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by jan Josan
Fri Dec 04, 2009 1:51 pm
Forum: sitelen toki
Topic: A ranged possibility: two-letter codes
Replies: 57
Views: 62296

Re: A ranged possibility: two-letter codes

I have a question about how you deal with proper names: if I have a name run into two letter codes, it's not always possible to know where the name ends and the words begin. So far I have been leaving a blank after names because of this... As interesting as this coding is, I didn't really have a pra...
by jan Josan
Fri Dec 04, 2009 3:43 pm
Forum: sona pona
Topic: mi namako
Replies: 40
Views: 40666

Re: mi namako

ijo jo li awen tawa ma.
by jan Josan
Fri Dec 04, 2009 5:54 pm
Forum: sona pona
Topic: mi namako
Replies: 40
Views: 40666

Re: mi namako

janKipo wrote:? "Possessed thing keep going to the ground"? 'ijo ali li kama tawa ko'? Just the best guess I could come up with in the context (and it doesn't fit very well).
Yes, or stay on the ground. As in: you can't take it with you. ;) maybe lon instead of tawa
by jan Josan
Fri Dec 04, 2009 5:56 pm
Forum: sitelen toki
Topic: A ranged possibility: two-letter codes
Replies: 57
Views: 62296

Re: A ranged possibility: two-letter codes

All great suggestions. Thanks for this handy little code!
by jan Josan
Sun Dec 06, 2009 2:18 am
Forum: sona pona
Topic: mi namako
Replies: 40
Views: 40666

Re: mi namako

mi pana e linja tu wan kepeken toki pona. ona li sona sama. mi wile sona e ni: sina pilin e seme: nampa seme li namako pona mute?
1. kili li kasi lili.
2. kasi li mama kili.
21. mama kili li kasi.
by jan Josan
Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:51 am
Forum: sona pona
Topic: mi namako
Replies: 40
Views: 40666

Re: mi namako

janKipo wrote:"sina wile sona e ni tan seme?"
Note that interchanging 'kili' and 'kasi' works just as well.
Do we have a chicken and egg here?
by jan Josan
Sun Dec 06, 2009 6:42 pm
Forum: sitelen toki
Topic: sitelen suwi
Replies: 82
Views: 102210

Re: PS

i think we should really start very nice. I see now how we could have several different styles too, like fonts sets. I found a site on-line which works pretty easily for converting graphics into vectors. I ran all the glyphs from the first 5 lessons through it, and then added a white fill behind ea...
by jan Josan
Mon Dec 07, 2009 9:08 am
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: jan Kikamesi. utala pi jan Kunpapa
Replies: 78
Views: 44818

Re: jan Kikamesi. utala pi jan Kunpapa

jan Ote wrote:
jan sewi Nintu
o toki pona (e?) mi tawa jan sewi Utu!".
tell him my good words, or speak well of me?
jan Ote wrote:
"sina [li] jan pona pi jan Kikamesi. sina [li] jan sama pi jan lili mi. jan Enkitu o, sina [li] jan lili mi".
no li w/ sina
by jan Josan
Mon Dec 07, 2009 9:12 am
Forum: sitelen toki
Topic: sitelen suwi
Replies: 82
Views: 102210

Re: PS

[/quote]You are welcome. The first part is finished.[/quote]
Thanks! I'll post links when I have something to look at.
by jan Josan
Mon Dec 07, 2009 7:57 pm
Forum: jan pi toki pona
Topic: Toki. sitelen ni li sitelen e mi tawa sina
Replies: 4
Views: 5247

Re: Toki. sitelen ni li sitelen e mi tawa sina

Toki mi wile e ni: mi sona e toki Wensa e toki pi Toki pona e toki Isilan e toki Kansi. Mi toki lili e toki Losi. toki mama mi li Inli. It may be more a style issue than hard and fast grammar, but I usually see "mi toki lili kepeken toki Losi." sina nime e sina kepeken nimi ona la, mi pan...