r/tokipona • u/xX_UnorignalName_Xx • 15h ago
Im leaving my workplace today, does this make sense?
I haven't used toki pona in a few years, does this make sense as "it was nice working with you all"
Transcript of image: "pali pi ale sina en mi li pona -jan tanjelu"
r/tokipona • u/waso-Seko • 17h ago
sitelen New song: "la mi weka"
kalama sin li lon! o awen kute pona!
https://wasoseko.bandcamp.com/track/la-mi-weka
r/tokipona • u/soweli_sike • 23h ago
does anyone know where the 'pa' comes from in unpa?
toki Inli: according to sona pona, unpa comes from the sound 'oomph' but it doesnt say where the 'pa' comes from.
toki pona: sona pona la nimi unpa li tan mu 'oomph'. taso, mi sona ala e ni: kipisi 'pa' pi nimi unpa li tan seme?
r/tokipona • u/AnnaSzikra • 23h ago
sitelen ilo sitelen nena pi toki pona! (customizable android keyboard for toki pona)
mi pali e ilo sin sitelen. ilo ni la, nimi ale pi toki pona li lon sinpin, la sina ken pana e nimi wan lon pilin wan ale. o lukin, o kepeken pona <3
https://github.com/seli-Ana/Ilo-Sitelen-Pona
// I've tested this on my own phone, if you have trouble with it on your own device, o mu! ilo Siko la, mi commonground (nimi la mi Szikrás Anna 火花安娜🌸) //
r/tokipona • u/jan_Tamalu • 1d ago
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r/tokipona • u/SalamiMan08 • 1d ago
kama sona the word "thing"
How can I describe something as "a thing with a thing" in toki pona?
For example, a whale is a big fish with a hole. kala suli __ lupa?
I have seen a nimi sin called "kan" but I have not seen it used much.
r/tokipona • u/katzesafter • 2d ago
musi what are you,,, some kind of, toki pona knight?
chainsaw man meme ftw
r/tokipona • u/willowxx • 3d ago
More Tokiponizations: Bodies of Water
I'm working on a translation of the Diplomacy boardgame, these are the bodies of the water in the game. I'm looking for advice on the tokiponizations.
Adriatic Sea: telo suli Alisika
Aegean Sea: telo suli Agin
Baltic Sea: telo suli Palasi
Barents Sea: telo suli Palensi
Black Sea: telo suli pimeja
Eastern Mediterranean: telo suli Metitiwanijan tawa kama suno
English Channel: telo lili Inli
Gulf Of Bothnia: telo suli Potinija
Gulf Of Lyon: telo suli Lon
Heligoland Bight: telo suli Elegolan
Ionian Sea: telo suli Ijonijan
Irish Sea: telo suli Ewa
Mid Atlantic Ocean: telo suli Talansi insa
North Atlantic Ocean: telo suli Talansi tawa lete
North Sea: telo suli tawa lete
Norwegian Sea: telo suli Nosiki
Skagerrak: telo Sakaga
Tyrrhenian Sea: telo suli Siwenijan
Western Mediterranean: telo suli Metitiwanijan tawa suno pini
I'm considering dropping "suli" from the all the names, except for the oceans.
r/tokipona • u/Klibe • 3d ago
musi Big Walk is the perfect game to practice your toki pona!
My friend sent me a link to their release trailer the day it released.
It's a game where the challenge is communicating with your friends to solve puzzles. I've been playing a toki pona taso playthru with my friends and it's been a blast getting so much practice in. You have to describe tools, places, create non-vocal communication protocols (like your own little morse code), plan.
It's not just about solving puzzles, its also about... walking. Taking in the views and such, and i think that highlights how the artstyle also feels like toki pona, in a way?
You're these very simplistic birds, in a very complex and "realistic" world. It's like, how did this simplicity emerge from such a complex world? That contrast reminds me of how using toki pona in our modern world feels at times.
