toki "Damin" li sama lili e toki pona.
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 11:09 am
*edits in bold
meji "Steven Pinker" li meji pali pi sona toki. meji li sitelen e ni: "toki "Damin" li jo e nimi pi nanpa ale ale!" lon sitelen "The Language Instinct", linpu pi nanpa ale ale mute mute mute tu tu (264)". jan ante li sitelen e ni: toki "Damin" li jo e nimi pi nanpa ale mute mute luka luka (150) e nimi pi nanpa ale ale mute mute luka luka (250). *numbers now spelled out
toki pi nimi "Damin" li toki lili pi toki pi nimi "Lardil". toki pi nimi "Damin" li lon ma Oselija. *tokiponification of an ususual foreign word renders it unrecognizable and is a barrier to communication. The alternative I guess is to provide a glossary with posts?!
sona ni li sona musi mute e mi.
toki "Damin" li jo e nimi lili tan seme? toki "Damin" li toki pali pi toki sewi. jan toki li wile e ni: "jan ale li sona ala * e nimi ni : "jan pali pi ijo sewi li toki e nimi.""
* ... what's the rule on double negatives? English or Russian style?
Wikipedia article on Damin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damin
Popular Article on Damin
http://www.rickharrison.com/language/damin.html
Scolarly Article on Damin
https://segue.middlebury.edu/repository ... n_hale.pdf
meji "Steven Pinker" li meji pali pi sona toki. meji li sitelen e ni: "toki "Damin" li jo e nimi pi nanpa ale ale!" lon sitelen "The Language Instinct", linpu pi nanpa ale ale mute mute mute tu tu (264)". jan ante li sitelen e ni: toki "Damin" li jo e nimi pi nanpa ale mute mute luka luka (150) e nimi pi nanpa ale ale mute mute luka luka (250). *numbers now spelled out
toki pi nimi "Damin" li toki lili pi toki pi nimi "Lardil". toki pi nimi "Damin" li lon ma Oselija. *tokiponification of an ususual foreign word renders it unrecognizable and is a barrier to communication. The alternative I guess is to provide a glossary with posts?!
sona ni li sona musi mute e mi.
toki "Damin" li jo e nimi lili tan seme? toki "Damin" li toki pali pi toki sewi. jan toki li wile e ni: "jan ale li sona ala * e nimi ni : "jan pali pi ijo sewi li toki e nimi.""
* ... what's the rule on double negatives? English or Russian style?
Wikipedia article on Damin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damin
Popular Article on Damin
http://www.rickharrison.com/language/damin.html
Scolarly Article on Damin
https://segue.middlebury.edu/repository ... n_hale.pdf