rid of it!""
</poem></blockquote>
</ref>
<ref name="lakuse2020a">{{cite Discord|url=https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/375591429608570881/748391480841994241|name={{tok|jan Lakuse}}|username=raacz106|channel={{tok|sona-musi}}|server={{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}|access-date=2023-12-23}}</ref>
<ref name="lakuse2020b">{{cite Discord|url=https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/375591429608570881/748394171932606598|name={{tok|jan Lakuse}}|username=raacz106|channel={{tok|sona-musi}}|server={{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}|access-date=2023-12-23}}</ref>
</references>
==Further reading==
*{{R:Linku|te}}
*{{R:Linku|to}}
{{Stub}}
{{Words}}
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