toki! mi jan Kusta

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Gustaf
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toki! mi jan Kusta

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mi jan Kusta. mi sona e toki pona. mi toki pona ala e toki pona.

mi pali. mi pona e ilo sona.

mi sona. mi sona e sona.
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Re: toki! mi jan Kusta

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jan Kuta o. toki. Welcome to the forums. :)
Yo estuve aquí.
Gustaf
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mi lon pili. mi pili ala. mi sona e toki pona. pona ala pona?
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jan Kusta o kama pona tawa toki pona! [we need to work on the name. we already have a jan Kute, 'kuta' is maybe a problem]
'mi lon pili[n]'? pini? pali? In any case I wonder about the 'lon' "I am at work"? (pali)
sina sona e toki pona. ni li pona. sina sona pi pona pi mute lili e toki pona . tenpo mute la o sitelen kepeken toki pona lon lipu ni. tan ni la sina kama sona pona e toki pona.
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Re: toki! mi jan Kusta

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jan sin o kama pona!

sina tan ma seme?

sina pali e seme (tawa mani)?
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Re: toki! mi jan Kusta

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My transliterator: http://tokipona.net/tp/Transliterate.aspx

suggests Kuta or Kusita -- The second is by splitting consonant clusters with a neutral vowel. Of the top of my head I don't know if any canonical proper modifiers use vowel insertion to deal with consonant clusters-- I wouldn't be surprised. In trying to write an algorithm that automatically transliterates I discovered jan Sonja often gets to a point where there are 2 or 3 ways to transliterate something.
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I was going to suggest 'Kupa', just leaving out the cluster and going to the final 'f' with the intervening vowel hung on. But there are cases of using vowels to spread out cluster: Elumutu' for "Helmut" being the clearest. 'Course, I like to keep the syllable pattern if possible too, often at the cost of clarity (Kipo fr. Clifford).
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Re: toki! mi jan Kusta

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janMato wrote:sina tan ma seme?
mi tan ma Kanata. mi tan ma tomo Otawa.
sina pali e seme (tawa mani)?
mi pali e tomo ilo sona tawa mani. ilo sona ni li utala e jan ike ilo sona. (Is there a better way to say "hacker" in toki pona than "jan ike ilo son" - "bad computer person"?)
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Re: toki! mi jan Kusta

Post by Gustaf »

Hmmm.... how would I say "firewall" in toki pona?

Clearly it is an "ilo sona". But it is not used only for "utala e jan ike ilo sona" - firewalls can be used for good or evil.

ilo sona suli Sonko li pona ala.
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