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by jan Andrei Nikolaew
Wed Dec 07, 2016 2:52 pm
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: passive and active voice inside the phrases
Replies: 2
Views: 5279

passive and active voice inside the phrases

I guess the topic is 15 years old, but still. How do i (or can i) mark the difference: jan moli - killer vs dead man jan pakala - torturer vs tortue victim jan kule - painter vs bodyart model jan lukin - scout vs model soweli moku - eating animal vs edible animal soweli alasa - hunter vs prey I gues...
by jan Andrei Nikolaew
Thu Nov 24, 2016 12:54 pm
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: Left and Right
Replies: 14
Views: 15756

Re: Left and Right

We have been through this a few times before over the last decade and a half. The problem is, of course, that left-handed people feel (and often are) stigmatized by this kind of terminology. Let me disagree from here on. The main problem is - toki pona has no means to express directions and coordin...
by jan Andrei Nikolaew
Wed Nov 23, 2016 12:09 am
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: Left and Right
Replies: 14
Views: 15756

Left and Right

Hello! I think about a way to address left and rightsides. I suggest to call them "the good side" or poka pona for right and "the bad side" or poka ike for left. The word "right" is usually a synonym for "good" and "correct", also the word "left...