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by jan Josan
Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:02 pm
Forum: jan nasa li wile ante e toki pona
Topic: ijo lili li pakala lili
Replies: 11
Views: 11697

Re: ijo lili li pakala lili

1. (sitelen, tawa / sitelen tawa) The more I think about this the more I like it. It seems unobtrusive but clarifying. I'd like to see how people use it and if it proves as useful as it looks. 2. From aikidave : 'mi mute li toki e ijo pi tenpo pi pilin pona poka mama mije.' To be sure, this is a cas...
by jan Josan
Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:31 am
Forum: ijo ante | miscellaneous | diversaj
Topic: pilin ike wawa
Replies: 4
Views: 6369

Re: pilin ike wawa

I wonder whether 'lon poka jan ike' is going to cut it as a noun phrase. I suppose it means "being with an enemy(or just a bad person)" although it could be (except for its position) "beside an enemy." I suppose it works, but it looks very odd. It felt odd when I wrote it, but I...
by jan Josan
Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:32 pm
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: toki suli Intenasijonale
Replies: 17
Views: 25454

Re: C’est la version finale, groupons nous et demain...

jan-ante wrote: ni li utala pini.
tan ni la li lon
ma Intenasijonale.
jan pona sin li lon.
pali pona! taso mi pilin e ni: ilo sona sina li weka e nimi 'jan' tan toki sina.
by jan Josan
Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:32 am
Forum: jan nasa li wile ante e toki pona
Topic: ijo lili li pakala lili
Replies: 11
Views: 11697

Re: ijo lili li pakala lili

4.
How clearly would you understand this (in, or at the beginning of a story): tenpo suno wan la... ?
by jan Josan
Fri Nov 20, 2009 6:46 pm
Forum: sona pona
Topic: tan kulupu lipu Pipija
Replies: 10
Views: 9658

Re: tan kulupu lipu Pipija

kin la, jan Sonja li toki e ni: jan li ken ala olin e ijo (kepeken toki pona).
by jan Josan
Sat Nov 21, 2009 2:41 am
Forum: sona pona
Topic: tan kulupu lipu Pipija
Replies: 10
Views: 9658

Re: tan kulupu lipu Pipija

'taso' "but" rather than 'kin la' "moreover"? kin la, as in "indeed, ..." I think this is why Sonja says one can't even use olin for anything other than jan , even though olin ijo is perfectly understandable as a concept. It makes for the funny situation that is ungram...
by jan Josan
Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:57 pm
Forum: sona pona
Topic: tan kulupu lipu Pipija
Replies: 10
Views: 9658

Re: tan kulupu lipu Pipija

kin la, as in "indeed, ..." kin is a modifier, it emphasises the word(s) before it. so, you cannot use it in "kin la" construction. you should put it after, not before. this is one more item in a calque mosaic of toki pona Perhaps I should have written "kin. jan Sonja li .....
by jan Josan
Wed Nov 25, 2009 4:58 pm
Forum: jan pi toki pona
Topic: toki
Replies: 3
Views: 4344

Re: toki

janKipo wrote: mi ken ala toki e ni tawa sina tan ni : kama sona tawa toki pona.
jan Kipo o, mi ken ala sona e toki sina. sina ken ala toki e seme?
by jan Josan
Wed Nov 25, 2009 5:40 pm
Forum: jan pi toki pona
Topic: toki. mi jan Niko.
Replies: 2
Views: 4325

Re: toki. mi jan Niko.

mi pilin ike tan ni: jan ala li toki e ni tawa sina: kama pona. ni li ike kin! tenpo mun wan la jan ala li pana e toki tawa toki sina. mi moku e moku kasi taso. mi moku ala e soweli e waso e akesi e kala e pipi. mi moku ala e telo pi mama soweli e sike pi mama waso e telo suwi pipi. jan ante pi nas...
by jan Josan
Tue Dec 01, 2009 12:34 am
Forum: sitelen toki
Topic: sitelen suwi
Replies: 82
Views: 102201

sitelen suwi

I have been working for a while on a hieroglyphic script using toki pona. It's non-linear, and fairly impractical for computer use, so I've started to make a series of html files to try to explain it. I started a series of lessons loosely tied to jan Pije's unofficial lessons for toki pona. There ar...