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by janSilipu
Mon Jun 02, 2014 8:48 am
Forum: jan nasa li wile ante e toki pona
Topic: nasin nanpa kepeken toki pona/How to count in toki pona
Replies: 40
Views: 28406

Re: nasin nanpa kepeken toki pona/How to count in toki pona

"bar" is a good English word for 'tomo pi telo nasa', but not for 'tomo telo nasa'. I haven't studied your proposal beyond noting that it seems to leave all the problems of the present situation, while adding the semantic ambiguities of radically different meanings for 'mute', 'ali' (as I ...
by janSilipu
Mon Jun 02, 2014 8:47 am
Forum: jan nasa li wile ante e toki pona
Topic: nasin nanpa kepeken toki pona/How to count in toki pona
Replies: 40
Views: 28406

Re: nasin nanpa kepeken toki pona/How to count in toki pona

"bar" is a good English word for 'tomo pi telo nasa', but not for 'tomo telo nasa'. I haven't studied your proposal beyond noting that it seems to leave all the problems of the present situation, while adding the semantic ambiguities of radically different meanings for 'mute', 'ali' (as I ...
by janSilipu
Sun Jun 01, 2014 5:02 pm
Forum: jan nasa li wile ante e toki pona
Topic: nasin nanpa kepeken toki pona/How to count in toki pona
Replies: 40
Views: 28406

Re: nasin nanpa kepeken toki pona/How to count in toki pona

But 'tomo telo nasa' doesn't mean "bar", Ther is no ambiguity. At best, someone who wanted to say "bar" made a mistake and left out the 'pi'.
by janSilipu
Sat May 31, 2014 9:13 pm
Forum: jan nasa li wile ante e toki pona
Topic: nasin nanpa kepeken toki pona/How to count in toki pona
Replies: 40
Views: 28406

Re: nasin nanpa kepeken toki pona/How to count in toki pona

How will that work. 'pi' is not built to remove ambiguities, merely to establish certain structures.
by janSilipu
Wed May 14, 2014 9:16 am
Forum: sin pi toki pona
Topic: [Second Life] ma en tomo sin pi toki pona
Replies: 2
Views: 9789

Re: [Second Life] ma en tomo sin pi toki pona

'Lon ale nanpa tu' 'Lon poka pi tomo pi toki Losupan'
Kama pona!
by janSilipu
Wed Apr 09, 2014 11:23 am
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: Interactive dictionary!
Replies: 1
Views: 3064

Re: Interactive dictionary!

'o' doesn't replace 'li' but the whole subject plus li complex to make an imperative.
by janSilipu
Thu Apr 03, 2014 8:16 am
Forum: jan pi toki pona
Topic: toki!
Replies: 7
Views: 6781

Re: toki!

Or 'e toki Epelanto' or 'mi toki kepeken toki Epelanto'. I have to admit that the decision to use 'kepeken' has become controversial again after several years as established usage, but it is still the established usage.
by janSilipu
Wed Apr 02, 2014 4:32 pm
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: o
Replies: 13
Views: 10505

Re: o

There is 3: 'o jan Tomini li toki tawa mi' 'I wish that jan Tomini would talk to me' or some such thing.
by janSilipu
Sat Mar 15, 2014 10:11 am
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: lipu mute pi jan lili
Replies: 15
Views: 11441

Re: lipu mute pi jan lili

Ijo li toki la ona li jan.
by janSilipu
Thu Mar 13, 2014 9:23 am
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: lipu mute pi jan lili
Replies: 15
Views: 11441

Re: lipu mute pi jan lili

pona kin! Toki lili pi jan lili li Lon. O lukin e toki pini pi kulupu Jaku. Taso mi sona ala e lipu mute pi jan lili. Tan ni la o Pali e wan anu tu anu mute. Pona.