jan lili ni li meli anu mije?

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jan lili ni li meli anu mije?

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mama en jan lili ona li lon telo suli. jan lili li tawa mama li toki e ni:
- ike a! mama o! jan lili li pakala ijo musi mi!
mama li toki e ni:
- ona li meli anu mije?
jan lili li toki e ni:
- mi sona ala tan ni: ona li len ala.
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mi pilin e ni: jan lili li meli. jan meli li lukin ala tawa sijelo mije li jo e sijelo mije sama.

tempo ni la jan meli li lukin e sijelo pi jan meji.

ni li lon ala lon?
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mi sona ala. ni li toki musi.
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nimi "riddle" pi toki Inli li seme?
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mi sona ala.
toki pi "meli anu mije" li toki musi. jan li kute e toki ni la ona li toki e ni: "a a a! toki ni li pona!".
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jan Ote wrote:mi sona ala.
toki pi "meli anu mije" li toki musi. jan li kute e toki ni la ona li toki e ni: "a a a! toki ni li pona!".
mi sona e ni: toki li toki music.

tempo pini la mi pilin e ni: kulupu nimi li kulupu pi wile sona li tawa mi mute.

toki musi li ken sona e ni : ni tawa a a a. *
toki musi li ken sona e ni: jan li wile e nimi tawa kulupu nimi pi wile sona. **

ona tu li ijo a a a.


* joke (funny, normally expects no response other than laughing)
** riddle (potentially funny question expecting a response)
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Re: jan lili ni li meli anu mije?

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Back to the beginning: 'pakala E ijo musi mi'
The question is age dependent to an extent and cultural (Lord, how I love to trod rough-shod over jokes!). It assumes that, for the child, the gender distinction is still in the externals:clothing (certainly), haircut (possibly) and so on. It has not reached the stage where differences are in behavior (the other child is clearly a boy, since he broke the toy) and certainly not to noting physical differences. So the mother's child is in the late twos (assuming Euro-American culture). And probably a boy, since girls make the transitions faster. The other child is still probably a boy of about the same age, because he broke the toy. (It is shortly after this that the boy starts getting the information about "the power of the penis" and so would note its presence or absence, girls get this later.)
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