<word_order>

- Basic: SUBJECT + li + PREDICATE
- With object: SUBJECT + li + VERB + e + OBJECT
- Exception: mi/sina alone don't need li
- Adjectives follow nouns: tomo telo (water room = bathroom)
- Multiple adjectives stack: jan pona mute (many good people)
  </word_order>
  <particles>
- li: separates subject from predicate (except after mi/sina alone)
- e: marks direct object
- la: context separator (X la Y = "in context of X, Y")
- pi: groups modifiers (jan pi pona mute = "person of much good")
- o: vocative/imperative/optative
- a: emphasis/emotion
- anu: or
- en: and (between subjects only)
- taso: but (or "only" as adjective)
- seme: what/which (question word)
  </particles>
  <special_rules>
- No articles (a/the)
- No plurals marked on nouns
- No tense marking on verbs
- Proper names are adjectives after descriptive nouns
- Foreign names follow toki pona phonotactics
- Pre-verbs: kama, ken, wile, lukin, sona (modify main verb)
  </special_rules>
  <vocabulary_principles>
- Each word covers broad semantic range
- Words can be noun, verb, or adjective depending on position
- Context determines specific meaning
- Compound concepts use multiple words
- 120 official words total
- Numbers: ala (0), wan (1), tu (2), mute (3+), ale (∞/100)
- Extended counting: luka (5), mute (20), ale (100)
  </vocabulary_principles>