Editing Poki pona (section)

==verbs==
A verb is built from:

prefix + root

A prefix represents person, relation to the head verb, and mood.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!sense
!
!prefix
!example (pana)
|-
|mi
|1st person
|mi-
|mipan
|-
|sina
|2nd person
|si-
|sipan
|-
|li
|3rd person
|li-
|lipan
|-
|after preverb
|auxverb arg
|ta-
|tapan
|-
|
|adverb
|wi-
|wipan
|-
|
|connective
|we-
|wepan
|-
|o
|imperative
|o-
|opan
|-
|o
|"should"
| -o-
|mijopan
|-
|ala
|negation
| -ala-
|lialapan
|}

===prepositional verbs===
toki pona allows you to use a preposition as the head word of a predicate,

e.g.

jan li tawa telo  "People go to the water."

mi tawa tomo  "I go to the building."

sina lon ma pi kiwen suli  "You're in a land of big rocks."

mi tawa  "I'm going", "goodbye"

poki pona transforms every preposition into a case marking on a noun.

tawa telo -> telowa

tawa tomo -> tomowa

ma pi kiwen suli -> mowa kiwokowa sulokokowa.

When a preposition is used as the head word of the predicate, the head word of its object is inflected with the corresponding case, and used as the head word of the predicate, in verb form.

jan li tawa telo -> jani litelou

mi tawa tomo -> mitomou

sina lon ma pi kiwen suli -> simon kiwokon sulokokon

mi tawa -> mijou