nimi pi mute seme la sina pilin toki pona li wile jo?

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Re: nimi pi mute seme la sina pilin toki pona li wile jo?

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jan-ante wrote:
pisku wrote:nimi pi mute seme la sina pilin toki pona li wile jo?
number much ? ; you think toki pona should have?
(what about this? is correct?)
could you do some favour for me? please, translate your question into Spanish.
thank you in advance
Mi pregunta era: Cuantas palabras crees que debería tener el toki pona?

la escribí asi: nimi pi mute seme (palabras cuanto ?) la (,) sina (tu) pilin (pensar) toki pona (lengua simple) wile (debe) jo (tener) ?
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Re: nimi pi mute seme la sina pilin toki pona li wile jo?

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pisku wrote: Mi pregunta era: Cuantas palabras crees que debería tener el toki pona?

la escribí asi: nimi pi mute seme (palabras cuanto ?) la (,) sina (tu) pilin (pensar) toki pona (lengua simple) wile (debe) jo (tener) ?
well, this looks like a calque, i.e. you merely replace spanish words with tp words. but tp requires a total rethinking of thi idea and reformulating it
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Re: nimi pi mute seme la sina pilin toki pona li wile jo?

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Too many words.
The default context for affirmative sentence (especially in toki pona) is "in my opinion...", because it's me who's talking:
telo li pona = (I think that) water is good.
The same way the default context for a question is "what do you think/know, what is your opinion...", because by default I am asking you:
soweli waso li ike anu pona? = (What do you think:) bats are good or bad?
Therefore there is no need to use "crees que", "you think that" in questions. You can use less complicated:
 "How many words should be in toki pona"?
But remembering discussion about meaning of '"should", we can also say:
 "How many words you want in toki pona"?
mi wile e ni: toki pona li jo ala e nimi mute.
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