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Who can Teach LPSL and How?

 Who can Teach LPSL and How? ~ pilin mi ~ Firstly I want to start with - these are just some thoughts I have rather than the definitive word on the subject. I am simply a person with opinions. Hopefully reasonable ones, but opinions none the less. These should be seen as at most guidelines or principles than rules or laws. Summary of Principles mi pilin e ni: Sufficiently fluent hearing-speaking people should be allowed to teach LPSL LPSL should always be taught voice-off. Hearing-speaking people should defer to DHH and non/semi-speaking people where possible Other disabilities should be accommodated when possible People should be able to share facts about LPSL or help each-other in any way they feel is appropriate - while avoiding teaching Personalised teaching between two people can make its own rules Money shouldn't be involved, and if it is it should be DHH and non/semi-speaking folk that benefit Preamble Throughout this I may refer to hearing-speaking people ...
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I Can't Believe Its Not Autism! - Laios, Sheldon and Brian Lane

  I Can't Believe Its Not Autism! - Laios (Delicious in Dungeon), Sheldon (Big Bang Theory) and Brian Lane (New Tricks) Recently the fandom of Delicious in Dungeon, aka Dungeon Meshi, has spontaneously erupted into flames over an interview with the author of the original manga who claims that a specific character - Laois Touden - isn't autistic. I probably fanned the flames myself personally while trying to bring some nuance - but more because I see Laios as indicative of a larger occurrence in media, the I Can't Believe It's Not Autism! character. Now relax into your psycho-analysis armchair and lets take a trip through my mind. Do We Have to Talk About Sheldon?  But first I want to ignore Laios and focus on a much more famous, or infamous, character - Sheldon Cooper. Just in case you have returned to our crumbling society after a blissful few decades of living as a hermit in the wilderness ( Go back! There is nothing for you here! ); Sheldon Cooper is a characte...
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pu, ku & su - A Reasonable Redefinition

The following is only a suggestion and shouldn't be taken to be definitive unless the community decides to adopt this. pu Primary Meaning: (interacting with) Toki Pona: the Language of Good ( book ) Secondary Meanings: (interacting with)   toki pona learning material, toki pona lessons, toki pona courses, toki pona teaching/teachers; learning material, lessons, courses, teaching/teachers Tertiary Meanings:   official, standard, orthodox, traditional; pure, purist; clear; core; prescriptivist Examples:  mi pu - I am reading Toki Pona: The Language of Good pu Kekan San / pu pi jan Kekan San -  the lessons made by Greg-Dan pu pi luka pona -  the learning materials of Luka Pona Sign Language mi pu e toki mi -  I align my dialect with conventional toki pona dialects / I set my speech in the academic style.   ku Primary Meaning: (interacting with) Toki Pona Dictionary: 2 (Official Toki Pona) ( book ) Secondary Meanings: (interacting with)   tok...
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Free Songs - sina wile e nimi pi toki kalama musi la, mi pana e ni tawa sina!

tenpo ale la mi toki musi e toki musi kalama ni. taso mi wile ala toki kalama musi tawa kulupu. kin la, mi ken ala kute e ala tan kute mi la, mi ken ala sona e nasin pona pi toki kalama musi. sina wile e ona la, o kepeken, o ante lili, o toki, o musi. mi wile kute e ona lon toki sina!  o pona! 4 songs I've translated :) Calon Lan - wile pona Nid wy'n gofyn bywyd moethus Aur y byd na'i berlau mân Gofyn wyf am galon hapus Calon onest, calon lân Calon lân yn llawn daioni Tecach yw na'r lili dlos Dim ond calon lân all ganu Canu'r dydd a chanu'r nos // mi wile ala e mani, e ijo mute a-a. mi wile taso e olin, e jan pona, e pona. pona a li ken weka, e ike tan kulupu. pona taso li ken pana, olin tawa jan ale. Family of Man(kind) - kulupu jan I belong to a family, the biggest on the earth Ten thousand every day are coming to birth Our name isn't Davis, Hall, Groves, or Jones It's a name every man should be proud he owns The family of Man keeps growing The family ...
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Native Speakers pi toki pona li lon ala lon?

 Native Speakers pi toki pona li lon ala lon? This lipu is written in a toki tonsi of Eng and Toki Pona.    A recent drama has sprung up around if there are truly any native speakers of TP. I will paraphrase in order to avoid furthering the drama as mi wile ala wawa e utala. mi wile taso toki e ona. I have permission from jan Kekan San to share their side of things. To set the scene; for a number of years a person of the name jan Elike that has claimed multiple times that ona are raising jan lili kili ona with a number of languages including toki pona such that ona are The First Native Speakers pi toki pona . ona are quite young as of right now - and have not grown up yet enough to toki lon kulupu pi toki pona - but perhaps in years to come ona might be some of the most fluent people among us. jan Alonola's discussion with jan Elike  (Eng) lipu tenpo nanpa soweli - toki tawa jan Elike (mama pi jan lili pi toki pona)  (TP) One thing jan Elike toki'd was that ona'...
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o toki e pali

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 o toki e pali lipu ni li toki Inli mute li toki pona lili li toki tonsi. ni li pana ala e sona li toki e sona. jan li kama sona la, ni li ken nasa tawa ona.  cw; moku, jargon Vivacious Verbs I'll start by giving the proposition (known as the Positional Parts of Speech analysis) thats pona tawa mi; In a simple toki pona sentence {X li Y}. Y is always a verb, grammatically speaking. NOUN li VERB In a more complex sentence like {A li B C D e E} then C is the verb. NOUN li [preverb]  VERB MODIFIER e NOUN Now sometimes it can be a regular dynamic verb ( something that someone does ), and sometimes this fills the role of a stative verb ( something someone is ). Now the language itself treats these the same but when understanding the meaning or translating toli pona knowing the difference is important. A stative verb means "is Y", "performing Y" or "being Y" all in one in a way that may feel unusual to English monoglots. { soweli } ( noun)  li  { moku } (...
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