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soweli en ale

Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 12:39 pm
by ffuentes
tenpo pini la mi pilin e ni: soweli li pilin ike la sina pilin ike. taso mi moku e soweli ante. ni li pakala. ni li ike!

mi pilin e ni: mi moku ala e soweli. taso mi pilin e ni kin: ni li pali mute. sijelo mi li wile e soweli moku. taso ni li lon ala :)

pilin ni li suli: ona mute li pilin e ni: jan pi moku ala e soweli li moku e kasi laso jelo taso. mi moku e moku mute e moku ante!

ni li pona tawa sijelo sina. ni li pona tawa lawa sina :)

sina pilin e seme?

Re: soweli en ale

Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 3:38 pm
by janKipo
'jan pi moku ala e soweli' 'e' only occurs ina predicate and predicates don't occur in noun phrases, which this appears to be. If you shift a predicate over to modify a noun, all its components are reduced to modifier form (attached to the verb, with 'pi' if they are long), So 'jan li moku ala e soweli' becomes 'jan pi moku ala soweli'.
Who are the ona mute in line three? Only soweli seem available but they don't seem to fit the description.
Otherwise, an argument we all have from time to time.

Re: soweli en ale

Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 3:49 pm
by jan_Lope
jan "Ffuentes" o, toki!

ffuentes wrote: pilin ni li suli: ona mute li pilin e ni: jan pi moku ala e soweli li moku e kasi laso jelo taso.
This sentence combination is a bit long. In my opinion is this no good Toki Pona style.

In the last sentence you have a seperator "e" before a seperator "li" and then a seperator "e". The first "e" is wrong because an "e" can not before a "li".

Re: soweli en ale

Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 5:52 pm
by janKipo
That is half the problem. If it came after 'li' but still in an noun phrase, it would still be wrong.

Re: soweli en ale

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 2:21 am
by jan_Lope
ffuentes wrote: ni li pona tawa sijelo sina. ni li pona tawa lawa sina :)

sina pilin e seme?
jan "Ffuentes" o, toki!

tenpo pini la mi moku mute e soweli. tenpo ni la mi mute lili kin e soweli. taso mi moku e kala. kala sin li pona tawa mi.

Re: soweli en ale

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 7:49 pm
by jan Seli
tenpo pini suli la mi moku e soweli. taso tenpo pini lili la mi moku ala e soweli. tenpo ni la mi moku lili e soweli sin.

lon li moku e moli. lon li ni. ni li lon. taso, sina ken moku lili e soweli la, o moku ala e soweli mute.

Re: soweli en ale

Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 9:34 am
by janKipo
prob 'moku sin lili' "eat a little again"

Re: soweli en ale

Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 3:57 pm
by ffuentes
jan_Lope wrote:jan "Ffuentes" o, toki!

ffuentes wrote: pilin ni li suli: ona mute li pilin e ni: jan pi moku ala e soweli li moku e kasi laso jelo taso.
This sentence combination is a bit long. In my opinion is this no good Toki Pona style.

In the last sentence you have a seperator "e" before a seperator "li" and then a seperator "e". The first "e" is wrong because an "e" can not before a "li".
How would you say that? Kipo says 'jan pi moku ala soweli' is fine. I meant 'ona mute' to be something like 'they' or 'people' but now that I see it it doesn't make sense altogether. It rather should be something like "jan" or "jan mute". Besides, what did bother you? The length of the phrase alone? If so then it's harder to express this idea and a lot of things in toki pona. However, I could agree that long phrases in toki pona are annoying and I prefer to place full stops and break lines if it helps.

>jan mute li pilin e ni: jan pi moku ala soweli li moku e kasi (laso jelo) taso.
jan_Lope wrote:
tenpo pini la mi moku mute e soweli. tenpo ni la mi mute lili kin e soweli. taso mi moku e kala. kala sin li pona tawa mi.
jan mute li moku e kala taso tan ni: jan mute wile kama jan pi moku ala soweli.
ante pi tenpo moku li wawa ala. mi pilin e ni: ni li pona tawa mi.

o lukin e ni: http://nutritionfacts.org/video/starvin ... estriction
jan Seli wrote:tenpo pini suli la mi moku e soweli. taso tenpo pini lili la mi moku ala e soweli. tenpo ni la mi moku lili e soweli sin.

lon li moku e moli. lon li ni. ni li lon. taso, sina ken moku lili e soweli la, o moku ala e soweli mute.
sina moku e soweli lili tan seme? sina pilin ala pilin ike? mi pilin e jan pi wile sona mute a a a!

Re: soweli en ale

Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 4:00 pm
by ffuentes
jan_Lope wrote:jan "Ffuentes" o, toki!

ffuentes wrote: pilin ni li suli: ona mute li pilin e ni: jan pi moku ala e soweli li moku e kasi laso jelo taso.
This sentence combination is a bit long. In my opinion is this no good Toki Pona style.

In the last sentence you have a seperator "e" before a seperator "li" and then a seperator "e". The first "e" is wrong because an "e" can not before a "li".
How would you say that? Kipo says 'jan pi moku ala soweli' is fine. I meant 'ona mute' to be something like 'they' or 'people' but now that I see it it doesn't make sense altogether. It rather should be something like "jan" or "jan mute". Besides, what did bother you? The length of the phrase alone? If so then it's harder to express this idea and a lot of things in toki pona. However, I could agree that long phrases in toki pona are annoying and I prefer to place full stops and break lines if it helps.

>jan mute li pilin e ni: jan pi moku ala soweli li moku e kasi (laso jelo) taso.
jan_Lope wrote:
tenpo pini la mi moku mute e soweli. tenpo ni la mi mute lili kin e soweli. taso mi moku e kala. kala sin li pona tawa mi.
jan mute li moku e kala taso tan ni: jan mute wile kama jan pi moku ala soweli.
ante pi tenpo moku li wawa ala. mi pilin e ni: ni li pona tawa mi.

taso mi mute li sona e ni: kala li soweli kin!
jan Seli wrote:tenpo pini suli la mi moku e soweli. taso tenpo pini lili la mi moku ala e soweli. tenpo ni la mi moku lili e soweli sin.

lon li moku e moli. lon li ni. ni li lon. taso, sina ken moku lili e soweli la, o moku ala e soweli mute.
sina moku e soweli lili tan seme? sina pilin ala pilin ike? mi pilin e jan pi wile sona mute a a a!

Re: soweli en ale

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 2:52 am
by jan_Lope
ffuentes wrote: Besides, what did bother you? The length of the phrase alone? If so then it's harder to express this idea and a lot of things in toki pona. However, I could agree that long phrases in toki pona are annoying and I prefer to place full stops and break lines if it helps.
I was my recommendation only.

'jan pi moku ala soweli' (person of no animal food) is right.
"moku" is here a noun because it is after "pi". Remember the lessons: After "pi" have to be a noun or a pronoun. *
"moku ala" means "no food". "moku ala soweli" means "no animal food".

But "jan mute wile kama jan pi moku ala soweli." is wrong. You need a "li":
"jan mute li wile kama jan pi moku ala soweli."

* Please see the lessons:
The official Toki Pona book by Sonja (2014) page 44:
"The particle pi is used to divide a second noun group that describes the first noun group."
Pijes lessons:
"pi separates a noun from another noun that has an adjective."
http://tokipona.net/tp/janpije/okamasona11.php