You can't simply....

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janKipo wrote:Being a troglodyte, I miss all the cultural references here. What is the challenging quote (who is that guy -- he's in some Medieval/Renaissance show, but there are so many of them)?
The first picture has two long word clusters, apparently nouns though maybe verbs. I assume they are meant to be sentences with, say, a 'li' after 'jan' and an 'e' before 'ni'. The second is maybe an imperative, lacking initial 'o'? The second note says "no" to the latter, making it an infinitive with 'ken' (which can, however, be a transitive verb "to empower"; it just doesn't make much sense here).
So the second picture works fine, though I still don't see the point of the 'kin'.
Third picture. "A different language? I don't think" presumably with "so" 'e ni'.
Cat: I assume the picture stands in for the subject here (interesting)
Scream: missing 'o' or 'li'?
'Crat: Missing 'li'? "forgets"?
Brat: 'nimi 'pi''. (names are adjectives).
jan Kipo o pona e ike pi mi mute.

1. You can't simply talk in toki pona.

Obviously, the simplest way to say: jan li ken ala toki kepeken toki pona
Butbhow to add "simply"?

2. Not interested girl

Mi pilin ala - maybe, "mi pilin ala e ni" - i'm not impressed - is it right?

On cat I've posted what
I'd thik is right before.
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jan_Anti wrote:(Continued)

The 2nd one: "Learn all the words." http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/x-all-the-y I guess I should've put an 'o' there.

3rd: "Learns all the words of toki pona ... and it's gone." http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/and-its-gone

4th: "He forgot "pi". I destroyed his house." http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/disaster-girl This one is a bit iffy, as I wanted to say "he forgot to use "pi".

5th: "What if my red ... is your blue" http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/conspiracy-keanu

I think fragments should be tolerated to some degree, maybe following these guidelins? viewtopic.php?f=12&t=2202
4th: sina li weka e nimi "pi" la mi weka e tomo
5th: loje mi en jelo sina li sama ala sama?
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janKalepa wrote:tenpo pi kulupu Intene lon ala la mi toki kepeken toki pona?
pona. taso wan la mi wile toki tan sona pi toki pona. tu la mi wile toki tan tenpo. tan ni la kulupu nimi "lon tenpo ..." li pona mute. kin la, mi wile ala toki e ni: "mi toki kepeken toki pona." mi wile toki e ni: "mi ken toki kepeken ona / mi sona e ona." kulupu nimi mi li pona mute tawa mi.

mi pilin e ni: kulupu nimi ni li nasa lili: "tenpo pi kulupu Intene lon ala la". kulupu nimi ni li pona: "tenpo pi kulupu Intene pi lon ala la" anu (pona mute la) "kulupu Intene li lon ala la". ijo Intene li jo e nimi mute. nimi "ilo" li pona tawa mi. nimi "kulupu" li pona tawa jan ante.
janKalepa wrote:4th: sina li weka e nimi "pi" la mi weka e tomo
5th: loje mi en jelo sina li sama ala sama?
4th: nimi 'li' li namako li pakala. Also, it doesn't say what I want it to. "weka e nimi 'pi'" means "remove the word 'pi'". ken la "weka sona kepeken e" "forgot to use" anu "weka sona e kepeken (pi nimi 'pi')" "forgot the use (of the word 'pi')"?

5th: This doesn't follow the "style" of that meme.
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jan_Anti wrote:
janKalepa wrote:
5th: This doesn't follow the "style" of that meme.
ken la loje mi li sama e jelo sina? But in tp it's not a question.
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jan_Anti wrote:

4th: nimi 'li' li namako li pakala. Also, it doesn't say what I want it to. "weka e nimi 'pi'" means "remove the word 'pi'". ken la "weka sona kepeken e" "forgot to use"
Yes. 'li' is not needed here... But 'weka sona' means for me 'removed/omitted/clean the knowledge of', and it's not clearly states what really happend. If someone misses 'pi', for me 'weka' is more than enough.
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a a a soweli lili pi tenpo pini li pona mute mute mute tawa mi. sitelen sina li musi li pona :lol: :P
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That works, too.
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mi sona e jan pi toki Epelanto
ona li pana e sitelen ni tawa mi :

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =1&theater
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:lol: ni li musi suli tawa mi
taso ni li pona ala :twisted:
mi pali e sitelen ni :

http://sitelen.voila.net/tokiplease.PNG

a a a , o pana e ona tawa jan ale :lol: :mrgreen:
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sitelen sina li pona mute li musi mute kin. pona!
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jan Kute o! ni li pona kin!

lon ma ante la taso mi wile kama tawa tomo tawa pi linja tu la mi wile pana e wile sona kepeken Epilanto. jan li kepeken e toki pona la pana sona li ken kama suli en ike.

(not sure where's best to put a taso when there is a topically fronted prep in a la phrase going on) I'd try writing the instructions from my house to my office via the metro, but I'm afraid it would be tedious.

taso ni li lon: meli li pana e jan lili sin lon insa tomo L'Enfant Station pi tomo tawa pi linja tu. ni li nasa tan ni: nimi L'Enfant Station li toki Kanse tawa tomo pi jan lili! jan lili sin en mama pi ona jan li silejo pona.
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