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nasin mi

Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2015 9:08 am
by janPeka
mi pilin pona tan ni ali:
mi wan li tu li mute li ali.
mi pona.
mi sona.
mi sewi.
mi suwi.
mi suli.
mi pali.
mi musi.
mi wawa.
mi insa ali.
ali li insa mi.
ala li anpa mi.
ali li poka mi.
ali li ijo tawa mi.
mi ijo e ala.
mi wile e ala.
mi jo e ali.
ali li jo e mi.
mi lawa e ala.
ala li lawa e mi.
mi utala e ala.
ala li utala e mi.
mi kama li tawa.
sina sama mi.
ona li sama mi.
soweli li sama mi.
akesi li sama mi.
kala li sama mi.
pipi li sama mi.
waso li sama mi.
jan li sama mi.
kasi li sama mi.
kili li sama mi.
ijo lili li sama mi.
ijo suli li sama mi.
ali li sama mi.
ala li ante mi.
ala li ike tawa mi.
ala li jaki tawa mi.
ali li pona tawa mi.
mi olin e ali.
mi pilin pona tan ni ali.

Re: nasin mi

Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2015 12:05 pm
by janKipo
'mi ijo e ala' ? 'ijo' as a verb isn't well worked out yet; what do you have in mind.
Do you mean 'insa ali' or 'lon insa ali' "the inside of everything" or "be inside everything". maybe too subtle a difference to matter.
'ona li sama mi'? 'ona' without an earlier referent is obscure. maybe 'jan', 'jan ali' or whatever.
'ala li ante mi' prob 'ante tan mi'
'olin' prob can't take in ali, only sentient beings
(usual rant about 'pilin pona', which is to be ignored)

Re: nasin mi

Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2015 1:45 pm
by janPeka
thanks.

(wtf was i thinking when i wrote this?)

Re: nasin mi

Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 3:18 pm
by janAetherStar
I would've looked at "mi ijo e ala" as "I give form to the void", which may even be similar to "I create" or "I shape". Looking through the context of where it was, maybe "I objectify nothing"? Maybe something similar was running through your head? In an case, nasin sina li pona mute tawa mi kin!

Re: nasin mi

Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2015 4:53 pm
by janKipo
Yes, "objectify" turns up in some lessons somewhere.

Re: nasin mi

Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2015 2:25 pm
by jan_Lope
janPeka wrote:mi pilin pona tan ni ali:
mi wan li tu li mute li ali.
mi pona.
mi sona.
mi sewi.
mi suwi.
mi suli.
mi pali.
mi musi.
mi wawa.
mi insa ali.
ali li insa mi.
ala li anpa mi.
ali li poka mi.
ali li ijo tawa mi.
mi ijo e ala.
mi wile e ala.
mi jo e ali.
ali li jo e mi.
mi lawa e ala.
ala li lawa e mi.
mi utala e ala.
ala li utala e mi.
mi kama li tawa.
sina sama mi.
ona li sama mi.
soweli li sama mi.
akesi li sama mi.
kala li sama mi.
pipi li sama mi.
waso li sama mi.
jan li sama mi.
kasi li sama mi.
kili li sama mi.
ijo lili li sama mi.
ijo suli li sama mi.
ali li sama mi.
ala li ante mi.
ala li ike tawa mi.
ala li jaki tawa mi.
ali li pona tawa mi.
mi olin e ali.
mi pilin pona tan ni ali.
jan Peka o, toki!

Can I use your text in my lessons?

http://rowa.giso.de/languages/toki-pona/

Re: nasin mi

Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2015 4:40 pm
by janPeka
yes.

i often forget to mention this (and sometimes i feel it's not worth mentioning), but everything i write is CC-BY 4.0.

i'm honored? unless you're trying to illustrate bad toki pona. either way, glad to help! :P