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The vocabulary for this page:

| word  | meaning                          |
|-------|----------------------------------|
| akesi | "non-cute" animal, lizard        |
| alasa | to hunt, to gather               |
| kon   | air, essence, spirit, ephemeral  |
| pan   | bread, grain, corn, rice, pizza  |
| pilin | heart, feeling, touch, sense     |
| pu    | the official toki pona book, interacting with it |
| supa  | horizontal surface               |
| taso  | but, however, only               |
| uta   | mouth, lips                      |
| weka  | absent, away, remote, get rid of |

These are the final 10 official words in toki pona. They all function in the
same way as other words mentioned before, with one exception.

## taso

The word "taso" can be used as a regular adjective to mean "only" or "just":

> mi li lon tomo ni. -- I'm in this house.

> mi taso li lon tomo ni. -- Only I'm in this house.

> kulupu ona li jo e jan tu taso. -- Their community only has two people.

> mi pali taso. -- I was only working.

But, when added at the beginning of a sentence, it means "but" or "however":

> taso, tenpo kama li wile ala ante. -- But, the future refused to change.

## Exercises

Now, try to figure out the meaning of these sentences.

* sina wile kama sona e toki pona la pu li nasin pona nanpa wan tawa ni.
* tenpo suno ni la mi pilin pona mute.
* sina wile ala wile moku e pan sike?
* supa lape mi li pakala. mi ken ala lape tan ni.
* jan Mali Konto li toki e ni: o weka e ijo ike sina.
* kulupu ijo tu wan li lon. ona li kulupu kiwen, li kulupu telo, li kulupu kon.
* taso, meli lili pi jan lawa li lon tomo awen ante.

And try to translate the following sentences into toki pona.

* I saw a dragon ("big green fire lizard")!
* Hello! How are you? ("How do you feel?")
* The hunter gave us lots of meat and fruit.
* I'm reading a document. Very soon, it will end.
* I can speak toki pona very well.

<a name="answers" href="#answers" onclick="revealSpoilers();">Reveal answers</a>

> %spoiler%
> * If you want to learn toki pona, the official book is the best way to do so.
> * Today I feel very good.
> * Would you want to eat some pizza?
> * My bed ("sleeping surface") is broken. I can't sleep because of it.
> * Marie Kondo says: get rid of unnecessary things.
> * There are three types of matter. These are: solids, liquids and gases.
> * But the princess is in another castle.

> %spoiler%
> * mi lukin e akesi seli laso suli a!
> * toki! sina pilin seme?
> * jan alasa li pana e moku soweli mute e kili mute tawa mi mute.
> * mi lukin e lipu. tenpo lili la ona li pini.
> * mi ken toki pona mute kepeken toki pona.

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