sina

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meaning

(pronoun) you, y'all

semantic space · lipamanka

sina is the listener, reader, the one who interprets what the speaker says, or any group that contains them. Similarly to mi, when quoting others, it doesn't necesserily refer to the one who is listening at the moment, and instead refers to the one listening from when the quote is from. But besides situations like that, sina always includes the listener. Many people also use sina as a general hypothetical pronoun, similar to "one" in english when used as a pronoun. Others use sina when talking to inanimate objects. Perhaps this frames the object as listening. I recommend playing around with this at least a little bit.

ku translations

you94 your88 yours83 yourself67

pu verbatim

  • NOUN you

usage

core · 100% usage

found in pu

coined pre-pu

origin

Finnish · sinä ‘(pronoun) you, y'all’

coined by jan Sonja

listen

kala Asi

jan Lakuse

sitelen pona

sina

perhaps a hand pointing towards the listener. compare mi and ona

sitelen sitelen

sina sitelen sitelen

sitelen jelo

👆6️⃣

sitelen Emosi

👉

ucsur

U+F195E

luka pona

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