Appendix:Toki Pona/la

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Toki Pona

la in sitelen pona

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from Acadian French -la (“proximal and topical suffix”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -a

Particle

la

  1. follows a context phrase or clause
    1. used to form conditionals; so; therefore
      mi ken ala toki pona e ijo la mi sona ala e ijo.
      If I can't express a thing in Toki Pona, I don't understand that thing.
    2. used to express tense-like or adverb-like information
      tenpo kama la… ― In the coming time…
      ken la… ― Maybe…
      pona la… ― Happily…
    3. moves a prepositional phrase to the start of a sentence, either preserving or replacing the preposition
      (lon) tenpo lili la… ― In a short time…
      (tawa) mi la… ― To me…
      (tan) seme la… ― For what reason…

Usage notes

  • In the Latin script, la is often preceded or followed by a comma to increase legibility.
  • As conjunctions, kin and taso are often used without la, despite also being sentence-initial.
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