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Appendix:Toki Pona/lon

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Toki Pona

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Glyph origin

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sitelen pona
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sitelen sitelen
  • sitelen pona: A dot above a horizontal line, thus on some surface or at someplace.

Etymology

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From Tok Pisin long (at, in, on).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lon/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -on

Preposition

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lon

  1. located at, in, or on
    soweli li lon supa.
    The cat is on the table.

Adjective

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lon

  1. present
    tenpo lon
    the present time
  2. real; true; existent; actual
    lipu ni li toki e ijo lon.
    This book talks about true facts.

Noun

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lon

  1. presence, existence, or truth

Verb

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lon

  1. (intransitive) to exist; to be present, real, or true
    waso li lon ala.
    Birds aren't real.
    1. 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,
    2. to be awake
  2. (transitive) to cause to exist; to create, actualize, or bring about
  3. (transitive) to prove

Particle

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lon

  1. yes; that's true
    Antonym: ala

Usage notes

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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.