o toki e pali
o toki e pali lipu ni li toki Inli mute li toki pona lili li toki tonsi. ni li pana ala e sona li toki e sona. jan li kama sona la, ni li ken nasa tawa ona. cw; moku, jargon Vivacious Verbs I'll start by giving the proposition (known as the Positional Parts of Speech analysis) thats pona tawa mi; In a simple toki pona sentence {X li Y}. Y is always a verb, grammatically speaking. NOUN li VERB In a more complex sentence like {A li B C D e E} then C is the verb. NOUN li [preverb] VERB MODIFIER e NOUN Now sometimes it can be a regular dynamic verb ( something that someone does ), and sometimes this fills the role of a stative verb ( something someone is ). Now the language itself treats these the same but when understanding the meaning or translating toli pona knowing the difference is important. A stative verb means "is Y", "performing Y" or "being Y" all in one in a way that may feel unusual to English monoglots. { soweli } ( noun) li { moku } (