jan Kikamesi. jan lawa pi ma tomo Uluku

[jan Ote]

[janKipo]

taso soweli LI pilin ike tawa ona

Thanks for the clarification, it is a nice point (in both senses of the word, hence some of the difficulty).

[jan Ote]

Thank you.

... ona li kama tawa jan Sanka li anpa. ona li lukin e sinpin jan Sanka li kute.

jan Sanka li toki tawa jan Enkitu. ona li toki e ni: "jan Enkitu o! sina sama jan sewi. sina tawa poka soweli tan seme? o kama".

jan Enkitu
jan Sanka li tu e len ona. ona li len e jan Enkitu kepeken len wan. jan Sanka li toki e ni: "o kama poka mi. o kama tawa jan".

ona li tawa tomo pi jan lawa soweli. jan lawa soweli mute li kepeken li lukin e jan Enkitu li toki e ni: "ona li suli sama jan Kikamesi. ona li wawa sama suno pi jan sewi An". ona li pana e pan e telo nasa jelo. jan Enkitu li moku ala. ona li lukin wawa taso. tenpo ala ona li lukin e pan e telo nasa. jan Sanka li toki ni: "jan Ekitu o moku e moku ni. o moku e telo ni. ni li nasin jan". jan Enkitu li moku e pan mute. ona li moku e telo nasa jelo mute. ona li pilin pona mute. ona li telo e sijelo ona. ona li len. jan Enkitu li jan kin. jan lawa soweli li lape la jan Enkitu li pale ala. ona li kama jo e ilo utala li utala e soweli ike. jan lawa soweli li ken lape pona.

[janKipo]

tenpo ala LA ona li lukin e pan e telo nasa

jan lawa soweli li lape la jan Enkitu li pale ala Again the contrast of "when. while" with "if" is lost (but is it needed?), I assume 'pale' is 'lape' as I would type it.

[jan Ote]

[janKipo]

jan Kikamesi li lukin e pale. ? I thought you had my finger problem and meant "lape' but now I am not sure. Gilgamesh looked at/saw sleep or, 'pali', activity? or 'lukin lape' "tried to sleep"? (I take it 'lukin' is a helping verb like 'wile' that takes a whole predication as a complement).

ona li pini e lape li tawa mama meli. Ditto, with less confidence, for 'pini' And so on throughout, apparently. But I can't find a definitive word, only "common sense:" what we try to do or finish doing is often a transitive act, wringing a chicken's neck or or some such, so needs the whole predication available.

mi lukin e suno lili mute LON sewi mi. I think.

suno pi jan sewi An li anpa weka poka mi. ? The light of the god An falls far from me? carries me away down?

mi wile kama jo sewi e ona I want to get it highly?

taso mi ken ala tawa e ona.? But I cannot move it. I don't follow these three sentences and don't remember the story well enough t make a good guess (I'm fuzzy from Enkidu to Ut Naspishtam, at least).

jan pi ma tomo Uluku li kupulu [kulupu -- you do have my touch] poka suno ni. The citizens of Uruch get together with this light

mi anpa tawa ona sama anpa meli. I fall/ go down to it like a female fall [faint? - if so, careful! If not, I'd better be careful]?

mi tawa ona tawa sina nasin ni: I go to it for this path of yours " ( I figure 'nasin sina ni' intended. "this systematic you" didn't seem much at all).

sina ken sona e ni: mi sama ala sama. As what?

mama pi jan Kikamesi li sona ali. jan Nintu li sona ali. 'e ali' or just 'ala' (I hate those too close words)

Er, ah .. do we have a "sun"-"son" problem here? This obscure 'suno' makes a bit more sense as 'jan mije lili'

ona li pana E? pona tawa sina

sina [li] olin e ona sama meli olin.

Ahah!? 'lape' for "dream"? Not sure I have a better idea: 'sitelen lape'? "toki lape'? others?

[jan Ote]

[janKipo]

janKipo wrote:Not sure I have a better idea: 'sitelen lape'? "toki lape'? others?
I'm for 'sitelen lape', because we can see, look at, watch our night dreams, they are pictures, not words.

I also like 'lukin lape' (thought of later)

ona li pini e lape li tawa mama meli Back to earlier discussion, I think is just 'pini lape' (cf. 'ken lape'). But I don't have a definitive line here yet.

suno pi jan sewi An li anpa wawa LON poka mi 'poka mi" alone means "with me" 'anpa wawa' sounds like "crashed down"

mi wile kama jo sewi e ona. "I wanted to highly get it" maybe 'mi lukin sewi e ona' (again, anticipating a definitive word)21

jan pi ma tomo Uluku li kupulu LON poka suno ni. ? I'm not sure how to get the "around" in (something with 'sike,' presumably, but what"


mi anpa tawa ona sama anpa tawa meli mi. Hard for me, too, since we rally need a conjunction here, not a preposition and tp lacks this (and most other) conjunctions. Even if 'anpa' here is a noun meaning "a going down" we have the problem of a prep phrase modifying a noun. Not that I have a better suggestion.

mi tawa e ona tawa sina tawa e ni: sina ken sona e ni: mi sama ala sama. I like this for "compare", but I would use 'mi tu' to clarify a bit (the other mi might be mama, tough). second 'tawa' is also a prep, so no 'e'.

Now the rest is clear too. Thanks; it's going great.

[jan Ote]

[janKipo]

janKipo wrote:janKipo wrote:Not sure I have a better idea: 'sitelen lape'? "toki lape'? others?
I'm for 'sitelen lape', because we can see, look at, watch our night dreams, they are pictures, not words.
I also like 'lukin lape' (thought of later)

I'm not sure what do you mean by this (my English is poor). If it's all right I would prefer just "lukin lape" for "seeing a dream, dreaming". Please don't hesitate to point out in the text where it can't be used.

I think it is alright and seems to me the best of the lot "sleep sights"

janKipo wrote:Back to earlier discussion, I think is just 'pini lape' (cf. 'ken lape'). But I don't have a definitive line here yet.

Could be both are correct? Old manual says (lesson 6):
mi pini e lape sina = I ended your sleep. I woke you up.

But he did nothing to wake himself up, he just stopped sleeping. So I take the difference to be 'ona li pini e lape mi' "He did something to me that awakened me" 'mi pini e lape mi' "I did something that awakened me." but more passively, "mi pini lape" "I awoke," no other action required.

janKipo wrote:mi wile kama jo sewi e ona. "I wanted to highly get it" maybe 'mi lukin sewi e ona' (again, anticipating a definitive word)21

"mi wile tawa sewi e ona" janKipo wrote:mi wile kama jo sewi e ona. "I wanted to highly get it" maybe 'mi lukin sewi e ona' (again, anticipating a definitive word)21

"mi wile tawa sewi e ona"

Well, "want/need to" is not quite "try to" and, while "make it go high" is surely the right idea, 'sewi', as transitive, does the work as well, I think.

janKipo wrote:jan pi ma tomo Uluku li kupulu LON poka suno ni. ? I'm not sure how to get the "around" in (something with 'sike,' presumably, but what"

"li kulupu li sike e suno ni"? (they encircled this)?

I think this works, though I see a variety of ideas for 'sike' as a transitive verb (this may suggest that the group walked/danced/marched around the star like planets around their sun, rather than standing around staring).

By the way, now we've got official "when" with "la":

http://en.tokipona.org/wiki/a wrote:mije li moli la ona li toki wawa e “a!” -- When the man died, he screamed “aaarrg!”

Nice to have the decisive word on that: context will decide.