Appendix:Toki Pona/lon
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Toki Pona[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Tok Pisin long (“at, in, on”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Preposition[edit]
lon
Adjective[edit]
lon
- Present.
- tenpo lon
- the present time
- Real; true; existent; actual.
- lipu ni li toki e ijo lon.
- This book talks about true facts.
Noun[edit]
lon
Verb[edit]
lon
- (intransitive) To exist; to be present, real, or true.
- waso li lon ala.
- Birds aren't real.
- There is; it is (in the dummy pronoun sense).
- suno li lon.
- It's sunny.
- 2021 July 18, jan Kapilu, “lon ma tomo pi tenpo pini suli”, in Sonja Lang, compiler, Toki Pona Dictionary, page 401:
- insa pi ma ni la kasi pi kule ale li lon,
- Inside this land, there are plants of all colors,
- To be awake.
- (transitive) To cause to exist; to create, actualize, or bring about.
- (transitive) To prove.
Particle[edit]
lon
Usage notes[edit]
The way to affirm polar questions as given in Toki Pona: The Language of Good is to repeat the verb of the question. However, lon is also commonly used for this purpose, and this sense is acknowledged in Toki Pona Dictionary.