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Adding new words is not just expanding the dictionary. Adding new words creates a shift in the meaning of the other words. So it's something very hazardous ... On the other hand, nobody talks about reducing the vocabulary, although groups like "oko/lukin" or "uta/lupa" could obvi...

toki Sinan (Klingon) li toki ike pi jan ike.

jan pi suno ante li toki kin e toki "aUI". toki "aUI" li nasa li sona li musi.

jan Kanso

To another side of this point, 'olin' is, as I said, only supposed to be between people . Does it works for animals? mi olin e soweli lili mi (?) mi olin e jan. taso mi soweli. a. jan Kanso P.S. : mi sona pona e jan. tan ni la mi olin mute e soweli tomo mi. ("Plus je connais les gens, plus j'a...

jan pi jan sewi mute li moli ala e jan ante. ni li lon ala. jan Asina li moli e jan Sokate tan ni: ona li toki ala tawa jan sewi mute. jan pi jan sewi mute li moli e jan ante mute tan ni sama. sina toki e lon : jan pi jan sewi mute li moli kin e jan mute. mi pilin e ni : ma mama li pona tawa mi. ta...

I want to modify my right-wingedness in liturgy, because I don't know which wing is which. The spectrum is, for the main Sunday service, from a guy in a business suit, all alone, reading some text (not necessarily that assigned) and haranguing on it-- mainly about sin and personal salvation, with m...

The leaving of Belgian breadstuffs in the South Atlantic is not strictly Garden Pathing, since you can get the whole way through without problem; it's just that when you get to the end you may realize that there is another way through. Typically, Garden Pathing involves stopping part way through wh...

jan Kanso wrote:

janKipo wrote:Wouldn't the first reading strictly require 'pi'?

no : "ni li tomo tawa pi mi en meli mi" means : "This is my and my wife's house"

pakala !

read : "ni li tomo pi mi en meli mi"

[quote="janKipo"]Wouldn't the first reading strictly require 'pi'?

no : "ni li tomo tawa pi mi en meli mi" means : "This is my and my wife's house"

e.g. :

ni li tomo tawa mi en meli mi.

(this is my car and my wife vs. this is a house for me and my wife)

jan Kanso

Title of an article in an Australian newspaper : "British left waffles on Falklands" !