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< h1 class = "title" > lesson 4 - < span style = "vertical-align:-50%" class = title-emphasis > objects eh?< / span > < / h1 >
< h2 class = "title box-title" > vocab< / h2 >
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< p > lukin - eye; look at, see, examine, observe, read, watch; look for, seek< / p >
< p > kule - colourful, pigmented, painted< / p >
< p > pali - do, take action on, work on; build make, prepare< / p >
< p > tomo - indoor space; building, home, house, room< / p >
< p > telo - water, liquid, fluid, wet substance; beverage< / p >
< p > moku - to eat, drink, consume, swallow, ingest< / p >
< p > olin - love, have compassion for, respect, show affection to< / p >
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< h3 class = "title box-title sub-title" > ~ particles< / h3 >
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< p > e - marks the direct object< / p >
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< h3 class = "title box-title sub-title" > ~ notes< / h3 >
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< p > pali is not a general do like in english. every word in toki pona has the act of doing built into it when used as a verb.< / p >
< p > < span class = sentence > i did this< / span > - < span class = sentence > mi ni< / span > ,< br >
not < span class = sentence > mi pali e ni< / span > < / p >
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< h2 class = "title box-title" > lesson< / h2 >
< h3 class = "title box-title sub-title" > ~ direct objects< / h3 >
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< p > you use the particle e to indicate who is being affected by the subject's action (the predicate)< / p >
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< p class = quote > < span class = subject > subject< / span > li < span class = predicate > predicate< / span > e < span class = object > direct object< / span > < / p >
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< p class = quote > < span class = sentence > < span class = subject > jan< / span > li < span class = predicate > pali< / span > e < span class = object > tomo< / span > < / span > < br > ~ < span class = subject > the people< / span > < span class = predicate > are building< / span > < span class = object > a house< / span > < / p >
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< h3 class = "title box-title sub-title" > ~ complex ideas< / h3 >
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< p > when you want to express more complex ideas, you should often split it up into several sentences.< / p >
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< p class = quote > < span class = sentence > i saw the person who's building the house< / span > - < br > mi lukin e jan. ona li pali e tomo.< br > (i saw a person. they were building a house.)< / p >
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< p > you can also use the word ni to refer to an idea from a previous sentence, or to indicate you will elaborate on an idea in a future sentence. you can also use the word ona similarly, but for words instead of ideas.< / p >
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< h3 class = "title box-title sub-title" > ~ note about punctuation< / h3 >
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< p > toki pona has no defined punctuation. anything is valid< / p >
< p > often, when using ni to refer to an idea in the next sentence, people use a colon, but the colon doesn't add any semantic meaning and it would be okay to use a period or a line break or anything else too.< / p >
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< h2 class = "title box-title" > exercises< / h2 >
< h3 class = "title box-title sub-title" > ~ repetition< / h3 >
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< summary > ona li kule mute< / summary >
< p > it's very colourful< / p >
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< summary > telo kule li pona< / summary >
< p > colourful drinks are tasty< / p >
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< summary > i like this restaurant< / summary >
< p > tomo moku ni li pona< / p >
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< summary > the lovers are eating< / summary >
< p > jan olin li moku< / p >
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< h3 class = "title box-title sub-title" > ~ translate from toki pona to english< / h3 >
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< summary > mi olin e sina< / summary >
< p > i love you< / p >
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< summary > jan ike li lukin e moku mi< / summary >
< p > an evil person is staring at my food< / p >
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< summary > jan pali mute li kule e tomo moku< / summary >
< p > many workers painted the restaurant< / p >
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< summary > mi moku sin e moku sina< / summary >
< p > i eat your food again< / p >
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< h3 class = "title box-title sub-title" > ~ translate from english to toki pona< / h3 >
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< summary > i see that you're cute< / summary >
< p > mi lukin e suwi sina / mi lukin e ni: sina suwi< / p >
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< summary > the animal is eating< / summary >
< p > soweli li moku< / p >
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< summary > i'm entertaining the workers< / summary >
< p > mi musi e jan pali< / p >
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< summary > my girlfriend makes me good< / summary >
< p > olin mi li pona e mi< / p >
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< summary > i allow you to eat my food< / summary >
< p > mi ken e ni: sina moku e moku mi< / p >
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