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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.
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- 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.
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- 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.