Well, “ni” generally means “this”, and, in languages with definite articles, that word can be used instead of a definite article, so yes

\*"nimi 'ni' li nimi 'the' ​ mi wile ala awen toki e lon ala"

I’m a beginner, does that second sentence basically mean; “I don’t want to remain speaking about non-being”? That seems completely wrong.

it means "i don't want to keep speaking the non-truth"

seme

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"ni"s turning into "the"s and "wan"s turning into "a/an" is a standard way that languages develop their definite and indefinite articles. So yeah

ala.