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akesi telo en mani
mani li kama e telo li moku e telo .
mani li tawa wawa e telo la akesi telo lili li anpa e ko .
akesi telo suli li wile sona e ni : akesi lili li lon seme ?
akesi telo suli li toki alasa e akesi ante .
akesi ante li toki : " monsuta suli li noka e akesi lili tan noka suli ona a !"
akesi telo suli li kama suli e sijelo ona li toki : " ona li suli ni anu seme ?"
akesi ante li toki : " ona li suli mute a !"
akesi telo suli li kama suli mute e sijelo ona li toki : " ona li suli sama ala ! "
taso ona mute li awen toki : " monsuta li suli mute mute a ! "
akesi telo suli li awen kama suli e sijelo ona . taso sijelo ona li open wawa !
"ken ala pali la o pali ala . "
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mi tawa lape sama kon
kepeken kon lon sewi tawa ma en nena,
tenpo ale la mi lukin e ijo mute
kasi sama kon kule sama suno mute;
lon poka telo, lon anpa kasi suli,
li tawa kon mute sama musi.
I go with the wind and the sky,
with the wind’s path in the land ahead,
through time I see many things,
green plants with colors like many suns.
Beside water, below tall trees,
the wind moves like fun and joy.
soweli li tawa mute.
meli li moku e kili.
mije en meli li lukin e soweli.
soweli li pona.
mije li toki: "soweli pona."
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soweli li lape
mije li pilin moku ala
meli li moku e telo
soweli li pilin lape
mije en meli li toki
DICTIONARY
ijo (n) thing, object, something, phenomenon, matter
jan (n) person, human being, somebody
toki (v) to communicate, talk, say, speak, think (n) speech (int) hello
lawa (n) head, mind (v) to control, direct, guide, lead, own, plan, regulate, rule
meli (n) woman, female, feminine
mije (n) man, male, masculine
mama (n) parent, ancestor creator, originator, caretaker, sustainer
ma (n) earth, land, outdoors, world, country, territory, soil
tenpo (n) time, duration, moment, occasion, period, situation
suno (n) sun, light, brightness, glow, radiance, shine, light source
here I will document my toki pona learning
lesson 1 1
toki pona has 120 words 120
phonetically there are 5 vowels a, e, i, o, u.
the sounds they make are 'ah', 'eh', 'ee', 'oh' 'oo'.
and 9 consonants j, k, l, m, n, p, s, t, w.
the sounds they make are the same in english except j is the 'yeh' sound.
it is a simple language. each of the 120 words has its own glyph called sitelen pona
all words are lowercase when written in latin script.
lesson 2 2
NOUNS
ijo thing, something, being, object
jan person, human
kili fruit, vegetable, mushroom
lipu document, book, paper, sheet
meli woman, female
ni this, that
soweli animal, land mammal
COPULA
li is
GRAMMAR
A simple sentence of the type 'NOUN is NOUN' has the form
something is something
ijo li ijo
nouns by themselves can mean either singular or plural. there is no articles.
EXAMPLES
this is a person
ni li jan
this is an apple
ni li kili
a book is a thing
lipu li ijo
the person is a woman
jan li meli
animals are things
soweli li ijo
women are people
meli li jan
something is something
ijo li ijo
this is a book
ni li lipu
the woman is a person
meli li jan
humans are beings
jan li ijo
the bear is female
soweli li meli
blueberries are things
kili li ijo
this is a piece of paper
ni li lipu
lesson 3 3
NOUNS
telo water
tomo house, room, building
ADJECTIVES
lili small
suli big
pona good, simple, friendly
GRAMMAR
to say 'NOUN is ADJECTIVE' we use the copula li, like
something is good
ijo li pona
we can also describe a noun using an adjective. the noun comes first, then the adjective to modify it, 'NOUN ADJECTIVE'. like
big fruit
kili suli
good person (friend)
jan pona
big building (palace)
tomo suli
big water (sea)
telo suli
little woman (girl)
meli lili
one can also use a noun as an adjective to describe another noun, 'NOUN NOUN'
book of animals
lipu soweli
home of a woman
tomo meli
an aquatic animal
soweli telo
this person is tall
jan ni li suli
the juice is good
kili telo li pona
this is a friend
ni li jan pona
the bathroom is big
tomo telo li suli
this is a kitten
ni li soweli lili
the baby is a girl
jan lili li meli
the fruit is a watermelon
kili li kili telo
the small books are good
lipu lili li pona
lesson 4 4
NOUNS
mi me, I, we
mije man, male
sina you
kulupu community
ADJECTIVES
sin new, fresh, another
wawa strong, confident, dependable
GRAMMAR
me, you when used as subjects we do not use li afterwards.
I am small
mi lili
you are a man
sina mije
i am new
mi sin
one can also use them as adjectives to a noun.
my home
tomo mi
your community
kulupu sina
your book
lipu sina
EXAMPLES
this is your book
ni li lipu sina
your home is new
tomo sina li sin
the man is a friend
mije li jan pona
you are a confident man
sina mije wawa
the doghouse is small
tomo soweli li lili
this is my kiwi
ni li kili mi
fresh water is a good thing
telo sin li ijo pona
the library is new
tomo lipu li sin
my wife is strong
meli mi li wawa
your husband is a good person
mije sina li jan pona
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