TP grammar

This section goes over some of the Toki Pona words that have changed the least, including the grammatical word la. It also discusses how to add multiple objects and predicates in one sentence. All of this will be familiar to TP speakers.

1) la

lili 'little, small, few' tama 'same, similar, also, stay the same'

1. • ka li li lili.
   • This person is small.
2. • mi lili tama.
   • I am similarly small. / I am small too.

la context, topical information

3. • ka li li lili la mi lili tama.
   • If/Since/... this person is small, I am small too.
4. • ka lili li la mi lili tama.
   • In relation to this small person, I'm small too.
5. • mi tu mi lili la tila lili tu.
   • If/... we are small, you are very small.

2) 'and'

New words:

• la
• lili
• tama
• muti
• puka
• tilu