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% toki pona page 2 - basic sentences
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% /dev/urandom
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% march 2020
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The vocabulary for this page:
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| word | meaning | derived from |
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| mi | i, me, us | Esperanto "mi" (I, me) |
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| sina | you | Finnish "sinä" (you) |
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| ona | he, she, they, it | Serbo-Croatian "ona" (she) |
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| li | (between subj. and verb/adj.) | Esperanto "li" (he) |
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| pona | good, simple, to improve, to fix| Esperanto "bona" (good) |
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| ike | bad, evil, complex, unnecessary | Finnish "ilkeä" (bad) |
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| suli | big, great, important, to grow | Finnish "suuri" (big, great) |
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| lili | small, few, young, to shrink | Tok Pisin "liklik" (small) |
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| kili | fruit, vegetable, mushroom | Georgian "xili" (fruit) |
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| soweli| land mammal, animal | Georgian "cxoveli" (beastly animal)|
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Let's start with the most basic sentence structure in toki pona:
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> [noun] li [noun / adjective].
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In English, this would mean:
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> [Noun] is (a) [noun].
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or
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> [Noun] is [adjective].
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For example:
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> ona li suli. - (He/she/it/they) is (big/great/important).
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As you can see, a single word can have multiple related meanings. In practical
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usage, both "ona" and "suli" will be more clear based on context.
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> kili li pona. - (Fruit/vegetable/mushroom)(s) (is/are) good.
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And in this case, it doesn't make a lot of sense to use any meaning of "pona"
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other than "good".
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There is one exception to the rule. If the subject is "mi" or "sina", then it is
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not necessary to add the word "li". So, instead of
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> sina li suli. - You are important.
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it's
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> sina suli. - You are important.
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## Exercises
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Now, how would you express the following ideas?
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* Animals are important.
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* He is little.
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* I am great.
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* It is a dog.
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* You are bad.
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<a name="answers" href="#answers" onclick="revealSpoilers();">Reveal answers</a>
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> %spoiler%
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> * soweli li suli.
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> * ona li lili.
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> * mi suli.
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> * ona li soweli.
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> * sina ike.
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