Appendix:Toki Pona/mi

Toki Pona

Glyph origin

sitelen pona
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sitelen sitelen

• sitelen pona: Likely a hand pointing at the speaker. Compare ona, sina.

Etymology

From Esperanto mi (“I”), from Romance languages.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi/

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• Rhymes: -i

Pronoun

mi

1. first person personal pronoun; I, me; we, us
2. my, mine; our, ours

Usage notes

• When the subject is only mi or only sina, the following li is dropped.
  • Use of li between additional predicates varies. Some speakers use li in all instances but the first. Others prefer to start a new sentence, repeating mi as the subject.
• When number must be specified, mi wan, mi tu, mi mute, and similar words are commonly used.