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Most of Toki Pona sounds like English anyway: wan: one tu: two meli: female, from Tok Pisin mewi, from "Mary" (as in, the Virgin) lukin: looking ale: all
by _abattoir 6y ago
Most of Toki Pona sounds like English anyway:
wan: one
tu: two
meli: female, from Tok Pisin mewi, from "Mary" (as in, the Virgin)
lukin: looking
ale: all
en: and
ike: icky
jaki: yucky
insa: inside
jelo: yellow
kalama: clamor
kama: come
ken: can
kule: color
lape: sleepy
lawa: law
linja: line
lili: little
lupa: loop
mani: money
mu: moo
musi: amusing/music
nanpa: number
nimi: name
open: open
pilin: feeling
sama: same
selo: shell
sike: circle
suno: sun
mun: moon
toki: talking
wile: will
- RobertRoberts 6y agoI know, I've studied it. But I gave up because no one else cared to learn it with me.
- _abattoir 6y agoThere's a ton of active communities these days! https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/ https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/ https://t.me/tokiponaTelegram https://t.me/tokiponaTelegram https://discord.gg/uzCUNE https://discord.gg/uzCUNE https://discord.gg/VUd5Gt https://discord.gg/VUd5Gt https://tokipona.fandom.com/wiki/Where_is_Toki_Pona_used%3F https://tokipona.fandom.com/wiki/Where_is_Toki_Pona_used%3F
- schoen 6y agoThe only one of these that I think doesn't work is lupa, which is a hole or opening, which doesn't necessarily have that much in common with a loop. I guess they could both be circular, but lupa applies to any kind of opening, circular or not.
- mrob 6y agoSame origin as loophole (hole in a wall), which can also be any shape?
- jhbadger 6y agoIndeed. In the book detailing the language, the author says that the language was inspired by the various pidgins that have formed around the world where English words are modified to meet native phonology and combined with a simplified grammar.