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Re: nasin pona

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Sorry, but for me it's better to openly discuss decisions of jan lawa pi tenpo pini, than to blame nations. My posts are not against Russians or people from any other country, o lukin pona, o sona!

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jan pi ma tomo Liwowi li pilin pona tan ni: kulupu utala Loje li kama. lawa Posuka li pini
o lukin:
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jan Ukawina li pilin pona li sewi e luka ona tawa jan utala Nasi. ona li sewi e luka sama jan Nasi. ona li pilin pona tan ni: jan Nasi li utala e lawa pi ma kupulu Sowijeto.

sitelen mi li pona sama sitelen sina. ona tu li ike. ona tu li sitelen pi toki jaki pi jan lawa.

jan ante o,
(lukin pona! ala: "jan-ante o")

jan-ante kin o,

tenpo mute la mi lukin e sitelen tawa pi nimi "tomo pi telo seli". ona li sitelen musi li toki e ni:

tenpo pi ma kulupu Sowijeto la jan pi ma mute li anpa lon tomo pi telo seli li toki. jan Sabo li jan Mosijo (Hungary), jan Esi li jan Tosi tan ma Tosi pi suno open (DDR), jan Milosi li jan Seki (CSRS), jan Jane li jan Posuka (Poland), jan Juli li jan Losi (CCCP), jan Sewa li jan Mewika (USA). jan pi ma Elopa pi suno open li toki pi nasin pi jan lawa. ona li toki pi tenpo pini li toki pi tenpo ni. ona li toki utala. jan Sewa pi ma Mewika li toki lili li kute. taso ona ken ala sona. tenpo sin la ona li toki: "jan Jane o, toki pi sina mute li sona e seme? kulupu lawa li pona anu ike? seme li lon? jan Esi li pali e pona anu ike? jan Juli li pali e pona anu ike? ona li jan pona sina. Anu seme? mi sona ala e toki sina. tan seme la sina mute li toki pi nasin lawa taso? mi wile ala!". jan Jane li toki tawa ona: "jan Sewa o pilin ike ala. o sona e ni: pali ni li pali pi jan sama tan mama sama. sina ken ala sona e ni."

Those are things between brothers.
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Re: nasin pona

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jan ale o.

o utala ala.


We don't have a moderator around here, so it's up to us to walk away from a discussion when it isn't going to go anywhere productive.

The convention on the Conlang list-SERV is to try to avoid discussing crown and cross i.e. politics and religion, if we had a moderator, that would be a reasonable guideline for them to follow.

(on the other hand-- some one one once said that one mustn't talk about politics, religion and sex at the dinner table, but those are the only interesting things to talk about!)

o mi mute li pilin poka ni: mi mute li ken pilin ante. Let's agree to disagree.
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tenpo sin la o utala ala e utala pi tenpo sike 100 pini lon lipu ni. utala ala li pona tawa toki pona.
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jan pona ali o. mi pilin e ni: mi mute li ken pilin ante lon ni. mi mute kepeken e toki pona (sama pilin jan-Ante) la mi ken toki pi ali (mi mute li ken toki ala e ijo ike mute).
[I think it's okay to disagree here, as long as we're using Toki Pona (as jan-Ante says) then we can talk about anything (obviously not personal insults).]
mi pilin e ni: jan kipo li jo e pilin pona - 'utala ala li pona tawa toki pona'

mi wile sona e ni: jan li ken ante e pilu mi pi jan Seki.
jan-ante o. mi pilin e ni: jan-Ante li lukin ala e toki ante toki pona mi.
jan-Ante o. sina ken toki tawa mi pi pilin mi pi jan Seki.
[I was wondering if anybody could correct my comments about Czechs.]
[Jan-Ante, I think you didn't notice that I've already attempted a Toki Pona translation of my English post.]
[You can reply to it if you want!]

I've copied the Toki Pona translation with the English version underneath for reference. I'd be very grateful if somebody could give me some corrections. pona mute! tenpo kama la mi jo e wile sona mute pi ma Losi/ma kulupu Soweto.

TOKI PONA
ijo pi nanpa wan. mi wile toki kepeken toki Inli. kama la mi ante e toki Inli tawa toki pona.

jan seki li wile ala lon poka utala. jan ante li wile e ijo la jan Seki li pali e ijo ni. taso jan seki li pali e ijo ni kepeken pilin pona. (-weak translation)
pilin pona li pona tawa on mute. ona mute li lukin e utala ken la ona mute li pilin e ni: 'pakala a. ni li jo ala e mani pona.' nasin sewi ala ona li kama e pilin ni. ona mute li pilin e ni: tenpo kama la ona mute li moli li moku pi soweli ma linja (maggot food!). ona mute li pilin ala e ni: tenpo kama la ona mute tawa ma pona mute anu ma ike. ona mute li wile pali ala e ni.

jan Seki li lon ma Ilakija en ma Akanisan tan ni: ona mute li jo e tan lukin taso li pali e ijo. ona mute li pali e ni tan ni: ona mute li wile ijo pona tawa ona mute (ona mute li pana e pilin pona tawa jan pona ona.). tenpo pini la ona mute li pali e ijo tawa jan Hitler tan ni: ona mute li wile ala e ike tan jan Nazi.

poka la mi wile toki taso pi nasin lawa Seki. mi wile ala toki pi nasin kulupu lawa Seki. mi toki taso e ijo pona pi jan Seki. mi wile ala toki e ijo ike pi ma ante. mi toki pi ijo 98 pi ijo 100 tan ni: mi wile kepeken taso e toki pona. mi sona ala e ni: mi ken toki pi seme!

mi tan ma Inli. tenpo pini la mi mute li ike mute. ma ante li ike lili. ma ante lili li ike mute sama mi mute. ken la mi ken toki e ni

tenpo suno kama anu tenpo kama la mi ante e toki tan ni: ona li suli mute. mi wile pali e lipu suli lili.

