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by janMato
Sat Dec 05, 2009 5:28 pm
Forum: sitelen toki
Topic: Allegra Coffee In Thornton Colorado
Replies: 3
Views: 5048

Re: Allegra Coffee In Thornton Colorado (Spam)

sitelen ni li moku akesi ike pi poki kiwen .-- this writing is evil vile-animal meat of the metal box. Spam. (Darn minimal pairs!) sitelen ni li sitelen pi kama sin mute li kepeken ala li esun wile ala. -- this writing comes over & over again, is useless and is unwanted marketing. (new word ord...
by janMato
Sat Dec 05, 2009 6:10 pm
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: King Hattusili I's Last Words in Toki Pona
Replies: 3
Views: 4458

Re: King Hattusili I's Last Words in Toki Pona

1. jan "Hashtayar" li meli pi jan "Labarna". Jan Lawa Suli "Labarna" li toki e jan "Hashtayar" e ni: meli o sina weka ala e mi. sina o, mi lawa sina. The pattern "sina o [verb]!" for imperative is well attested in the archives. 2. mi wile e ni: jan ...
by janMato
Sat Dec 05, 2009 6:31 pm
Forum: jan nasa li wile ante e toki pona
Topic: Converting content words to function words
Replies: 8
Views: 8823

Re: Converting content words to function words

I'm not quite clear what the bold-face means; most of the words there are clearly content words (so maybe what I don't understand is what your content/function distinction is). What is this all leading up to? To write toki pona, one has to be inventive. If one is so inventive as to convert existing...
by janMato
Sun Dec 06, 2009 9:54 pm
Forum: ante toki
Topic: Fortuna by Corvus Corax, medivial latin lyrics
Replies: 3
Views: 7756

Re: Fortuna by Corvus Corax, medivial latin lyrics

(a slightly better Latin translation) Fate! Fate! Fate's initial benefits, Fate's initial benefits, Fate's favor has been revoked. As for me, I have regrets, I'm cursed, I'm loathed, The "me me" construction is found in modern Italian is just emphasis, like "as for me, I ..." But...
by janMato
Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:15 pm
Forum: jan nasa li wile ante e toki pona
Topic: Converting content words to function words
Replies: 8
Views: 8823

Re: Converting content words to function words

Hmm, lots to think about here. I'm reading up on "clitics", maybe that line of research has some guidance. If a word is a clitic, i.e. it can't stand alone. If it does stand alone it means something else. Wikipedia says that a clitic can still be a clitic even if it written with a space be...
by janMato
Sun Dec 06, 2009 11:31 pm
Forum: jan pi toki pona
Topic: Toki. sitelen ni li sitelen e mi tawa sina
Replies: 4
Views: 5247

Toki. sitelen ni li sitelen e mi tawa sina

(recent edits in bold) pali. tan mi wile e mani la mi pali lon tomo pi jan lawa. mi pali mute. mi pali kepeken ilo pi nanpa mute pi sona mute. mi sitelen e toki pi ilo nanpa mute. musi. mi la kalama musi pi tenpo pini mute li pona. mi la kin la jan "Emilie Autumn" li pona. Ona li jan pi ka...
by janMato
Mon Dec 07, 2009 2:15 pm
Forum: ijo ante | miscellaneous | diversaj
Topic: Proposed reconstructed history of proto-toki-pona.
Replies: 1
Views: 4040

Proposed reconstructed history of proto-toki-pona.

Is toki pona a language from the distant past, the present or distant future? I haven't ruled out that Jan Sonya is in contact with a lost tribe or is a time traveler from beyond the future apocalypse. For the moment, I think the data best supports a toki pona homeland in the Pacific, possibly a dec...
by janMato
Mon Dec 07, 2009 10:06 pm
Forum: pali pona | actions and lifestyle | agado kaj vivstilo
Topic: Ardipithecus
Replies: 24
Views: 38557

Re: Ardipithecus

soweli pi jan sama "Ardipithecus" li tawa kepeken noka tu tan unpa. sina pilin e ni: mi sitelen li lon ala li pakala? o lukin e lipu ni mije soweli pi wawa lili li pana e moku tawa meli soweli. mije soweli pi wawa lili li kepeken luka sama tawa meli. ni la mije soweli li tawa kepeken noka ...
by janMato
Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:18 am
Forum: pali pona | actions and lifestyle | agado kaj vivstilo
Topic: Ardipithecus
Replies: 24
Views: 38557

Re: Ardipithecus

.. tan ni la ... the tan phrases in the la phrase are controversial. 1. "a" la "b" means if "a" then "b" 2. "b" tan "a" means because of "a" then "b" 3. tan "a" la "b" means if because of "a&quo...
by janMato
Tue Dec 08, 2009 1:23 pm
Forum: pali pona | actions and lifestyle | agado kaj vivstilo
Topic: Ardipithecus
Replies: 24
Views: 38557

Re: Ardipithecus

If I can't put "tan" in a "la" clause and if I can only put "ni" in the prepositional phrase, this isn't so useful. Is suspect on the contrary, any noun phrase can follow the "tan" when it starts a prepositional phrase. mi moku tan insa mi ala. I eat because o...