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toki! mi jan Iulius

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toki!

mi jan Iulius anu jan Julo. nimi mi li jan Julio kepeken toki Epanja. mi jan Epanja. tenpo pini lili la mi sona e toki pona. tenpo wan la mi kama sona e toki pona kepeken toki awen pi jan Elisa. mi kepeken e toki awen ni tan ni: toki awen pi jan Elisa li kepeken e toki Epanja. toki Epanja li toki mi nanpa wan. tenpo ni la mi kama sona e toki kepeken toki awen pi jan Pije. mi wile kama sona e ijo sin.

mi wile e ni: toki awen pi toki pona li lon. toki awen li pona tawa mi.

toki pona li toki pona mute tawa mi. tenpo pini lili la mi pali e lipu lili http://tokipona.iulius.net

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pona kin! tan sitelen sina la mi pilin e sona sina.

jan Sonja li kama jo e pali sin li ken pali lili tawa toki pona li pali tawa jan lawa taso. ike a! mi pilin e ni: mi mute li wile e lipu mute pi toki pona la kulupu pi toki pona li pali e ni.

kulupu pi toki pona li pali e sitelen mute. tenpo mute la jan li ken kepeken e sitelen ni tawa kepeken sama. (can use for one's own usages, i.e. they're creative commons) nanpa nimi pi sitlen ale li 50000 anu mute kin. ni li sama suli pi lipu mute.

taso... lipu mute sin pi kulupu pi toki pona li wile e jan pali pi nimi nasin pona * e jan pi nasin lukin pona ** e jan pali pi toki ante ***. ike la mani tawa ni li lon ala li lili.

* worker of grammar improvement, i.e. an editor.
** worker of visual ways improvement. i.e. a layout and typesetter
*** a worker of other languages, i.e. translators
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a! jan Mato o, pona! mi sona ala e ni. mi mute li pali mute li jo ala e tenpo musi. pakala! mani li ike a!
mi ken ala ken pana e mani lili tawa lipu mute ni?
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Here is my post with my gloss of what I said. Someday I will figure out how to do a nice interlinear gloss.

pona kin! tan sitelen sina la mi pilin e sona sina.
Good (article) indeed! Because of your writing, I know the meaning of your knowledge. (In theory I could have said, mi sona e sina, but that means I know you & I understand you. and I expect most people to read that first as I have met you in person, *not* I understand you.)

jan Sonja li kama jo e pali sin li ken pali lili tawa toki pona li pali tawa jan lawa taso. ike a! mi pilin e ni: mi mute li wile e lipu mute pi toki pona la kulupu pi toki pona li pali e ni.
jan Sonja has a new job and can work very little for toki pona and works only for the boss (jan lawa is king, politician and boss). What a pity! I think if we want a book, the toki pona community (must) create it.

kulupu pi toki pona li pali e sitelen mute. tenpo mute la jan li ken kepeken e sitelen ni tawa kepeken sama. (can use for one's own usages, i.e. they're creative commons) nanpa nimi pi sitlen ale li 50000 anu mute kin. ni li sama suli pi lipu mute.
The toki pona community has written a lot. Often, people can use these writings for themselves. [I still don't have a good way to express Creative Commons licensed text] The number of words of all the writings is 50,000 or more. This is the magnitude (size) of a book. [i.e. If the world wants a book, there is enough Creative Commons /free/public domain texts to compile a fairly long book of toki pona text and toki pona grammar commenarty]

taso... lipu mute sin pi kulupu pi toki pona li wile e jan pali pi nimi nasin pona * e jan pi nasin lukin pona ** e jan pali pi toki ante ***. ike la mani tawa ni li lon ala li lili.
But, a new book from the tp community requires an editor, a typesetter/designer and a translator. Unfortunately, there is no/little money for this (project). [And hence, no one is motivated to follow through and do it.]
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yes, I understood you very well, wow, you are very fluent in toki pona :o (as you see I'm not very fluent in english). I tried to suggest that maybe we (the community) could afford that, in crowdfunding or similar. I sure would give some money to something like that :) But I see there is no motivation, I wonder... why? Too much work?
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http://www.bod.fr/index.php?id=1769
janMato wrote:: mi mute li wile e lipu mute pi toki pona la kulupu pi toki pona li pali e ni.
pilin ni li pona mute tawa mi
janMato wrote: jan pi nasin lukin pona **
pona kin
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tawa jan Julo (anu Ulijo anu Kulijo -- ken ante, taso nimi sina li pona) ' nimi mi li nimi "Julio"' nimi sina li jan ala/
'toki pona li toki pi pona mute (pi) tawa mi'
sina wile pana e mani tawa seme? jan ala li lawa pi kulupu pi toki pona. taso pilin sina li pona tawa kulupu ni. pona.
kama pona tawa kulupu pi toki pona.
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jan Kipo o, pona! :)

sina pona e toki ike mi. ni li pona tawa mi. mi wile kama sona. pona!

mi wile toki e ni: ken la tenpo kama la kulupu pi toki pona li wile pali e lipu mute pi toki pona (a toki pona book, I like to read toki pona texts). ken la sina pali e lipu mute la sina wile e mani mute. ken la jan mute pi toki pona ken pana e mani lili. mi kin pana e mani lili tawa ni. :)

(errr... I mean: sometimes people crowdfund a book. I'm not trying to suggest anything) :)
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iulius wrote:jan Kipo o, pona! :)

sina pona e toki ike mi. ni li pona tawa mi. mi wile kama sona. pona!

mi wile toki e ni: ken la tenpo kama la kulupu pi toki pona li wile pali e lipu mute pi toki pona (a toki pona book, I like to read toki pona texts). ken la sina pali e lipu mute la sina wile e mani mute. ken la jan mute pi toki pona LI ken pana e mani lili. mi kin pana e mani lili tawa ni. :)

(errr... I mean: sometimes people crowdfund a book. I'm not trying to suggest anything) :)
I like the concept, but the reality is not going to happen soon.
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