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 would not recommend it as the main way to form a yes-or-no question, especially in writing.

In addition to the verb repetition method to answer ‘yes’, it is also very common to hear ‘lon’ with the meaning of ‘yes, that’s true’.

In early years, kepeken served as both a preposition (without e) and as a transitive verb (with e). Later, an effort was made to consolidate kepeken as only a preposition, i.e. without e. Today, some people use kepeken e, although the majority use kepeken only as a preposition. There may be benefits to either style.

Preposition style:

Transitive verb style:

Many people also use prepositions as nouns. For example:

I personally use the preposition lon with a very wide meaning. The example mi toki lon toki pona could also be expressed as mi toki kepeken toki pona, and many Toki Pona Rh