New poll for tokipona
New poll for tokipona
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for thetokipona group:"iki" seems to be too long and/or toosimilar to "ike". Should it be changedto something else? o Leave it as is. (iki li suli mute. mi olin e iki.) o Drop "iki" when it's the subject and is understood. (li suli mute. mi olin eiki.) o Change to "i". (i li suli mute. mi olin e i.) o Other solution...To vote, please visit the following web page:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tokipona/pollsNote: Please do not reply to this message. Poll votes arenot collected via email. To vote, you must go to the Yahoo! Groupsweb site listed above.Thanks!
New poll for tokipona
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for thetokipona group:How would you feel if "noka" (foot,leg) was changed to "jalan"? o I like "jalan". o Let's keep "noka".To vote, please visit the following web page:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tokipona/pollsNote: Please do not reply to this message. Poll votes arenot collected via email. To vote, you must go to the Yahoo! Groupsweb site listed above.Thanks!
New poll for tokipona
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for thetokipona group:What is the best way to say "stone,rock, metal, mineral" in Toki Pona? o compound "wawa ma" (hardness of the earth) o create new word "kiwen"To vote, please visit the following web page:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tokipona/ ... 654693Note: Please do not reply to this message. Poll votes arenot collected via email. To vote, you must go to the Yahoo! Groupsweb site listed above.Thanks!
New poll for tokipona
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for thetokipona group:Some Toki Pona speakers have expressedconcerns that "iki" (he/she/it)and "ike" (bad/evil) are too similarand may cause confusion. The result ofa previous poll suggested we find a newsolution. What do you suggest?(Sample sentences: iki li ike. mi oline iki. = He is evil. I love him.) o don't change anything. keep "iki". everything is fine. (iki li ike. mi oline iki.) o change "iki" to "ipi" (ipi li ike. mi olin e ipi.) o change "iki" to "ona" (ona li ike. mi olin e ona.) o none of the above are acceptable. let's find other solutions.To vote, please visit the following web page:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tokipona/ ... 657735Note: Please do not reply to this message. Poll votes arenot collected via email. To vote, you must go to the Yahoo! Groupsweb site listed above.Thanks!
New poll for tokipona
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for thetokipona group:Describe your interest in the Toki Ponalanguage. o I am interested in the language itself, but my goal is not to learn to speakor write in it. o I want to learn Toki Pona, but I am still a beginner. o I am learning Toki Pona, and I can express myself or understand texts at anintermediate level. o I'm fluent. I can carry entire conversations in Toki Pona with little or fewerrors. o I am actually more interested in the philosophy and ideology of Toki Ponathan learning the language itself. o I am not actively interested in being a part of Toki Pona. I'm just curiousto see how Toki Pona develops.To vote, please visit the following web page:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tokipona/ ... 784125Note: Please do not reply to this message. Poll votes arenot collected via email. To vote, you must go to the Yahoo! Groupsweb site listed above.Thanks!
New poll for tokipona
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for thetokipona group:What do you think about reforming TokiPona from a 5 vowel system to a 3 vowelsystem? o The language already works. Let's keep the 5 vowels. Having 5 vowels insteadof 3 also gives the language a bit more colour and different sounds. o Let's find a way to convert the language into a more simple 3-vowel system.This may drastically change many words, but in the long run, the language willbecome simpler. o UndecidedTo vote, please visit the following web page:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tokipona/ ... 935084Note: Please do not reply to this message. Poll votes arenot collected via email. To vote, you must go to the Yahoo! Groupsweb site listed above.Thanks!
New poll for tokipona
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for thetokipona group:What do you think of the proposed newway of using "en" and "kin", describedinhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/tokipona/message/209? o Yes, that is a smart solution. o I really don't like it.To vote, please visit the following web page:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tokipona/ ... 950692Note: Please do not reply to this message. Poll votes arenot collected via email. To vote, you must go to the Yahoo! Groupsweb site listed above.Thanks!
Re: New poll for tokipona
I wish you would've put an "undecided" choice on the poll. I'm ratherconservative, and if there are possible changes, I like to haveplenty of time to think about them. If I judge early, I always findthat several weeks later I've changed my mind, and that's the way mymind stays.I like the proposal in general, even though I wish we didn't have tochange things. The one thing I particularly don't like is the removalof "kan". As Marraskuu showed, it is quite possible to get along finewithout it, but, like I said, I'm quite conservative, and once I'vehad a word, I don't want to give it up, at least not until I've hadtime to adjust smoothly. "mi en/kin sina..." in a good deal of casesseems more rigid and artificial than the more friendly "mi ... kansina."As far as en and kin go, the change is a good idea, and I think itwould help clear up some confusion. The only objection I really haveis that I don't like the word "en." It seems like a very confused andawkward word to me. Maybe it's because it's so short or something;I'm not really sure. I'd prefer to see "kin" keep its status as "and"and have "en" become the word that intensifies whatever follows;perhaps that's just wishful thinking.I disagree with the idea of removing advanced numbers. Although Iagree that it can be and probably has been abused, I think the needfor higher numbers outweighs the bad usage. Imagine a boy playing anumber-guessing game:Man: "Hey kid, pick a number between wan and mute."Boy: "Okay! I pick ... umm... mute!"Man: "Nope. Sorry, kiddo. The number I had in mind was 'mute,'not 'mute'. Better luck next time."Anyhow, gotta go.-- Pije
Re: New poll for tokipona
--- In tokipona@y..., "bacchus13579" <kurum3@a...> wrote:> I wish you would've put an "undecided" choice on the poll.> I'm rather conservativeA Limbaugh fan?> The one thing I particularly don't like is the removal of> "kan" ... once I've had a word, I don't want to give it upThen what about the 499,880 words that are in En but not in TP?> at least not until I've had time to adjust smoothly.Which is why <iki> was deprecated in favor of <ona> but stillretained for a while.> The only objection I really have is that I don't like the word> "en." It seems like a very confused and awkward word to me.Tell that to a speaker of Dutch.> Maybe it's because it's so short or something; I'm not really sure.You would find Spanish even worse: "and" is <y>.--Damian
New poll for tokipona
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for thetokipona group:"ala" (nothing) and "ale" (everything)are very similar in sound. Is this aproblem? o Everything is fine. Don't change anything. o We really need to consider changing something to avoid the confusion these 2words can cause.To vote, please visit the following web page:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tokipona/ ... 950987Note: Please do not reply to this message. Poll votes arenot collected via email. To vote, you must go to the Yahoo! Groupsweb site listed above.Thanks!