Teach me the basic sentence structure of Toki Pona. Give sufficient examples
user
Toki Pona is a minimalist constructed language that uses simple grammar and vocabulary to express complex ideas. The basic sentence structure in Toki Pona is subject-verb-object (SVO), and it follows the following pattern:

Subject + Verb + Object

Examples:

mi moku e kili. (I eat fruit.)
sina wile moku. (You want to eat.)
ona li moku e kili. (He/she is eating fruit.)
mi lukin e ni. (I see it.)
sina wile lukin e ni. (You want to see it.)
ona li lukin e ni. (He/she is seeing it.)
Note that Toki Pona also has postpositions, which are words that come after the object to show relationships between the object and other elements in the sentence.
assistant
Why Toki Pona sounds like chinese?
user
A reason why Toki Pona may sound like some of the languages spoken in China is because it is a constructed language which borrows its vocabulary from many languages, some of which include Mandarin and Cantonese.
assistant