luka pona

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

 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's two year o

 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 } (

 pilin namako nimi mi pi toki pona toki pona hot take time mi weka tan kulupu pi toki pona. taso mi pini toki pona ala. mi toki pona mute lon mi taso. ken la, ni li nasa e toki pona mi. taso mi wile pana tawa jan ante e pilin mi. jan ante li pilin ante la, ale li pona. mi wile taso e ni: jan li lukin e pilin mi. ken la, ona li kama lon nasin toki sama li kama ala.  tenpo mute la, sitelen mi li toki pona taso. taso lipu ni la, en toki pona en toki Inli li lon poka. mi wile e ni: jan ale li ken lukin e ni li ken sona e kon pi toki mi. taso mi ante toki ala e toki. toki pona li awen toki pona. toki Inli li awen toki Inli. ni li pilin namako nimi mi pi toki pona. Get ready for some hot takes! (cw: brief mentions of birth, death and sexualised body parts)      Life - konwe and pilin Life has always been a difficult thing to describe in toki pona. The debates on what to call it have gone back and forth ad infinitum. I liked using laso  metaphorically for a while in my head. moli ala  is sugg

 o musi toki lon nasin pi leko pona! toki pona li musi la, musi toki li pona la, sina wile la, o musi lo nasin pi leko pona! jan mute li musi toki lon nasin mute. nasin 'DnD' li lon. nasin 'Pathfinder' li lon. jan mute li pali e nasin sin kin pi ona taso! nasin lili li ni: nasin 'Role For Shoes'. ona li lili taso li ken lon lipu wan. mi toki pona e ona la, mi nimi "leko pona" e ona tan ni: nimi "pona" li ken kon "simple" kin. ni la, ona li nasin pi leko pona li musi toki pi leko nimi. ona li ni:

toki pona li kama seme? toki pona li toki pona la, ona li toki li pona. toki la, kulupu li lon li toki la, jan lon kulupu toki li namako (ante) e toki la, ona li kama namako li kama sin. pona la, nasin li lon toki pona la, jan li namako mute ala e ona la, ona li awen. ni tu li utala la, mi isipin... jan pi mute lili li toki e ni: 'mi toki kule e jan pi lon ala la, ona li toki pona la, toki pona li kama ni. kalama pi toki pona li kama ante. mute nimi pi toki pona li kama suli.' toki kule ale ni li musi... taso li lon ala. toki ante la, jan li toki e ona la, toki li kama namako kepeken nasin ala. taso nasin li lon toki pona la, nasin ni li nasin e kama namako pi toki pona. nasin pi toki pona li ni: o pona. pona la, toki pona li lili li pona tawa jan. mute nimi ona li lili. kalama ona li lili. nasin toki ona li pona. ona li namako e nasin insa jan li ante tan toki lon (li toki Inli ala).  ni ale li awen lon la, ni li nasin e namako pi toki pona.  kin la, en pu en ku li lon. ni la,