jan Tomenta ⛈

mi jan sona pi kon ale (anu mi jan olin pi sona). mi lon ma Mesiko. toki Epanja la, nimi mi li telo sewi wawa.

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@ZorAnkervlinder But some users —maybe by choice— bypass the rigidity of toki pona, and write in a free manner more akin to natural languages that allow it (like english)

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I don’t mean this in a prescriptive way. Some folks write in toki pona with a recursive use of particles and prepositions, similar to some natural languages. This results in sentences very hard to understand for me, and perhaps to others who use toki pona in the standard way.

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@ZorAnkervlinder for example, in english:

the bird of the land of the black insects

that can’t be stated in toki pona, if you try to do it:

waso pi ma pi pipi pimeja

says: (the bird of the land) of the black insects

since every unit applies to everything on the left

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soweli Gordo musi poka soweli Laika. suno li pona tawa ona.

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o moku e jan pi mani mute

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@conlanglover259 @PonaTranslating yes, it seems there is the “puzzle” approach to toki pona where banana is kili pi palisa jelo, etc (which sone people enjoy), and the original approach where you just say kili because determinate context independent meaning is not important

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mi toki e ni: mi ken pali e ijo mute. tenpo ni la mi pali ala e ijo mute. mi wile pali e ijo ante. nasin li seme?

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spoiler: he doesn't

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mi kama sona e toki Sonko. ni li ike tawa jan Ana tan ni: tenpo ale la mi toki kepeken toki Sonko..

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tenpo suno ni li selo lili

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@wasoleteSepen https://t.co/sYy8vwagHM

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tenpo kama lili la mi musi e ni: jan li utala e palisa mute kepeken kiwen sike

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@kijetesantakalu mi pilin moli

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jan Kete li toki e ni: wile pi sona mute li ike.

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jan Pekon li toki e ni: sona li wawa.

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mani li seme? ken la mani li ijo insa lawa jan. ken la mani li wawa pali.

sona mani sona li wile sona e ni. tenpo pini mute la mi wile sona e sona mani e sona mani sona.

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jan mani li lon ma ni.

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mani li ike ala ike? mi toki e ni: mani pona, taso mani mute li ike.