Re: nasin suli pi jan Melin
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2015 1:16 pm
'Montelete' or some such
'wile e ijo tan jan kin' not sure what the 'kin' is for here.
'ona wile mute kama jan lawa' (modals don't need 'pi' or 'e')
'li wile pana … ona li pali...' (no period)
'lon insa pi telo nasa'
'e ilo kipisi lon insa pi len ona'
'kipisi' seems more natural than 'utala'.
'tawa sama kon' (prep)
'ma pi mi mute'
he is not a child of Iken, though jan Iken li mama ona (ancestor), so he is a member of kulupu mama pi jan Anten and maybe even a jan sama pi jan Anten. As usual, these things are not easy to figure out even in English.
'mi poka mama mute tawa... sina mute li poka mama lili tawa … ' or some such
'wile kama jan lawa sin' (no 'e', modal)
kama jan lawa'
'ona li sona e nasin wan pi tawa ni' (purpose, not cause)
probably just 'tawa lupa'
prob just 'jan Melin li lon lupa ni'
at least 'toki kon pi utala pi jan Mokan', maybe even 'toki kon pi tawa utala pi jan Mokan'
'wawa monsi'? “drew back”? Still need to distinguish the sword from what it does.
'tawa poka pi jan Niniwan'
'jan Melin pi sama pi pipi kule'
'sina pana e pona tawa mi'
'mi kin li wile kama sama pipi kule'
'mi tu li awen lon insa pi ma kasi'
'kama sama ona'
'kama lon insa pi ma Piten'
'utala moli lon utala mute/ e jan utala mute'
ni li toki suli pi musi mute. pona tawa sina. taso tan ni la jan li kama lukin e ni: jan li wile pana sona mute e ijo pi nimi pi 'pi' en 'e' e ijo pi “prepositions” en “modals”. ante la sina kepeken pona mute toki pona.
'wile e ijo tan jan kin' not sure what the 'kin' is for here.
'ona wile mute kama jan lawa' (modals don't need 'pi' or 'e')
'li wile pana … ona li pali...' (no period)
'lon insa pi telo nasa'
'e ilo kipisi lon insa pi len ona'
'kipisi' seems more natural than 'utala'.
'tawa sama kon' (prep)
'ma pi mi mute'
he is not a child of Iken, though jan Iken li mama ona (ancestor), so he is a member of kulupu mama pi jan Anten and maybe even a jan sama pi jan Anten. As usual, these things are not easy to figure out even in English.
'mi poka mama mute tawa... sina mute li poka mama lili tawa … ' or some such
'wile kama jan lawa sin' (no 'e', modal)
kama jan lawa'
'ona li sona e nasin wan pi tawa ni' (purpose, not cause)
probably just 'tawa lupa'
prob just 'jan Melin li lon lupa ni'
at least 'toki kon pi utala pi jan Mokan', maybe even 'toki kon pi tawa utala pi jan Mokan'
'wawa monsi'? “drew back”? Still need to distinguish the sword from what it does.
'tawa poka pi jan Niniwan'
'jan Melin pi sama pi pipi kule'
'sina pana e pona tawa mi'
'mi kin li wile kama sama pipi kule'
'mi tu li awen lon insa pi ma kasi'
'kama sama ona'
'kama lon insa pi ma Piten'
'utala moli lon utala mute/ e jan utala mute'
ni li toki suli pi musi mute. pona tawa sina. taso tan ni la jan li kama lukin e ni: jan li wile pana sona mute e ijo pi nimi pi 'pi' en 'e' e ijo pi “prepositions” en “modals”. ante la sina kepeken pona mute toki pona.