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Toki pona

A supiku o

(Toki Pona expanded)

Phonology (a lisutu o saundu)

Consonants

		Labial	Dental-Alveolar	Palatal	Dorsal-Laryngeal
Nasal		m	n
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k
	voiced	b	d		ɡ
Fricative		f	s		h
Approximant			l	j	w

Vowels and diphthongs

	Front	Back
Close	i	u
Mid	e	o
Open	a
Diphthong	ei oi ai au

Syllables

Every syllable is possible.

Phonotactics

Possible:

• mb, mp, nd, nt, ng, nk
• ns
• sp, st, sk
• (C)(1)V(N) (ex.: gwin "green")
  • C=consonant
  • 1=[l] or [w]
  • V=vowel
  • N=[n]

Grammar

Nouns

Nouns have:

• "a" before a word for singular (ex.:a palabwa "word")
• "se" before a word for plural (ex.:se palabwa "words")

You can transform verbs into nouns by putting "a" before a verb (ex.:a kauntu "counting, number").

Verbs

Verbs have:

• "ha" after a verb for past tense [but not done] (ex.:lafu ha "loved")
• "ho" after a verb for past tense [but done] (ex.:lafu ho "loved")
• "he" after a verb for present tense (ex.:lafu he "loving")
• "hu" after a verb for future tense (ex.:lafu hu "will love")

You can transform adjectives into a verbs by putting "du" before an adjective (ex.: du kulin "to clean").

Adjectives

Adjectives have:

• "mo" before a adjective for comparative (ex.:i bi mo gudu "he is better")
• "mosu" before a adjective for superlative (ex.:i bi mosu gudu "he is best")

You can transform nouns into adjectives by putting "laika" before a noun (ex.:laika sunelu "like a snail, slow").

Example text

Se apulu bi se fwutu en i bi wedu en hafu yelo a insaidu.

Apples are fruits and it is red and has a yellow inside.