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toki!
mi alasa e ni: lipu mute pi jan lili. sina sona ala sona e ni: lipu mute ni li lon?
mi pana e sona pi toki pona tawa jan lili mi.
ni li lon ala la mi pali e lipu mute pi jan lili li pana e ni tawa jan pi toki pona.
pona!

ni li pona mute a! pona!
mi jo e tenpo lili la mi pali e lipu mute. jan lili mi li toki lili kepeken toki pona. taso mi wile e ni: ijo ante li toki kepeken toki pona tawa ona.
pona!

pona! tenpo pimeja pini la mi en jan lili mi li lukin e sitelin tawa ni. sitelin ni li pona!

mi open e ni: mi sitelin e lipu mute pi jan lili. taso mi jo e tenpo lili.
o awen! mute li lon.
mi jo e lipu tu wan. tenpo pimeja ijo la mi pana e sitelin tan ni: sina ken lukin e ona. sona mi pi toki pona li lili. ken la sina lukin tawa nimi ike anu seme?

*sitelen mi sona ala e toki sina ni: 'tenpo pimeja ijo'. sina toki e ni: 'ken la sina lukin tawa nimi ike anu seme?'. taso, mi pilin e ni: sina wile toki e ni: 'ken la sina lukin e lipu mute. nimi pi lipu mute li ike la o toki e ni tawa mi.' tenpo kama la mi ken. taso tenpo ni la mi jo e tenpo lili...

ni li pona tawa mi! mi wile e ni: sina pana e toki musi ante.

I did some more digging for the usage of 'tawa' as 'for', and while every toki pona dictionary says it can be used for 'for', it's never really described as to which 'for' it can be. My usage may have been improper. Maybe a more experienced speaker can shed some light? I was using it as a prepositio...

Interesting. Well, sounds good. Thanks for the advice and help, all!

mi pilin e ni: nimi 'ali' li pona. taso mi wile weka e nimi 'ale'. I think I get where you are going with the infinity thing, but if I do get where your coming from then that IS covered by ali. I'm with jan Kipo. I'd rather just do away with 'ale' altogether. The only reason that it is still taught ...

'o' really isn't too hard. Anything in front of the 'o' in a sentence is what or who you are addressing. Anything after an o is a command or request. So, 'jan Tomini o.' would mean 'Hey Tomini, I'm talking to you'. or something like that. 'o pini!' would mean 'Stop!' or 'o toki tawa mi.' would mean ...