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by janKipo
Fri Dec 11, 2009 7:25 pm
Forum: sona pona
Topic: mi namako
Replies: 40
Views: 40668

Re: mi namako

Well, if the relative clause is aimed at, you do need something more than 'ijo' -- just what is an issue. Unfortunately, 'kin' after the verb -- or in any other prespecified case -- will not always mean what 'kin la' means. But, for each use of 'kin la' there is, I think, a place where an internal '...
by janKipo
Fri Dec 11, 2009 7:11 pm
Forum: ijo ante | miscellaneous | diversaj
Topic: ken ala ken weka e sitelen ike?
Replies: 4
Views: 5179

Re: ken ala ken weka e sitelen ike?

jan Kipo li toki suwi e ni: tenpo ala.
by janKipo
Fri Dec 11, 2009 7:09 pm
Forum: ijo ante | miscellaneous | diversaj
Topic: pilin pi toki sin ala
Replies: 1
Views: 3792

Re: pilin pi toki sin ala

Not quite the right structure. You have "If they say ..., then our ancestral language is dead," which is a little pessimistic (or gives a lot ofpower to the speakers). Better is "They sat ..." We do it. Still our language keeps dying" 'jan li toki e ni: o mi ale li sitelen ....
by janKipo
Fri Dec 11, 2009 6:23 pm
Forum: ijo ante | miscellaneous | diversaj
Topic: ken ala ken weka e sitelen ike?
Replies: 4
Views: 5179

Re: ken ala ken weka e sitelen ike?

lukin la mi mute li ken ala. jan Sonaja taso li ken. taso ona li pali ala.
by janKipo
Fri Dec 11, 2009 6:17 pm
Forum: musi
Topic: esun kepeken toki pona
Replies: 15
Views: 18817

Re: esun kepeken toki pona

jan Mato o lukin e ni. ni li pona ala pona tawa sina? lipu pi lawa mani jan Mato li jan kama jo . jan josan li jan pali . jan kama jo en jan pali li wile e esun. A possessive future man? maybe 'jan pi kama jo' "a get man" or 'jan pi wile jo' "a potential buyer"? nampa wan: jan k...
by janKipo
Fri Dec 11, 2009 5:53 pm
Forum: sitelen toki
Topic: Dreampharmaceuticals From Online Order Pravachol
Replies: 0
Views: 4797

Re: Dreampharmaceuticals From Online Order Pravachol

moku soweli pi poki kiwen li pona lili. sitelen ni li ko jaki.
by janKipo
Thu Dec 10, 2009 7:43 pm
Forum: sona pona
Topic: mi namako
Replies: 40
Views: 40668

Re: mi namako

Hot damn! this is getting almost philosophical in its circularity and ad hocitude! I rather think that an Italian contract would be upheld in Wisconsin (where the legal languages are German -- including Schwitzerdeutsch -- Swedish, Norwegian and, as a last resort, English)(oh, and Finnish) only if i...
by janKipo
Thu Dec 10, 2009 3:24 pm
Forum: ante toki
Topic: more trolls: MustaKrakish
Replies: 6
Views: 7548

Re: more trolls: MustaKrakish

Thanks??
by janKipo
Thu Dec 10, 2009 2:23 pm
Forum: ante toki
Topic: more trolls: MustaKrakish
Replies: 6
Views: 7548

Re: more trolls: MustaKrakish

mi kepeken e sitelen musi ni tawa pini lape pi suno sin.

I don't know what the "tune" (heavy metal being what it is) is like, but this would probably work.
by janKipo
Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:36 pm
Forum: sona pona
Topic: Increased awareness of garden path sentences
Replies: 10
Views: 14001

Re: Increased awareness of garden path sentences

tenpo li tawa sama palisa utala. kili jelo li pona tawa pipi kili. Well, it is disambiguating at least. Because the syntax is so much simpler, garden pathing is rarer in tp (I think) but often more embarrassing. The big offenders seem to be words like 'tawa,' which perform multiple functions in the ...