tenpo jan Jesu sin la sina wile e ijo seme?

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janMato
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tenpo jan Jesu sin la sina wile e ijo seme?

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mi wile e len noka tan ni:

"jan li wile pilin pona la jan li wile e len noka sama li wile jo sona sama li jo e lukin sama li jo e kulupu mama sama li jo e sona pali sama li jo e sona ante kin. jan li awen toki e ni: len noki li len mi ala la jan li alasa li moli li kama ike pilin li pilin e ni: pona li kama tan laso suli. pali mi en lape mi kin li kama e tempo kama pi mi mute."

"The key to your happiness is to own your slippers, own who you are, own how you look, own your family, own the talents you have, and own the ones you don’t. If you keep saying your slippers aren’t yours, then you’ll die searching, you’ll die bitter, always feeling you were promised more. Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny."

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Re: tenpo jan Jesu sin la sina wile e ijo seme?

Post by janAetherStar »

a, ni li lon la mi pilin pona. tan mi pilin e ni: mi jo e ijo mute. mi wile e ni: jan ale li pilin pona.
ale li pona. :)
sina o sona e ni.
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Re: tenpo jan Jesu sin la sina wile e ijo seme?

Post by janKipo »

Looking back at Mato's original, I note 'jo E sona'. I don't get 'laso suli'. "own" here means "acknowledge", so 'jo' seems insufficient (not that I have an idea what works better).
AetherStar: (konmun or Eteta) Why 'tan' at beginning of 2nd sentence? Looks like 'tan ni:' at end of first?
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