mani - money, cash, savings, wealth; large domesticated animal
lon - located at, present at, real, true, existing
tawa - going to, toward; for; from the perspective of; moving
tan - by, from, because of; origin, cause
sama - same, similar; each other; sibling, peer, fellow; as, like
kepeken - to use, with, by means of
lon, tawa, tan, sama, and kepeken are prepositions.
prepositions are used to express specific details about the predicate, like how or where. just like preverbs, prepositions can be negated by the word ala. the preposition is appended to the end of the sentence, followed by a phrase.
subject li (predicate e object) preposition phrase
mi pali
lon
tomo moku
~ i
work at
a restaurant
the preposition can also be the predicate
ona li lon
tomo mi
~ they
are at my house
prepositions can also be used as regular words
tawa sina li
musi
~ your movements
are amusing
mani mute li
lon
tomo mani
~ there's lots of money at the bank
jan li tawa tomo sina
~ a person
comes over to your house
mi pali e ijo mute kepeken ilo
~ i
make lots of things with tools
mi tawa e tomo sina
~ i move your
house
a lot of people need a car
i wanna know the reasons
mi wile e kasi pi kule mute
i'm trying to give you a flower
people remember how good you are because you keep reminding them
the document of the people's wishes is at your place
someone makes good food because of a small animal (this is intended to be a ratatouille reference but i have missed the mark, i think. what even is ratatouille about.)
mi lukin e jan. ona li sama sina tawa lukin
mi wile pana e mani tawa sina
jan li pali tan tan ike
mi ken kama sona e ijo mute kepeken lipu