Appendix:Toki Pona/ni
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ni in sitelen pona
Toki Pona
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Etymology
[edit]From Cantonese 呢 (ni1, “this”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ni
- This, that.
- ni li lon.
- That's true.
- Stands in for the following sentence, which is treated as a complement clause; that.
Adjective
[edit]ni
- This, that.
- Of or relating to an agent in the following sentence, which is treated as a complement clause.
- mi wile lon ma ni: kasi suli li pimeja e ona.
- I want to live somewhere that is shaded by tall plants.
Verb
[edit]ni
- (transitive, intransitive) To do this; to do that.
Usage notes
[edit]- In the Latin script, when ni is used to link two sentences, the sentence containing ni is often punctuated with a colon. In sitelen pona, ni is instead often rotated to point along the text direction (rightwards, in standard use).
Categories:
- Toki Pona terms borrowed from Cantonese
- Toki Pona terms derived from Cantonese
- Toki Pona terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Toki Pona/i
- Rhymes:Toki Pona/i/1 syllable
- Toki Pona lemmas
- Toki Pona nouns
- Toki Pona terms with usage examples
- Toki Pona adjectives
- Toki Pona verbs
- Toki Pona transitive verbs
- Toki Pona intransitive verbs