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Several times in toki pona, we use double:sentences (separated by a colon) to represent a single idea. I understand that the colon represents a punctuation, but how does it work if one or both parts of the sentence is a question. Does one side get a question mark? Do both? Spanish puts question mark...

«o lukin!» li tawa pona e mi. «o toki!» kin li pona. «o lukin!» li pona tawa mi. «o toki!» kin li pona. X li pona tawa Y == Y likes X, it's a well established & pretty official convention. Thank you. I was aware of that convention but forgot it. Looks like I got tawa and pona mixed up. Thanks f...

kepeken --> kepeke --> kepe I am all for shortening kepeken . I never understood why we had a three syllable preposition. It is not helpful, and with so few words in toki pona, we have not yet exhausted all the two-syllable permutations. mi wile kep'en nimi <<kep'en>> kep'en ala nimi <<kepeken>>. I...

I was inspired by this thread to create a unique calendar for toki pona. I enjoyed the idea of using animals and elements to form calendar names; however, why follow the Chinese convention when we have animal names of our own? You would have to write <<tenpo sike pi akesi suli seli>> to say simply &...

Oh, you may not think I'm pretty, ah! maybe you feel this: I do not look good. a! ken la sina pilin ni: mi lukin ala pona. But don't judge on what you see, but o feel not on this: you see this. taso o pilin ala lon ni: sina lukin e ni. I'll eat myself if you can find A smarter hat than me. if in th...

mije Wi wrote:It's my fault! I should have posted a

Or followed it with 'a a a!', if you wanted to remain in tp.

I would like to create a derivative of toki pona and Esperanto. It will must be precise like Esperanto, and as beautiful as toki pona. I think Esperanto sounds very bad, because there's prefix and suffix in the words who mess up the words in question, for example: la malbela instruistoj mangxas la ...

After 2012, of course, we'll all be dead. But I want to sort this out so that I can write my New Year's Toki Pona speech "properly". Speaking of "New Year's", would this calendary necessarily cycle every January first? Looking at it again, it would make more sense to start it on...

Hm.. It depends on if the modifier changes every year or every seven. Hmm... I think my original intent was to change every seven years, but either way works. Changing both gives it a sense of randomness and mystery, while changing just one seems to be more pragmatic and systemic. I don't know whic...

janAwi wrote:toki! mi jan Awi. tenpo lili la mi kama sona e toki pona. mi toki pona ala pona? mi wile e ni: mi toki pona e toki pona.

jan Awi o, kama pona! ilo sina pi toki pona li pona. ilo sina li lon suli ni: mi toki.
Welcome, jan Awi. Your usage of toki pona is great. It is better than when I speak.