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by uteose
Thu Apr 21, 2016 2:41 pm
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: Compass points and relative directions
Replies: 4
Views: 5093

Re: Compass points and relative directions

Ahh, yes... :oops: Sometimes I find myself unnecessarily both translating AND explaining when I try to go from English to toki pona - e.g. I'll think Antarctica, but I'll immediately want to say 'cold icy continent at bottom of earth' as if the name will be meaningless to a non-English speaker. I mu...
by uteose
Thu Apr 21, 2016 10:47 am
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: Compass points and relative directions
Replies: 4
Views: 5093

Re: Compass points and relative directions

Thanks for this helpful reply. The left to right writing for tp does work I suppose - but yes, it will be interesting to see if this sticks! Really not sure about ma lete/seli - I can't think how to say 'Antartic' :?: I had another thought about north and south - would it be possible to reference th...
by uteose
Thu Apr 21, 2016 5:19 am
Forum: jan nasa li wile ante e toki pona
Topic: Are "li", "la" and "e" necessary?
Replies: 3
Views: 6433

Re: Are "li", "la" and "e" necessary?

There are a few cases where I think without them ambiguity is impossible to avoid, for example mi moku (e) telo (e) kili Did I drink water and eat fruit, or did I drink fruit juice? There are also some compounds which rely on these words - e.g. 'ken la' = 'maybe' Certainly, there are cases where the...
by uteose
Thu Apr 21, 2016 5:06 am
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: Compass points and relative directions
Replies: 4
Views: 5093

Compass points and relative directions

I have been studying toki pona now for about a week, and am fascinated by the challenge of creating compound words. So far I have had little problem coming up with compound words for almost everything I wish to describe (even if some of these have ended up being very long!) but there are several wor...
by uteose
Thu Apr 21, 2016 4:50 am
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: Whence these words?
Replies: 13
Views: 12836

Re: Whence these words?

I would guess that 'ike' comes form the (British?) English 'icky': ike I believe comes from the English icky - which is used in a similar way to yucky (from which I believe yaki is derived).