I didn't know this. I would have had trouble figuring out this translation.janMato wrote:#tokipona Grammar. X li N e Y. This means X makes Y into N (a noun). jan li soweli tomo e soweli. Man domesticates it.
Maybe reword this? I know what you are saying but a newbie may not.janMato wrote:#tokipona Grammar. Verb phrases additional verb phrases start with li. Not en
I read this as: 'I'm travelling like a bird.' Is that correct?janMato wrote:#tokipona Grammar. Manner is expressed in prepositional phrases at the end of li phrases. mi tawa sama waso.
Maybe add 'Yes or no questions...' to this Twit? You do cover it better in another Twit further down.janMato wrote:#tokipona Grammar. Questions must have an X ala X, seme or "anu seme?" construction to be a question.
I don't see where 'kama sona' is controversial. It is one of the idioms that I have learned and everyone uses.janMato wrote:#tokipona Grammar. Some verbs take unmarked complements. mi kama sona. Parsing these is controversial.
I would rewrite as: Yes/No questions are answered "No" by using ala. sina wile ala wile? ala.janMato wrote:#tokipona Grammar. Yes/No questions are answered "No" by wile ala. sina wile ala wile? ala.
I never knew this (or else I've forgotten about it). Thanks.janMato wrote:#tokipona Grammar. Join the arguments of a prep. phrase like this: tomo li lon nena en nasin.
I would just stick with the 124/125. No use confusing Twitter folks with old words.janMato wrote:#tokipona Vocab. Toki pona has somewhere between 118 and 140 words depending on which words you count. 124/125 are in common use.
While we are talking about surfaces, how about adding sinpin as a vertical surface, in addition to its other meanings?janMato wrote:#tokipona Vocab supa is a flat horizontal surface
Also torso and my favorite: wall !janMato wrote:#tokipona Vocab sinpin means face. But also front. meli pi lukin pona li jo e sinpin pona.
pakala is a swear word too; I see you added it later on.janMato wrote:#tokipona Vocab unpa means sex, but also fuck. The community really does treat it as taboo.
Didn't know about the magic meaning. Thanks.janMato wrote:#tokipona Vocab kon means air, but also magic.
Something else I didn't realize or think about closely enough!janMato wrote:#tokipoan Vocab kon, ko, kiwen make up a set classifiers, gassy, gooey, rocky.
I didn't realize ante was a conjunction; I'll have to review my word definitions!janMato wrote:#tokipona Vocab ante is also a conjunction, "otherwise, else" mi wile e moku ante lape.
'tenpo esun' also means week.janMato wrote:#tokipona Vocab esun means a store. It also gets used for all sorts of commerce related phrases.
I thought TP generally frowns on passive voice, although sometimes it can't be helped?janMato wrote:#tokipona Grammar ijo might be used in a passive construction. ijo li moli e mije. The man was killed.
Nice way to think of containers!janMato wrote:#tokipona Vocab tomo is a people-sized container(car or building), poki is a smaller container
Maybe mention that above 4 are new words? Maybe just ('new word') at end of each sentence? By the way I still don't have these 4 properly memorized!janMato wrote:#tokipona Vocab monsuta means fear. mi monsuta e akesi. mi mute li wile monsuta e monsuta taso.
#tokipona vocab namako means spice and extra. pona kin li namako lon moku. nimi mute li namako.
#tokipona Vocab kipisi means cut. sina wile e pali la o kipisi e linja lawa.
#tokipona Vocab alasa means hunt or gather. jan pi tenpo kiwen li alasa tawa moku.
Maybe talk about pronunciation of vowels - like Spanish, Italian ?janMato wrote:#tokipona Phonetics. There's no guidance on intonation or sandhi. Maybe anything goes.
How about adding a Twit for each of these categories? (some you have already)
animals and plants : jan, soweli, akesi, waso, pipi, kala, kasi, kili
body parts : sijelo, luka, noka, oko, lawa, monsi, pilin, nena, uta, sinpin
the senses : lukin, kalama, kute, pilin, oko, nena
food : moku, suwi, sin, seli, kili, kala, pan, soweli
sex : mama, meli, mije, olin, unpa, pakala
nature : ma, telo, kon, seli, wawa, suno, mun
culture : mama, toki, ilo, kulupu, tomo, poki, len, sitelen, mani, nasin, pan, esun
states of matter : telo, kon, wawa, kiwen, ko, lipu, palisa, linja, sike, lupa, supa, selo
quality : pona, ike, jaki, nasa, lete, seli, meli, mije
quantity and number : nanpa, ala, wan, tu, luka, mute, lili, taso
colors : kule, walo, pimeja, loje, jelo, laso
pointers to objects and persons : ni, mi, sina, ona, ijo, ali, ala
human activities : moku, lape, musi, sona, pali, jo, pana, kepeken, pakala, utala, unpa, olin, moli
tense : kama, pini, wile, ken
sentence type : wile, ken, o, seme
spatial relationships : sewi, poka, anpa, insa, selo
movement : kama, pini, awen, tawa, weka, open
philosophical terms : ma, tenpo, ijo, ali, wan, sama, nimi, ala, ante
prepositions : sama, kepeken, tawa, poka, tan, lon
conjunctions : ala, la, en, anu, taso
separators : pi, li, e, la, o
interjections : a, ala, pona, ike, jaki, mu, o, pakala, toki
So once you start sending out these Twitter messages, how do I subscribe? I don't currently use Twitter. I am on 'toki lili'. Will you Twit these to 'toki lili' too?