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by jan_endy
Thu Apr 02, 2015 2:07 pm
Forum: musi
Topic: nasin suli pi jan Melin
Replies: 12
Views: 15479

Re: nasin suli pi jan Melin

Dear janKipo, thanks for your help. Don't need with 'nanpa' + number, ordinals are treated like cardinals (recent change?) I wanted to say "introduction" which seems to me close to "nimi pi nanpa wan", literally the words number one... 'toki Lasina' for Latin, not 'toki Loma' (or...
by jan_endy
Wed Apr 01, 2015 3:17 am
Forum: musi
Topic: nasin suli pi jan Melin
Replies: 12
Views: 15479

Re: nasin suli pi jan Melin

updated in post and books
by jan_endy
Tue Mar 31, 2015 2:21 pm
Forum: musi
Topic: nasin suli pi jan Melin
Replies: 12
Views: 15479

nasin suli pi jan Melin

Toki. Hi! jan lili mi en mi li pali e lipu mute kepeken toki pona. My children and I, we published a book in toki pona. lipu mute ni li toki e ijo pi nasin suli pi jan Melin. This book describes the life of Merlin. ona li lon / it is available at http://frederic.magniette.org/tokipona/nasinmelin.pdf...
by jan_endy
Mon Feb 23, 2015 6:38 pm
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: jan mije tu
Replies: 1
Views: 3334

jan mije tu

Hello dear toki-ponists, here is a new episode of my Merlin saga, named "the two husbands". Best regards jan Enkimon jan mije tu jan Uten li kama jan lawa pi ma Piten la ona li wile kama jo e jan meli. tenpo suno mute la kulupu pi jan lawa li tawa ma. Taso jan Uten li lukin ala e meli pi p...
by jan_endy
Thu Feb 12, 2015 4:54 am
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: meli sama tu
Replies: 3
Views: 3640

Re: meli sama tu

tenpo mun ali I think I made a countersense by using "tenpo mun" for "night". Thus "tenpo mun ali" was for "every night". Should I use "tenpo pimeja ali" instead? This is the "stop" for which Sonja once proposed 'pake' I dont have it in my...
by jan_endy
Wed Feb 11, 2015 8:36 am
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: meli sama tu
Replies: 3
Views: 3640

meli sama tu

Hi all, this is the prequel of "akesi kon tu" in the "nasin suli pi jan Melin". I hope this one will be "janKipo" compliant ;) Thanks for your help. jan Enkimon (aka the Robert de Boron of toki pona 8-) ) meli sama tu tenpo pini mute la, kon ike wan li lon ma Piten. ona...
by jan_endy
Wed Feb 11, 2015 2:57 am
Forum: sin pi toki pona
Topic: regarding Pu
Replies: 5
Views: 11078

Re: regarding Pu

2. 'pi' indicates a unit block within a string of modifiers, a break in the left grouping of each successive word. It is not a possessive marker. It cannot be followed by just one word (obviously). IMHO, it is not so obvious. To me, "pi" is a disambiguation operator meaning something like...
by jan_endy
Sat Feb 07, 2015 5:07 am
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: akesi kon tu
Replies: 7
Views: 5436

Re: akesi kon tu

mi SIKE E SUNO LON TENPO luka tu I suppose this means "I circled the sun seven times". Why use "lon" there? Why not "pi"? In a more compact way, I think we could say : mi sike e suno luka tu -> I circled seven suns As we are not in an inter-galactic story, we can assum...
by jan_endy
Fri Feb 06, 2015 10:58 am
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: akesi kon tu
Replies: 7
Views: 5436

Re: akesi kon tu

toki jan Kipo li pana e sona pona ona tawa mi. pona. ni li nimi mute kin pi akesi kon tu. jan Enki akesi kon tu tenpo pini mute la jan Monteken li lawa pi ma Piten. ona li ike mute. ona li kama jo ike e supa monsi lawa pi jan lawa moli.ona li moli e mije lili pi jan lawa moli. taso mije lili sin li ...
by jan_endy
Wed Feb 04, 2015 8:38 am
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: akesi kon tu
Replies: 7
Views: 5436

Re: akesi kon tu

Dear jan Kipo, thanks for your help which is very appreciated. Voltikeln. no v in tp, no consonant clusters in tp, no ti in tp. It is hard to drop so much letter. I choose Monteken... "He evilly had a head surface of dead heads" I don't get "head surface". I suppose you have dead...