Appendix:Toki Pona/mi
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Toki Pona
[edit]Glyph origin
[edit]The sitelen pona glyph may be representing a hand pointing towards the speaker. Compare sina, ona.
Etymology
[edit]From Esperanto mi (“I”), from Romance languages.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]mi
- first person personal pronoun; I, me; we, us
- my, mine; our, ours
Usage notes
[edit]- 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.