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by jan Pilo
Sun May 22, 2016 2:16 pm
Forum: musi
Topic: quadruple haiku
Replies: 3
Views: 4227

quadruple haiku

suno li seli.
mi lape lon ko lete
pi poka telo.

ko pona mi o,
sina kiwen lon tenpo
pini suli kin!

sewi li telo.
akesi li lon anpa
kiwen pona a.

seli sijelo
ona li wile nanpa
e tenpo ala.
by jan Pilo
Sat May 21, 2016 7:02 pm
Forum: musi
Topic: nasin mute
Replies: 9
Views: 8444

Re: nasin mute

Or "It is this air that is above all the humans (the whole of people) : the blue sky, which is only one"
by jan Pilo
Sat May 21, 2016 7:01 pm
Forum: musi
Topic: nasin mute
Replies: 9
Views: 8444

Re: nasin mute

Or "It is this air that is above all the humans (the whole of people) : the blue sky, which is only one"
by jan Pilo
Sat May 21, 2016 6:52 pm
Forum: musi
Topic: nasin mute
Replies: 9
Views: 8444

Re: nasin mute

I would say "As I hear, there are many countries that we live in. Probably it is from different mouths that we/ I breath out (Probably it is because of various mouths that we give a breath.).." The rest as yours, except more specifically: "kepeken nasin mute" : "using many w...
by jan Pilo
Sat May 21, 2016 6:28 pm
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: Whence these words?
Replies: 13
Views: 12878

Re: Whence these words?

However "oko" and "ona" wouldn't need any tp-ization, if they were taken from eg. Polish (exacly the same spelling and pronunciation - eye and she) Probably your interlocutors spoke Slavic languages other than Croatian (which was the official source for Sonja). I raised that poin...
by jan Pilo
Sat May 21, 2016 6:27 pm
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: Whence these words?
Replies: 13
Views: 12878

Re: Whence these words?

However "oko" and "ona" wouldn't need any tp-ization, if they were taken from eg. Polish (exacly the same spelling and pronunciation - eye and she) Probably your interlocutors spoke Slavic languages other than Croatian (which was the official source for Sonja). I raised that poin...
by jan Pilo
Sat May 21, 2016 2:34 pm
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: Whence these words?
Replies: 13
Views: 12878

Re: Whence these words?

len
"len" is Polish for "linen" - it was the oldest non -animal material for clothes in Europe, I suppose.
Sonja took a lot from Croatian. After tokiponization "luka, noka, oko, ona" could have any Slavic source, though.
by jan Pilo
Sat May 21, 2016 2:27 pm
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: Whence these words?
Replies: 13
Views: 12878

Re: Whence these words?

lawa
Slavic, eg. Czech "hlava" head

I'm not sure about actual etymology, but
sona
is easy to remember "Io so" Italian "I know"
tan
probably independent of Polish "stąd" "from here", but it helps.
by jan Pilo
Sat May 21, 2016 1:55 pm
Forum: musi
Topic: nasin mute
Replies: 9
Views: 8444

nasin mute

kute mi la ma mute la mi mute li lon.
ken mute la tan uta ante la mi pana e kon.
kepeken nasin mute la mi moku e pan.
taso ...
kon ni li lon sewi ali jan :
kon sewi laso li wan taso.
kepeken nasin mute la mi mute li wan.
by jan Pilo
Sat May 21, 2016 10:15 am
Forum: jan pi toki pona
Topic: toki! mi jan Pilo.
Replies: 9
Views: 8143

Re: toki! mi jan Pilo.

lon. tenpo mute. tenpo ni kin.