la phrases
Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2017 6:55 am
toki!
Normal sentences of Toki Pona start with a noun phrase. A noun phrase starts with a noun or pronoun. Sometimes there is a conjunction word before (taso, en) but we can ignore the conjunction here.
A la phrase can be a complete sentence. It starts with with a noun or pronoun too.
A la phrase can be the same as a prepostional object after lon.
... lon X. = X la ...
A prepostional object starts after the preposition with a noun or pronoun of course. So the la phrase starts with a noun or pronoun.
You talk about time with this la phrase:
tenpo ... la ...
What is tempo here? A noun.
A sentence with a la phrase "A la B" can be write as "When condition A Then B". To describe a conditon you need a noun or pronoun at the beginning.
A la phrase can be a single word. This can't be a prepostion, because a prepostion connect to a prepositional object. But before the prepostion is nothing and after it is the seprator la. Nothing can connect here.
As you can see la phrases start normally with a noun or pronoun.
janTepanNetaPelin wrote la phrases start with a preposition. I can't see it.
But are there posisibilities for preposition at the beginning of a la phrase?
Why do you think it is possible?
How can we distinguish such preposition from a noun?
pona!
Normal sentences of Toki Pona start with a noun phrase. A noun phrase starts with a noun or pronoun. Sometimes there is a conjunction word before (taso, en) but we can ignore the conjunction here.
A la phrase can be a complete sentence. It starts with with a noun or pronoun too.
A la phrase can be the same as a prepostional object after lon.
... lon X. = X la ...
A prepostional object starts after the preposition with a noun or pronoun of course. So the la phrase starts with a noun or pronoun.
You talk about time with this la phrase:
tenpo ... la ...
What is tempo here? A noun.
A sentence with a la phrase "A la B" can be write as "When condition A Then B". To describe a conditon you need a noun or pronoun at the beginning.
A la phrase can be a single word. This can't be a prepostion, because a prepostion connect to a prepositional object. But before the prepostion is nothing and after it is the seprator la. Nothing can connect here.
As you can see la phrases start normally with a noun or pronoun.
janTepanNetaPelin wrote la phrases start with a preposition. I can't see it.
But are there posisibilities for preposition at the beginning of a la phrase?
Why do you think it is possible?
How can we distinguish such preposition from a noun?
pona!