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mi jan Ale!

Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2019 12:02 pm
by janale
toki! tenpo ni la mi kama sona e toki pona.
mi jan pi tomo sona suli; mi tan ma tomo Napoli lon ma Mewika.
kama sina pona!


(Sorry if my Toki Pona is bad, just started learning a couple days ago)


Hello! I'm Alex and I'm learning Toki Pona!
I'm a high school student and I live in Naples, USA.
Nice to meet you!

Re: mi jan Ale!

Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2019 10:09 pm
by janKipo
Napoli li lon ma lili Polita anu seme?
kama sona tawa toki pona.
‘kama sina pona’ is hard to parse “ Become you well” or so, maybe. ‘Kama pona tawa sina’ is easier to understand. But you are coming in, not already in, and greeting, so ‘toki’ is your line and us insiders say “Wecome.”.There are similar conventions for leaving.

Re: mi jan Ale!

Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 1:30 am
by jan_Lope
janale wrote:toki! tenpo ni la mi kama sona e toki pona.
mi jan pi tomo sona suli; mi tan ma tomo Napoli lon ma Mewika.
kama sina pona!


(Sorry if my Toki Pona is bad, just started learning a couple days ago)


Hello! I'm Alex and I'm learning Toki Pona!
I'm a high school student and I live in Naples, USA.
Nice to meet you!
jan Ale o, toki!

mi jan Lope. mi lon ma Tosi li lon ma tomo Pelin.
ken la lipu mi li ' pona, tawa sina.
https://jan-lope.github.io

mi tawa.

Re: mi jan Ale!

Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2019 2:31 am
by pajorpajoran
jan ale o toki!

pona li.

mi li jan areli.

pona pona li!

Re: mi jan Ale!

Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2019 2:40 am
by jan_Lope
pajorpajoran wrote:jan ale o toki!

pona li.

mi li jan areli.

pona pona li!
toki!

After "li" has to be at least a word. "li" is a separator.

Re: mi jan Ale!

Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2019 11:53 am
by janKipo
also, no ‘li’ after ‘mi’when it stands alone as subject.

Re: mi jan Ale!

Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2019 8:07 pm
by jan Son
Just one thing, I would suggest "ma Nepu" for Naples