Appendix:Toki Pona/mi
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Toki Pona[edit]
Glyph origin[edit]
The sitelen pona glyph may be representing a hand pointing towards the speaker. Compare sina, ona.
Etymology[edit]
From Esperanto mi (“I”), from Romance languages.
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
mi
- First-person personal pronoun; I, me; we, us
Adjective[edit]
mi
Usage notes[edit]
- When the subject is only mi or only sina, the following li is dropped.
- Use of li between additional predicates varies. Some speakers use li in all instances but the first. Others prefer to start a new sentence, repeating mi as the subject.
- When number must be specified, mi wan, mi tu, mi mute, and similar words are commonly used.