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image/svg+xml NOUN PHRASES Toki pona is head initial. That means when several toki pona words are nextto each other (and none of them are particles), the first word will be the noun.All words that follow that word are modifiers. For example, "kasi telo" can mean"seaweed," while "telo kasi" can mean "juice." In sitelen pona, you may puta modifier either inside or above the word it modifies. telo kasi telo kasi kasi telo kasi telo This can sometimes work like "of" in english. If the modifier doesn't alreadyhave a meaning that is an adjective (suli can mean large, lete can meancold), you can think of modifying a word with it as the head being of themodifier. For example, "jan olin" is a "person of loving" and "lipu ma" could be "book of the earth." "toki pona" can be "language of good." jan olin lipu ma toki pona You can modify the noun with morethan one adjective. "ilo nanpa suli" can mean "gigantic calculator." ilo nanpa suli In order to modify modifiers, you need to use "pi." pi just shows thatthe "of" contains all of the words after it together, instead of one ata time. For example, "poki pi kiwen lete" can be a container of coldrocks, where "poki kiwen lete" would be a hard, cold container. poki pi kiwen lete poki kiwen lete