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Kuti wrote:jan Ape, i'd like to know where did you get the meanings of the words http://www.unilang.org/viewtopic.php?f= ... a&start=45

I don't remember, it was so long ago. I remember monsuta being on the official site, I guess Sonja took it off though.

樸 pu , means the uncarved block, but it also means "pure", "natural". Maybe this is the intended use?

I've gotten around to doing a few translations. Lord's Prayer (nesa na sopa no kana) - the desire toward sky parent no kana na sopa - parent at sky o nome e pona - oh [your] name is good. pope o mosa na ko loko - [your] nation , please move toward this place. o pase nesa na tela mo sopa - please do ...

This language was deeply inspired by Japanese. I love how simple the Japanese sentences are, and how they leave out pronouns sometimes. I figured it would be great to have a minimalistic language without pronouns, since they rely on context anyway. Besides, if there absolutely needs to be less ambig...

I see what you mean. This is a fun idea. I'll entertain it.

toki = toqui
pona = bon
mi = me
olin = aulen
sina - cina
e = es
ni = ne
li = li
seme = ceme

me aulen es cina. = mi olin e sina. (I love you)

ne li ceme. = what is that.

toqui bon = toki pona

Nice graphs. The language of origin part--that is an auxlang concern. Did you have in mind the various design considerations for an interlanguage/auxlang? In any case, the phonetics are restrictive enough that for many of these word pairs, you cant easily see the original. Having just recently trie...

It's going to be in the same word order as English (Subject, Verb, Object). Adjectives come before Nouns. Also, these is no word for "to be" so the word "pila" is used which means something like "truely", "really", "truth", "real", "fa...

Toki Pona is good and all but I don't think that it's simple enough and now more and more words are being added so I made my own little language. The language has 100 words and I did not pick these words at random. They were selected from a list of most commonly used words. So, this language can exp...

I've noticed a lack of new videos concerning Toki Pona and it's community on YouTube so this is a little fun challenge I have for the Toki Pona community. Make (or translate) a song in Toki Pona on YouTube! The rewards are self-obtainable: An increase of popularity on YouTube An increase of interest...

ilo pi pana moli ala - A life giving specific thing (a healing thing)

ilo pona pana- Fixing/Healing giving thing

telo pona pana - Life giving liquid (medicine)