Appendix:Toki Pona/ni

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Toki Pona

Glyph origin

sitelen pona
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sitelen sitelen

Etymology

From Cantonese 呢 (ni1, “this”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ni/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -i

Noun

ni

  1. this, that
    ni li lon.
    That's true.
  2. stands in for the following sentence, which is treated as a complement clause; that

Determiner

ni

  1. this, that
  2. (relational) of an agent in the following sentence, which is treated as a complement clause
    mi wile lon ma ni: kasi suli li pimeja e ona.
    I want to live somewhere that is shaded by tall plants.

Verb

ni

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to do this; to do that

Usage notes

  • In the Latin script, when ni is used to link two sentences, the sentence containing ni is often punctuated with a colon. In sitelen pona, ni is instead often rotated to point along the text direction (rightwards, in standard use).
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