toki nasa "jan lawa Oliki" pi jan Pusikin.

[soweli Elepanto]

jan lawa ma Oliki li kama utala li tawa kepenken soweli tawa Sewalo.
ona li lukin e jan pi sona mute li toki:
"jan sona o, toki e ni tawa mi:
tenpo kama la mi pilin pona ala pona? mi moli tan seme?"

jan sona li toki e ni:
"jan lawa o! sina suli li wawa.
sina pakala e jan ike sina ali. sina lawa e ma e telo.
jan ala li ken anpa e sina. taso sina moli tan soweli Sewalo sina ni.

soweli ni li pona tawa jan lawa Oliki. jan Oliki li musi ala.
taso ona li toki e ni tawa jan utala mute ona:
"jan mi o, pana e soweli tawa ante tawa mi!
mi wile ala kepeken soweli ni. taso mi wile e ni: ona li pilin pona!"

tenpo mute mute li kama.
jan Oliki en jan utala mute ona li moku li toki.
jan Oliki li toki: "soweli Sewalo mi li pilin pona ala pona?"
taso ona li kama sona e ni: tenpo monsi mute la soweli ni li moli...

jan lawa li pilin nasa li toki: "pakala! jan sona ni li ike li nasa! mi wile lukin e soweli moli!"
jan Oliki li tawa li lukin e soweli moli.
ona li kama tawa soweli moli ni.

a! akesi ike li lon soweli moli!
ona li moku e jan lawa.
jan lawa li moli nasin ni kin!

[jan Ote]

pona a! Песнь о вещем Олеге (The Song of the Prophet Oleg). pona mute!
But it seems to me this text is not a translation of . It's just the same old legend written by you in toki pona, isn't it? Pushkin himselft took it from the chronicle (Tale of Bygone Years):

В год 6420 (912). [...] И пришла осень, и вспомнил Олег коня своего, которого прежде поставил кормить, решив никогда на него не садиться, Ибо спрашивал он волхвов и кудесников: "От чего я умру?"...

[janKipo]

[jan Josan]

[jan Ote]

[janKipo]

josankapo
soweli Elepanto wrote:a! akesi ike li lon soweli moli!
maybe 'akesi palisa'?

'akesi linja' also used


josankapo
janKipo wrote:an lawa ma Oliki li kama utala li tawa kepe[n]ken soweli tawa Sewalo. A beast named 'Sowalo' apparently from later, what is point of 'tawa'?
animal of transport, ie a horse, right?

OOh, right. ('tawa' does too much, especially back at the prep position.)

jan Ote
soweli Elepanto
soweli tawa Sewalo
Is 'Sewalo' to mean [EO:] 'ĉevalo' = [EN:] 'a horse'? If it's not a name, then 'soweli tawa' is sufficient.

Damn! I never thought of that possibility. (in spite of soweli Elepanto rather than, say, soweli pi nena linja)


jan ote
soweli Elepanto
ona li moku e jan lawa.
ona li moku lili e jan lawa [li pana e telo moli].
It bites the prince [and emits a venom].
See http://bknight0.myweb.uga.edu/toki/lesson/lesson14.html, "Practice".

Interesting; I wonder why it is not in the dictionary (yet)

[jan-ante]

[jan-ante]

[jan Ote]

[soweli Elepanto]