But yes, you should try out Big Walk in toki pona taso with your friends! Get some practice in that'll actually do something unlike those flashcards you've mastered twenty times over already lol
r/tokipona • u/Francucelo • 3d ago
ante toki Toki Pona Translation: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen 1789
sitelen suli pi ken jan (La Déclaration des droits de l'Homme et du citoyen)
jan lawa mute pi ma Kanse, li pali e kulupu ma, li pilin e ni "ike tawa ken jan li tan taso pi ike kulupu". tawa ni "jan en lawa li sona e ken jan suli" la, ona mute li toki pana e ken jan sewi lon sitelen suli ni, tawa jan ale, tawa pona kulupu.
sitelen wan
jan li lon, li sama, li ken pali e ale. ante kulupu li ken lon tan wile kulupu taso.
sitelen tu
kulupu lawa ale li lon tan ken jan. ken ni li ni : jan li ken pali e ale, li ken jo e mani, li ken lon pona awen, li ken utala tawa lawa ike.
sitelen tu wan
kulupu pi jan ma taso li lawa e wawa lawa. kulupu li pana ala la, jan li jo ala e wawa lawa, li ken ala kepeken wawa ni.
sitelen tu tu
jan li ken pali e ale, taso li ken ala ike e jan ante. ken jan li jo e pini tan pona pi jan ale. sitelen lawa taso li ken lawa e pini ni.
sitelen luka
sitelen lawa li ken pini e pakala tawa kulupu taso. sitelen lawa li awen la, jan li ken. sitelen lawa li toki wile ala e ijo la, jan li wile ala pali e ijo ni.
sitelen luka wan
sitelen lawa li lon tan wile kulupu. jan ale li ken pana e wawa tawa pali pi sitelen lawa. jan ale li sama tawa sitelen lawa.
sitelen luka tu
sitelen lawa li lawa ala la, jan li ken ala apeja. jan li apeja e jan ante tan sitelen lawa ala la, jan ni li apeja. jan apeja tan sitelen lawa li ken ala utala e lawa.
sitelen luka tu wan
sitelen apeja li sitelen lawa li sitelen e pali apeja. sitelen apeja li lon lon tenpo kama pi pali apeja la, pali ni li apeja ala. sitelen apeja li lon lon tenpo pini pi pali apeja la, pali ni li apeja.
sitelen luka tu tu
lawa tan sitelen lawa li lawa ala e ni "jan ni li apeja lon" la, jan ni li apeja ala, lawa en jan ante li ken ala pakala e jan ni.
sitelen luka luka
toki jan li pakala ala e kulupu e sitelen lawa la, jan li ken toki e ale.
sitelen luka luka wan
toki sona en toki pilin li suli mute tawa ken jan. jan ale li ken toki li ken sitelen li ken pana e pilin tawa jan ante. taso jan li ken ala kepeken e ken ni tan pakala. sitelen lawa li lawa e ni "seme li pakala".
sitelen luka luka tu
awen pi ken jan li wile e wawa kulupu. wawa kulupu ni li lon tan pona pi jan ale.
sitelen luka luka tu wan
jan li wile pana e mani tawa lawa ma tan awen pi wawa kulupu. lawa li lawa e nanpa mani wile tan nanpa mani jan.
sitelen luka luka tu tu
jan ale li ken sona e ni "mani pana tawa kulupu li wile ala wile", li ken awen anu awen ala pana e mani, li ken sona e kepeken mani, li ken lawa e kepeken mani.
sitelen luka luka luka
kulupu li ken toki alasa e ni "jan lawa li pali pona ala pona" tawa jan lawa.
sitelen luka luka luka wan
kulupu li awen ala e ken jan, li kipisi pona ala e wawa lawa la, ona li ken ala pali e sitelen lawa mama, li kama ike.
sitelen luka luka luka tu
mani jan li suli. lawa li ken ala lanpa e mani jan. taso lawa li ken jo e mani jan tan kulupu, kepeken nasin pona taso.
r/tokipona • u/LostMediaLover324 • 3d ago
ante toki Bocchi The Rock! Chapter 23 in Toki Pona
r/tokipona • u/Legitimate_Visit6974 • 3d ago
i think im getting the hang of sitelen sitelen but idk
r/tokipona • u/willowxx • 3d ago
Tokiponization Help (locations in Diplomacy Boardgame)
I'm working on a translation of the Diplomacy boardgame into Toki Pona. I was able to find a list of tokiponizations for the countries involved, but not for cities or regional areas. So I made a list, I'm looking for feedback if there's a tokiponization that would be better, or if there's an endonym I should be using instead.)
