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by jan Josan
Fri Nov 13, 2009 12:11 am
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: toki nasa "jan lawa Oliki" pi jan Pusikin.
Replies: 18
Views: 18101

Re: toki nasa "jan lawa Oliki" pi jan Pusikin.

"jan mi o, pana e soweli tawa ante tawa mi! Is he telling them to take it away from him? Maybe "o weka e soweli tan poka mi" ? an lawa ma Oliki li kama utala li tawa kepe[n]ken soweli tawa Sewalo. A beast named 'Sowalo' apparently from later, what is point of 'tawa'? animal of transp...
by jan Josan
Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:35 pm
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: pipi musi en pipi pali
Replies: 9
Views: 8302

Re: pipi musi en pipi pali

pona a! mi ken sona pona e sitelen sina. mi pilin e ni: sina kepeken pona e nimi 'anu'.
by jan Josan
Sat Nov 07, 2009 1:04 pm
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: toki musi mi
Replies: 9
Views: 8458

Re: toki musi mi

As I said, 'pana' just seems wrong to me but 'tawa' certainly works. I just think 'tawa' is overused. I can't seem to be able to search the old yahoo discussion board for 'pana' but I know there are several good examples in there. the problem with 'lon' is that while it does mean 'in' and seems to ...
by jan Josan
Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:34 pm
Forum: ijo ante | miscellaneous | diversaj
Topic: Disyllabic Names
Replies: 14
Views: 15197

Re: Disyllabic Names

nimi pi kalama lili tu li pona tawa mi. mi jan Josan. nimi mi li tan nimi Jonathan. taso nimi ni li pali mute ike tawa jan ante. jan ale li wile toki e ni: jan John. nimi ni li lili ike li kalama ike tawa kute mi. mi wile jo a nimi pi kalama lili tu. pona a, mi ken kin jo e ni kepeken toki pona!
by jan Josan
Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:17 pm
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: kulupu nimi "sona 'Piloloki'" li pona ala pona?
Replies: 27
Views: 15084

Re: kulupu nimi "sona 'Piloloki'" li pona ala pona?

It presumes that "soweli" (a mammal) means also, in a wider sense, "an animal", a common language category for mammals, reptiles, amphibia, fish, birds, insects and so on. Is it the case? In some languages 'bird' and 'fish' are not naturally subordinated to 'animal'. See Genesis...
by jan Josan
Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:24 pm
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: kulupu nimi "sona 'Piloloki'" li pona ala pona?
Replies: 27
Views: 15084

Re: kulupu nimi "sona 'Piloloki'" li pona ala pona?

I think you could maybe generalize 'Biology' as "sona pi soweli en kasi" and be understood. but yeah, tp does not seem to make an easy distinction between "alive" and its opposite, or "organism" and "inorganic". maybe intentionally?