toki pona Lesson 1: Expressions

[Ihatecoldnnnirror]

Damn, this language hit my interes like a train!

Its very cool to learn!

[Marvin1996Yokana]

OMG . I can say , Marvin li acesi . Bedeutung : Marvin ist ein Reptiel ( English : Marvin is a raptile ) But this is awesome :)

[Boaz7]

שלום דניאל

If I understood correctly, Toki Pona doesn't have a /d/. So, you are טני Tanny. My name, איתי Itai, contains a diphthong ([aɪ̯]), which also apparently doesn't exist. How would I tokize my name? כל טוב

[NegativeClock]

@Boaz7 אהלאן. זה נכון שאין לטוקי פונה דיפטונגים, אז לכאורה שמך יהיה "יאן איטאיי," אבל על פי דקדוק השפה ההברות "טי" ו "יאי" אסורות, לכן שמך יהיה:

jan Isi

איפה אתה בירושלים?

[Boaz7]

@NegativeClock

תודה, דניאל! בעצם, הייתי רוצה להגיד שאני גר ברחוב זמנהוף או משהו כזה כיף, בלשוני ובינלאומי. אך, כרגע, אני בארה"ב, בפורטלנד, אוריגון ומאוד מתגעגע לירושלים (שם, גרתי קודם ברח' שמעוני ואז, במרכז העיר, ברח' שלומציון המלכה, שניות מן המדרחוב. כשלמדתי לתואר השני באוניברסיטת ת"א, למדתי קצת ידייש וככה הגעתי אליך. האם היית בארץ? ~איתי

[NegativeClock]

@Boaz7 על הכפאק. אני גם מתגעגע לארץ, וגר עכשיו ביוסטון, וגרתי עם אישתי בירושלים על רחוב בצלאל. אידית היא יותר טובה ללמוד מהשפה הזות, הרבה מהדוברים אנטישמים וכיוצא בזה. אז תהנה ובע"ה אעשה עוד סרטים לך :).

[melcyone]

I heard of this word in Toki Pona, "Unpa". What does "unpa" mean?

[NegativeClock]

@melcyone

Sex, my dear friend. Sex.

[abeastusername5]

@NegativeClock  HA

[Elessidil91]

it seems like Hawaiian

[Klog7792]

Itoaq Miq Talusí ana Tanaka. E'oq Rehango. Il sona mona Tausi lejo jelo ala Tani.

[SourApplez1211]

Is the Toki Pona Wikipedia closed.

[einTyp25]

@SourApplez1211 The board decided not to support constructed languages. However, the project is moved to Wikia, which is also founded by Jimbo Wales. Just look at "tokipona dot wikia dot com"

[liamiveskeeler]

thankyou to everyone who has left a comment concerning my question on toki pona. I now understand what toki pona is and maybe in the future i will learn it.

[Lambocoon]

are there actually whole countries that speak Toki Pona Natively? (sp?)

[raydredX]

@Lambocoon

No, it's a conlang (constructed language). It doesn't even have many speakers, and even less fluent ones.

It was built by a person, it's not a natural language.

[Lambocoon]

i didn't think so :P

[raydredX]

What do you mean? O:

[Lambocoon]

i was just confuse'd when Danny here was talking about "Toki Pona speaking countries"

[raydredX]

Yeh, and I said there weren't any and you said you didn't think so O.o...

Oh well nevermind I guess ;)

[r3bol]

Hi, i've just started learning TP. Can I ask about your pronouciation? I hear it is like the standard European pronouciation (Italian/Finnish for example). I noticed some of your vowels where quite English sounding. For example, o and i.

Which way is correct?

[r3bol]

Ah, sorry. The vowel "i" sounds fine. I have no idea why I thought you were saying it the other way.

[HenryMuldrow]

Where can I hear songs in this language?

Thanks.

[HenryMuldrow]

Are there any songs on youtube in the toki pona language?

Thanks.

[arpee9216]

yup, I sing them

[liamiveskeeler]

why do people learn this? why doesn't everyone just learn esperanto.... then loads of people would speak the same language and become more of an internation language

[NegativeClock]

Ni ne chu povas paroli ambauh? : )

[barastube]

i think because TP is very different and with different use. Is possible to learn (or just something to begin) in one week, remember, just 120 wors. "The easiest language", not the best. I think TP is easy like the colors and you can use it like an artist.

[thisusernameistaken2]

I speak Esperanto. I'm learning toki pona for fun, really.

[raydredX]

@liamiveskeeler

Because.

[Telumel]

Actually, Toki Pona supports Esperanto in its way. Most major Toki Pona sites are trilingual (English/TP/Esperanto).

Besides, they're hardly competitors. Toki Pona isn't going to become an interlanguage any time soon. It's an art project. And it's fun.

[johanthepirate]

@liamiveskeeler I don't think Toki Pona is really intended to be an international language. Is it?

[Centrismo]

mi wile toki e toki pona

[Gabrielabc42]

@Centrismo If you ever need help, don't hesitate to ask for help in the forums (forums.tokipona.org), my nabe is jan Kapiwe there. Don't give up!

[arpee9216]

and what exactly makes a language "worth learning" and "make sense"?

[Anddriard]

Mi kama sona e toki pona ! toki pona li pona tawa mi

[sirach]

pona a! taso tenpo ante la mi lukin e toki pona pi jan ante. toki pona ona li ike tawa kute en oko mi a!

[Anddriard]

I have been learning toki pona for 1 week its really easy .

Toki pona li toki pona ! Pona

[guugolpl0x]

Also, in forming compound words, you could use different tones or stresses...

I think I should write this down :D

[guugolpl0x]

Just a thought: I think you should separate consecutive vowels with glottal stops.

[guugolpl0x]

I think it improves ease of pronunciation without slurring. Easier to go fast.

Or you could use 'h' instead of a glottal stop.

[SonjaElen]

ona li jo e monsi pona mute = she has many nice asses.

You want "monsi pi pona mute" or simply "monsi pona".

[NegativeClock]

pona!

mi pakala. :P

[SonjaElen]

Hello everybody! = jan ale o, toki!

[narfee]

I am not so sure about the : sina pona ala pona.

well yes it works, but isn't more logical to say : sina pili seme ? wich means : You Feeling What ?

[NegativeClock]

You're right, the correct expression is sina pilin seme. ;-)

But really when I converse in the language, I find myself saying sina pona ala pona. I find it less ambiguous considering pilin can also mean think and whatnot.

pona.

[JTBunkey]

YEY THANK YOU!!!!

[aronoc]

pali sina li pona mute a! o sona e ni: wawa kalama li lon KAMA nimi li lon ala insa li lon ala pini.

Wow! Great job! One little thing though: it's SI-te-len, SO-we-li and KA-la-ma. Stress always on the first syllable.

[daliasmells]

a. mi pilin e ni: mi toki pona e nimi ale lon sitelen tawa mi. mi sona e ni: kalama wawa li lon ala insa li lon ala pini. taso mi tan ma Mewika li pali e ike. :D

pona.

[NegativeClock]

a! jan daliasmells li mi. :P

correction btw: taso mi tan ma Mewika li pakala. :D

[MrsAllieFortune]

i'm learning, you 24 year old russian! :]