toki pona lessons on Gemini - Negation

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Negation

• ala: Word with a particle function of turning a fragment negative, and a content function meaning "nothing", "zero", "not-"

ala negates the concept that comes before it, not those after

• mi ala li kute e musi - It wasn't me who heard the song.
• mi kute ala e musi - I'm not hearing a song.
• mi kute e musi ala - I heard something that wasn't a song.

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