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- Sat Apr 04, 2015 11:20 am
- Forum: kama sona toki
- Topic: Elementary math in tp
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6909
Elementary math in tp
tu en tu lon tu tu. tu weka wan lon wan. tu mute tu lon tu tu. I am perplexed as to division and integration, derivation are perhaps out of scope for the language. As for basic new geometry shapes: linja wan tu = triangle linja pona tu tu = square linja pona lili tu tu = rectangle, parallelogram lin...
- Sat Apr 04, 2015 11:14 am
- Forum: kama sona toki
- Topic: Suggested New Toki Pona Idioms
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3584
Suggested New Toki Pona Idioms
The first one is " why not ". It is quite natural to suggest: seme ala? After all, most tp vocabulary is modelled upon English. toki pona li telo e toki ante seme? In this sentence I used telo as meaning "to draw", as water is usually drawn and I think that the width and breadth ...
- Thu Apr 02, 2015 9:30 am
- Forum: kama sona toki
- Topic: o
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10504
Re: o
Ok, I give this one up, considering you like my suggestion regarding oko;)
Still, I would like to know how to say order in the sense of command, and order goods.
I ordered a TV.
mi wile lipu e ilo pi sitelen tawa.
??
Still, I would like to know how to say order in the sense of command, and order goods.
I ordered a TV.
mi wile lipu e ilo pi sitelen tawa.
??
- Thu Apr 02, 2015 9:21 am
- Forum: kama sona toki
- Topic: nasin lili (short forms)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6369
nasin lili (short forms)
Lets us introduce short forms into toki pona. mi mute o pana e nasin lili tawa toki pona. Long form: toki Epelanto li ike tawa mi. Short form: toki Epelanto l'ike tawa mi. sina toki e seme? Also, a friend of mine used musi meaning interesting. I was thinking if sona lukin or at least musi sona would...
- Wed Apr 01, 2015 5:40 am
- Forum: kama sona toki
- Topic: oko
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6307
oko
I would like to suggest another meaning for "oko", namely supervise, check etc. mi oko e oko mi. ona li pona. I checked my eye. It is all right. A beautiful symetrical sentence, isn't it. I already added vt order, command to Tokiponian-Slovak dictionary, so let us see if the usage will hol...
- Wed Apr 01, 2015 5:34 am
- Forum: kama sona toki
- Topic: o
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10504
Re: o
Let us not forget that any language contains sentences that are ambiguous and only usage will tell. I mean, no one should have complete authority over language. Luckily, you do not need any democracy as far as usage is concerned, it is inherent here. Unless my contribution to this discussion is dele...
- Tue Mar 31, 2015 7:08 am
- Forum: kama sona toki
- Topic: o
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10504
Re: o
If you say, mi o e jan ni. i.e. I give orders to this man. no confusion may arise. How would you apply usual function of "o" in this sentence? mi mute o tawa means let us go. Could you apply the syntax by analogy? You probably could not. With "li" it is even clearer, so maby you ...
- Mon Mar 30, 2015 1:02 pm
- Forum: kama sona toki
- Topic: o
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10504
Re: o
Second line should read:
jan ala li o e meli pi len ala.
jan ala li o e meli pi len ala.
- Mon Mar 30, 2015 12:29 pm
- Forum: kama sona toki
- Topic: o
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10504
Re: o
I added a few verses to Tao: 82. meli pi len ala li o ala. jan ala li len e meli pi len ala. meli pi len ala li jan lawa li jan ilo. meli ni li len lon ala. English translation follows just to save everyone the trouble: 82. Naked woman does not give orders. You cannot give orders to a naked woman. N...
- Thu Mar 26, 2015 3:17 pm
- Forum: musi
- Topic: (untitled poem about milk tea)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5260
Re: (untitled poem about milk tea)
tenpo pini la jan Kipo toki e mi: mi moku e telo pimeja wawa.
So I do not get it why he writes poems about tea....
So I do not get it why he writes poems about tea....