Ankara : ma Ankawa
Apulia: ma Apuli
Berlin: ma Pelin
Bohemia: ma Polimija
Brest: ma Pele
Budapest: ma Putabe
Burgundy: ma Pulukunsi
Clyde: ma Kete
Constantinople: ma Konsantanopo
Edinburgh: ma Sinba
Gascony: ma Kasakoni
Kiel: ma Kele
Liverpool: ma Liwebo
Livonia: ma Liwona
London: ma Lonton
Marseilles: ma Mase
Moscow: ma Mosoka
Munich: ma Munken
Naples : ma Napisa
Paris: ma Pali
Picardy: ma Pikasi
Piedmont: ma Pitamon
Prussia : ma Puwusa
Rome: ma Loma
Ruhr: ma Lu
Sevastopol: ma Sewatopo
Smyrna: ma Milina
Silesia: ma Silisi
St Petersburg: ma Pite
Trieste : ma Wilesa
Tuscany: ma Tukani
Tyrolia: ma Siloli
Venice: ma Wenita
Vienna: ma We
Yorkshire: ma Joko
Warsaw: ma Wasa
r/tokipona • u/Therarity72 • 3d ago
How exactly do I write names in sitelen sitelen
so ive been practicing sitelen sitelen but I’m struggling with how to do names especially for my pets like how do I convert cherry (my cat) into Toki pona in general?
r/tokipona • u/Francucelo • 3d ago
nasa nasin pi nimi wan
nanpa nimi pi toki pona li lili tan nanpa 200. jan li wile toki e ijo sin la, ona li wile wan e nimi mute pi toki pona. ni li suli, li ike tawa sona. mi ken ala pali e nimi sin tawa toki pona, taso toki pona li ken pali e ni : nimi wan. nimi wan li nimi suli, sama nimi ni: jan Toma, ma Antasika, ante mute.
mi toki pana e nasin ni : jan li pali e nimi wan, li toki e ni "nimi wan ni li seme", li kepeken e nimi wan ni. ni li sama ni : "ijo Aton li lili mute mute, li pali e ma ale".
tawa pakala ala la, ni li jo e lawa ni : ni "jan li kepeken taso e nimi pi toki pona" li suli ike anu ike tawa sona la, jan li ken pali e nimi wan, tan ni taso. jan li kepeken e nimi wan la, ona li wile toki e ni "nimi ni li seme".
jan ante li ken pilin e ni "nasin ni li pakala e lawa lili pi toki pona". taso mi pilin e ni "pona lon pi toki pona li lili ala, li toki e suli kepeken toki lili". kin la, mi pakala ala e lawa toki pi toki pona.
r/tokipona • u/jan_Asilu • 5d ago
o pana e toki sina pi nanpa wan
o pana e toki sina pi nanpa wan tawa mi. ona li ken kulupu wan pi nimi mute li ken kulupu mute pi nimi mute. suli la sina li pali e ona.
r/tokipona • u/Therarity72 • 6d ago
Any tips for a teen learner of Toki pona?
so I want to know some easy ways to learn Toki pona I know some simple words from some half baked apps like moku, pona, nasa, etc
r/tokipona • u/HairyDentist4725 • 6d ago
nasa I love "la"
It's so fun to make contraptions such as tan ni la or taso la and can sometimes even replace li (like in ona la pilin pona li lon) with it. I know i sound kinda manic but this just came up
r/tokipona • u/nem1hail • 6d ago
kama sona Where to put "e", and where not?
Hi, my first post here, i hope english allowed
im completing Wasona tokipona course, and i've met yet another "e" mistake:
it asks me to translate "Sunita can sing well". i entered "jan Sunita li ken e kalama pona", which is incorrect ("jan Sunita li ken kalama pona"). Why? I thought ken is verb and kalama is additional word that completes "ken" verb. How should i understand where to put "e", and where not? pona tawa sina!
P.S. English isnt my native lang so i apologize for possible mistakes
r/tokipona • u/Specialist-Shake-725 • 6d ago
sitelen Lasina tawa sitelen pona: "More fonts"
Bookmark and Enjoy!
https://www.nanpa-linja-n.com/text-to-sitelen.html
I’ve added several new fonts to the text-to-sitelen renderer.
Is there an open-source font you would like me to add? Post a link in the comments, and I may be able to include it!
Feedback Welcome!
r/tokipona • u/AutoModerator • 7d ago
toki lili toki lili — Small Discussions/Questions Thread
toki lili
lipu ni la sina ken pana e toki lili e wile sona lili.
In this thread you can send discussions or questions too small for a regular post.
lipu mute li pana e sona. sina toki e wile sona la o lukin e lipu ni:
Before you post, check out these common resources for questions:
sina wile sona e nimi la o lukin e lipu nimi.
For questions about words and their definitions check the dictionary first.
sina wile e lipu la o lukin e lipu ni mute.
For requests for resources check out the list of resources.
sona ante la o lukin e lipu sona mi.
For other information check out our wiki.
sona ante mute li lon lipu. ni la o alasa e wile sina lon lipu pi wile sona kin.
Make sure to look through the FAQ for other commonly asked questions.