TOKI INLI
First I'll say what I want to say in English and then try to translate it to Toki Pona.
Czechs are non-confrontational and submissive in general, in a good way. They're very laid back and if they see they might have to fight for their country or fight in general, they think 'f**k that, it's not worth it'. It has a lot to do with their atheism, they think they're going to be maggot food when they die, they don't think they're going to a better or worse place so they'd just rather not bother yet.
They're only in or were in Iraq and Afghanistan in a symbolic way or as you said to make stuff etc., again kind of going along with it for their benefit (being seen to support their allies), just like building stuff for Hitler would have kept the Nazis off their backs.
Anyway, my whole point was basically talking about the Czech character, rather than the character of the government politically etc. I was complimenting Czechs rather than insulting other nations and 98% of my purpose was to practise Toki Pona and I didn't know what to write about!

I'm English and we're as evil as anybody has been in history, arguably!

I'll translate it tomorrow or later cuz it's longer than I intended!
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jan Ote wrote: o lukin:
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jan Ukawina li pilin pona li sewi e luka ona tawa jan utala Nasi. ona li sewi e luka sama jan Nasi. ona li pilin pona tan ni: jan Nasi li utala e lawa pi ma kupulu Sowijeto.
a-a-a.
sitelen sina li pona. taso sitelen ni li pona mute:
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mi pilin e ni: jan lawa Hitler li pona pi nanpa wan tawa jan pi Ukawina pi suno weka. jan Stalin li pona pi nanpa tu tawa ona. jan Pilsudski li pona pi nanpa 3.tenpo ni la jan lawa ona li jan Ukawina. taso ona li pilin pona ala. ona li toki e ni: "pakala. ale li pakala"

sitelen mi li pona sama sitelen sina. ona tu li ike. ona tu li sitelen pi toki jaki pi jan lawa
sitelen ni li ike ala li pona ala. ona li sitelen pi tenpo pini taso. ona li sitelen pi toki jaki pi jan lawa ala. ona li sitelen pi pilin jan
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janMato wrote: We don't have a moderator around here,
strong argument. without modrator it is a risky discussion.
(on the other hand-- some one one once said that one mustn't talk about politics, religion and sex at the dinner table, but those are the only interesting things to talk about!)
another strong argument. i am still curious, how some hot discussion could take place in tp, and will the (promissed) absence of newspeak/doublespeak change anything?
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Even without doublespeak and the like, it is still possible just to lie and politicians and "patriots" and "religious people" (pick your brand) do all the time.
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jan lipakek wrote: taso jan seki li pali e ijo ni kepeken pilin pona. (-weak translation)
it is weak BECAUSE it is translation
nasin sewi ala ona li kama e pilin ni.
ala ona pi nasin sewi - their lack of religion
ona mute li pilin e ni: tenpo kama la ona mute li moli li moku pi soweli ma linja (maggot food!). ona mute li pilin ala e ni: tenpo kama la ona mute tawa ma pona mute anu ma ike. ona mute li wile pali ala e ni.
mi pilin ante. o lukin: jan mute pi kulupu Sowijeto li jo ala e nasin sewi. jan mute pi ma Sonka kin li jo ala e nasin sewi. taso ona li utala. mi pilin e ni: tan li ante
ona mute li jo e tan lukin taso li pali e ijo.
they have cause of looking only and do the thing?
ona mute li pali e ni tan ni: ona mute li wile ijo pona tawa ona mute (ona mute li pana e pilin pona tawa jan pona ona.). tenpo pini la ona mute li pali e ijo tawa jan Hitler tan ni: ona mute li wile ala e ike tan jan Nazi.
nasin ni li ike tawa mi. o pilin e ni: jan ale li tawa nasin Seki la lawa ike li kama jo e ma ale
poka la mi wile toki taso pi nasin lawa Seki. mi wile ala toki pi nasin kulupu lawa Seki.
you want to talk about Czech politics but not Czech govt? also, mind the position of taso
mi toki taso e ijo pona pi jan Seki.
mind the position of taso
mi toki pi ijo 98 pi ijo 100 tan ni:
weak, BECAUSE translation
mi ken toki pi seme!
no pi here. probabli should be toki pi ijo seme
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janKipo wrote:Even without doublespeak and the like, it is still possible just to lie and politicians and "patriots" and "religious people" (pick your brand) do all the time.
i know. but i am interested in a role of doublespeak. if Sonja claim that tp gets rid of it, why not to try?
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jan-ante wrote:mi pilin e ni: jan lawa Hitler li pona pi nanpa wan tawa jan pi Ukawina pi suno weka. jan Stalin li pona pi nanpa tu tawa ona. jan Pilsudski li pona pi nanpa 3.tenpo ni la jan lawa ona li jan Ukawina. taso ona li pilin pona ala. ona li toki e ni: "pakala. ale li pakala"
a a a! ni li lon kin. mi lukin e toki sina li pilin e ni: toki ni li sama toki pi jan Ukawina kin.

tenpo ni la jan lawa ona li pali e ike lili. tenpo ni la jan li jo e moku. tenpo pini la jan Ukawina mute li jo ala e moku li moli tan ni. tenpo pini la jan lawa li weka e jan mute tan ma Ukawina tawa ma ante. tenpo pini la jan Ukawina mute li moli tan wile pi jan lawa. ni li ike mute. tan ni la mi pilin e ni... (the leaders' order given by you is good = ?)
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