mi pana e "toki!" suli tawa sina mute.

[Tomaniki]

kulupu pi toki pona o, toki! mi sin mute mute towa toki pona. ken la sina lukin e ni tan pali mi (anu pakala mi) pi lawa nimi ona. o pona e pakala mi lon toki mi. mi wile pona ali ni: mi ken. sin la mi tawa seme tawa ni: mi sona sin li toki sin e toki pona? sona ali li pona tawa mi. pona!

Hello, Tokiponans! I am extremely new to Toki Pona, as you can probably tell by my use (or misuse) of its grammar. Please, correct me where I falter. I want to improve as best I can. Also, where should I go to practice speaking Toki Pona? Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks!

[janMato]

[Tomaniki]

[janKipo]

'lawa nimi' is not too bad for grammar: "rules for word". We need some established tp terminology for linguistics since so much of our talk is about tp and it would be nice to do it in tp.

[Tomaniki]

[janMato]

If I had to coin a phrase for grammar right now, it would be a nasin.

nasin nimi - grammar, syntax
nasin pi kalama lili - phonotactics

I'm getting L1 interference from "head word" (the top corner guide words in dictionaries) when I read "lawa nimi"

Also there is the "head word" of a phrase, which is an important concept in tp, since as far as I can tell, noun and verb phrases can't be head-less.

I just noticed you referenced my blog! I can't remember if I'm disagreeing with myself. If I remember correctly, I tried to compile the list from what people suggested on the yahoo mailing list.

[janKipo]

But "head word" would be 'nimi lawa;; (NA, remember).
I agree that 'nasin' is better, however, for theories and systems, as opposed to statutes and the like.