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by jan Sanje
Tue Apr 09, 2019 6:09 am
Forum: musi
Topic: utala musi pi toki ante
Replies: 20
Views: 23761

Re: utala musi pi toki ante

I'll let you guess the winner.
In any case, this game doesn't seem to be very successful. At least I would have tried to throw something.
Thanks to the participants of all the sessions :)
by jan Sanje
Tue Apr 02, 2019 5:16 pm
Forum: musi
Topic: utala musi pi toki ante
Replies: 20
Views: 23761

Re: utala musi pi toki ante

Unfortunately, there was little participation in this challenge. jan Jojanese sina pilin ike ala tawa moli la, sina pilin ike tawa lon. When I read the translation for the first time I thought it was perfect but it is in fact subtly false. janTepanNetaPelin sina pilin ike ala tan moli, la sina pilin...
by jan Sanje
Sun Mar 31, 2019 11:03 am
Forum: musi
Topic: utala musi pi toki ante
Replies: 20
Views: 23761

Re: utala musi pi toki ante

Thank you for your participation.
Did you miss the negation?
by jan Sanje
Fri Mar 29, 2019 3:18 pm
Forum: musi
Topic: utala musi pi toki ante
Replies: 20
Views: 23761

Re: utala musi pi toki ante

WasoPimeja olin li awen. olin pakala li awen mute. olin pakala is interesting here. I think the translation does the trick, but maybe a touch of poetry could be added. janTepanNetaPelin olin pona li kama suli. olin utala li awen lili. Maybe kama suli is abusive but olin utala seems the right way to...
by jan Sanje
Mon Mar 25, 2019 12:29 pm
Forum: musi
Topic: utala musi pi toki ante
Replies: 20
Views: 23761

Re: utala musi pi toki ante

WasoPimeja sina jo e tenpo la tenpo li tawa. Your translation is synthetic but two points are missing in my opinion: - We don’t understand that you are responsible for the loss of time - The "often" nuance is not there janKipo sina pilin e ni: sina jo e tenpo suli la sina kepeken sona ala...
by jan Sanje
Mon Mar 25, 2019 6:03 am
Forum: jan pi toki pona
Topic: mi jan Sanje
Replies: 6
Views: 9047

Re: mi jan Sanje

Thank you for the word "year".
I almost immediately corrected Kanse after writing it ;)
Finally I really wanted to mean think in the first message but pilin is better in the second one you are right.
by jan Sanje
Sun Mar 24, 2019 12:40 pm
Forum: jan pi toki pona
Topic: mi jan Sanje
Replies: 6
Views: 9047

Re: mi jan Sanje

toki!
tenpo suno sike 2017 la mi open e ni: mi kama sona e toki pona. mi pu.
by jan Sanje
Sun Mar 24, 2019 11:13 am
Forum: musi
Topic: utala musi pi toki ante
Replies: 20
Views: 23761

Re: utala musi pi toki ante

toki sina li pona. taso ken la jan Tepan en jan Kipo li lukin e ni.
tenpo suno nanpa tu la mi pana e toki mi.
by jan Sanje
Sun Mar 24, 2019 2:54 am
Forum: jan pi toki pona
Topic: mi jan Sanje
Replies: 6
Views: 9047

Re: mi jan Sanje

toki!
toki Fanse li toki mama mi a.
mi kama sona e toki pona tan mi: pona li pona mute tawa mi. mi sona lon tp la mi toki insa e ali pona.
by jan Sanje
Sat Mar 23, 2019 5:34 pm
Forum: musi
Topic: utala musi pi toki ante
Replies: 20
Views: 23761

utala musi pi toki ante

toki! I decided to organize a translation contest. Every few days I will post an aphorism or a short quote from a book of mine. You goal is to find the cleanest translation possible. At the end of a round, I will select the best translation in my opinion and give one point to the author. I think it ...