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Well, the context suggests that this is a change of state so 'o sina kama jan sama mi' might cover it (or the imperative form, of course) "Would that you become my brother" Then you can get the finale 'ona tu li jan sama'

sina lon ma Kanata anu seme a? jan Sonja li toki mute e ijo pi nimi 'mani'. o sine lukin e ni. ken la ni li kama: mani wan pi telo walo li sama mani tu pi linja len. mani wan pi linja len li sama mani tu wan pi ali moku. mani wan pi ali moku li sama waso luka pi moku sike. o awen sama. The real prob...

suno pi jan sewi An li anpa wawa LON poka mi " poka mi" alone means " with me" i thought this is what you mean: many people gather(ed) with him Probably true, but this is about the star crashing down beside him If ''jan lawa soweli" is a shepherd... pn@ijns*ni: lw*wasj jnlw...

Oh dear! I never thought of philology, which does look just the same tpized. Yes, one minor tremor in tp-land is that, for a positive language, it seems to have mainly negative words, so, in this case, death but not life, Strictly speaking, 'lon' means (inter a whole lot of alia) "alive," ...

Maybe it should be 'Pijoloki'?

As a logician (in retirement, but my license has not been revoked) I have to protest that some things are impossible: that a thing both have and lack something at the same time and in the same respect, that there is a largest number, that (but this is trickier, I admit) there be a complete, consiste...

Well, I suggested using 'lon' because it has the very precise meaning of "place at/in" (The meaning 'exist' is very derivative from its basic prepositional sense "at/in" and similarly the 'true' and 'alive' meanings. These arise only when no place is specified.) 'pana' seems to m...

Tachygraphy has its charms and even such a short-word language as tp probably can use it in recording speech and, of course, tweeting, twittering and generally using telephones in places where God didn't intend them for purposes She didn't intend either. In measured, slow, considered communication, ...

Well, I had trouble with the original 'ma', hence the question. I would be happy with 'lon suli' "broad existence" or some such thing. Maybe even "ali li pona'
I did carry on with 'ma,' but something else would probably be better.

As I said, 'pana' just seems wrong to me but 'tawa' certainly works. I just think 'tawa' is overused.