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by janKipo
Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:46 am
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: jan Kikamesi. jan lawa pi ma tomo Uluku
Replies: 71
Views: 41993

Re: jan Kikamesi. jan lawa pi ma tomo Uluku

Of course, bulls, while strong, are not used for their strength, oxen are, whatever the difference may be.

Using 'mani' does clarify somewhat, though -- a reason to have it (though what we are to make of "a strong euro v a weak dollar" i'm not sure.)
by janKipo
Wed Nov 11, 2009 3:11 pm
Forum: jan nasa li wile ante e toki pona
Topic: Chinese calendar? (tenpo sike pi jan Sonko)
Replies: 22
Views: 19672

Re: Chinese calendar? (tenpo sike pi jan Sonko)

Well, 'mani' in the old sense didn't fit very well with the tp philosophy; the new sense works much better (the aura of that earlier civilization), Of course, 'mani' doesn't mean just cattle but sheep, goats, camels and camelids. probably pigs and maybe chickens (for small change). True, it does not...
by janKipo
Tue Nov 10, 2009 7:36 pm
Forum: sitelen toki
Topic: A ranged possibility: two-letter codes
Replies: 57
Views: 62291

Re: A ranged possibility: two-letter codes

Hell, I'm just impressed by your getting the stats that fast. I think that after the first decile or so, the results will fluctuate for words down to about the last decile, when they settle down again (until we get over some hangups like on 'unpa') I just report my immediate intuitive assignment and...
by janKipo
Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:47 pm
Forum: jan nasa li wile ante e toki pona
Topic: Chinese calendar? (tenpo sike pi jan Sonko)
Replies: 22
Views: 19672

Re: Chinese calendar? (tenpo sike pi jan Sonko)

Actually, since writing this, I've come up with better names, partly because I discovered that the "pig" is called "elephant" in Thailand, and partly because I discovered the TP word "alasa". Elephant -- soweli suli (quite obvious. What land mammal is bigger than an el...
by janKipo
Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:32 pm
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: pipi musi en pipi pali
Replies: 9
Views: 8299

Re: pipi musi en pipi pali

Maybe 'e tomo e moku' (depends on how DeMorganish the rewrite rules are). I just do not know. "anu' seems to be safer. Only if the 'not' expands before the 'or' I don't know what's right here either. Does he want to eat (what this says) or want food, 'wile e moku'? Both. He says: 'I want to ea...
by janKipo
Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:49 pm
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: jan Kikamesi. utala pi jan Kunpapa
Replies: 78
Views: 44818

Re: jan Kikamesi. utala e jan Kunpapa

jan Kikamesi. utala e jan Kunpapa may be: jan sama tu li unata e jan H. just "utala e jan Kunpapa" looks odd because of lack of subject. For short titles nouns are better than sentences :) "A fight with..." (utala tawa???) Probably 'utala pi' would work - the connection is ambig...
by janKipo
Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:58 pm
Forum: jan nasa li wile ante e toki pona
Topic: Chinese calendar? (tenpo sike pi jan Sonko)
Replies: 22
Views: 19672

Re: Chinese calendar? (tenpo sike pi jan Sonko)

Year naming is probably more tp than year numbering (we have a lot of names, after all). How well this one would work is another matter. Maybe we should redo the names, using all the available tp terms for the biota -- still not enough: soweli, akesi, pipa, kala, waso, kasi, mani, pan(?). More?
by janKipo
Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:04 pm
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: pipi musi en pipi pali
Replies: 9
Views: 8299

Re: pipi musi en pipi pali

pipi musi en pipi pali pipi musi en pipi pali li lon ma sama. tenpo seli ali la pipi pali li pali mute li pali e tomo. ona li pali mute li kama jo e moku. tenpo sama la pipi musi li musi li kalama musi. tenpo lete li kama. pipi musi li jo ala e tomo anu moku. Maybe 'e tomo e moku' (depends on how D...
by janKipo
Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:51 pm
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: jan Kikamesi. utala pi jan Kunpapa
Replies: 78
Views: 44818

Re: jan Kikamesi. utala e jan Kunpapa

jan Kikamesi. utala e jan Kunpapa jan Kikamesi li jan lawa pi ma tomo Uluku. jan Enkitu li kama tan ma soweli. jan Enkitu li jan pona tawa jan Kikamesi. ona li jan sama. ona li wawa mute. wile wawa jan Enkitu li toki ala. ona li pilin ike li pana e telo oko. jan Kikamesi li lukin e ona li toki e ni...
by janKipo
Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:48 am
Forum: sitelen toki
Topic: A ranged possibility: two-letter codes
Replies: 57
Views: 62291

Re: A ranged possibility: two-letter codes

'ike lukin' ?