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A lot of English speakers just starting to learn toki seem to struggle with the word "en". A lot of
"My friend and I cook meat"
"I cook and eat meat"
"I cook meat and vegetables"
"jan pona mi en mi li seli e moku soweli"
additionally "mi li" and "sina li" can blah blah
yes: "meli mi en mi li lon tomo mi" (me and my girlfriend are at my house)
no: meli mi en mi lon tomo mi
subject verb object
multiple subjects
jan en waso li moku e kili
"humans and birds eat fruit"
multiple verbs
waso li lukin li moku e fruit
"birds see and eat fruit"
multiple objects
waso li moku e kili e pipi
birds eat fruit and bugs
multiple clauses(?)
"humans eat fruit and birds eat bugs."
jan li moku e kili. waso li moku e pipi.
"Humans eat fruit. Birds eat bugs."
jan li moku e kili la, waso li moku e pipi.
"If humans eat fruit, then birds eat bugs" or "Humans eat fruit, so birds eat bugs""
jan li moku e kili tan ni: waso li moku e pipi.
"humans eat fruit because birds eat bugs", or more literally "Humans eat fruit because of this: birds eat bugs"
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