The following words belong to the classic official list. Toki pona is an invented language that borrows from dutch, english and chinese. Unlike esperanto, toki pona is a constructed language that favors simplicity over clarity, and touts itself as the language of good. Translation services usa translate toki pona into english. Browse 2,020 phrases and 0 ready translation memories. Read about it in business insider, the guardian, wikipedia, the globe and mail, the atlantic, the new yorker. I tried translating a couple of paragraphs and found that the article was mostly too abstract and specific to make it practical. The feedback you provide will help us show you more relevant content in the future. Jun 01, 2015 the content of this course inspired by. Sheet1 nontoki pona word,toki pona compound words soldier,jan utala good soldier,jan utala pona many good soldiers,jan utala pona mute this good soldier,jan utala pona ni fighting friend, sidekick, etc. I havent seen any examples of stacking imperative phrases, so i dont know whether look and say would be o lukin li toki or o lukin o toki. For a workshop, i attempted to put the entire grammar on one page, and the entire.
As a fluent speaker since 2003 i would give a hard minimum of 10 i have chatted with, 1 with whom i talk in real life on a weekly basis. In toki pona, subject can never be dropped and objects usually are not dropped. Mi pilin pona, jan ala pilin ike, jan ala li pilin ike again. I want to learn toki pona cos it looks like its the best, but i have no idea how to start. When you translate fromto, a lot of subtleties are lost which is exactly what toki pona intends. A small community of speakers developed in the early. It has around 123 words, five vowels, nine consonants, and apparently you can become fluent in it with around 30 hours study. Toki pona in 76 lessons, a document distributed as part of the creative commons. Basic concepts and tools for the toki pona minimal and. Toki pona parser a tool for spelling, grammar check and ambiguity check of toki pona sentences. This is the first in a series of weekly lessons on toki pona a conlang invented in with only words. This list describes many of the differences you may encounter.
The main challenge that i have encountered is the necessity of creativity and logic to form a word because of the limitation, the speakers need to. A formal grammar for toki pona university of hawaii. This is a subreddit for anybody interested in the pursuit of languages. Toki pona is a constructed, minimal language, designed by the translator and linguist sonja lang. It was my attempt to understand the meaning of life in 120 words. Theres plenty of helpful examples, exercises, and texts, and the grammar and syntax is simple and explained very well. Although it is an artificial language with a very limited and closed vocabulary, toki pona still exhibits many of the features of a natural human language. Toki pona terms that indicate people, beings, things, places, phenomena, qualities or ideas. See more ideas about language, fictional languages and the matrix movie. Toki pona is a language that breaks down advanced ideas to their most basic elements simplify your thoughts. Toki pona favors simplicity over clarity, and touts itself as the language of good.
Hence, to say that something is used according to that real reference, you can just say that something or someone li pu. Grammar toki pona does not mark tense, gender, or number. Toki pona uses 5 vowels, 9 consonants, 14 letters and only 120 words. Toki pona parser a tool for spelling, grammar check and. Toki pona isnt meant as a universal language to be translated from nor to translate into unlike e. Toki pona is just a toy language for lack of a better adjective, somewhat like yoga for the language for lack of a better simile. Talking about grammar posted on september 25, 2007 by matt names are words, lexemes and probably also morphemes as well, although a morpheme would be better described as a part of a word. The best learning resource is a tutorial 2 by jan pije bryant knight, an early fluent toki pona speaker. Toki pona is a constructed language designed by canadian translator and linguist sonja lang.
Pages in category toki pona nouns the following 100 pages are in this category, out of 100 total. The toki pona language content on this website may not necessarily reflect the same grammar, usage, style, etc. Toki pona is an oligoisolating constructed language, created by canadian linguist and translator sonja lang as a philosophical language for the purpose of simplifying thoughts and communication. Jun 03, 2018 unlike languages like chinese, which use a similar pronoun, this word cant be dropped entirely. There are only 120 words or so in toki pona, so most words have several meanings, more or less related, and occur in most grammatical roles. Toki pona and invented languages decentralised teaching.
Although it is an artificial language with a very limited and closed vocabulary, toki pona still exhibits many of the features of a natural human. Quizlet flashcards, activities and games help you improve your grades. Also, in toki pona verb phrases and noun phrases are different syntactically. Toki pona is a constructed languageor conlanginvented by sonja elen. Glosbe is a collaborative project and every one can add and remove translations. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Unlike languages like chinese, which use a similar pronoun, this word cant be dropped entirely. So, whats toki pona for cyan, which two colours would you combine to create that colour. However, whatever you do in order to express the idea of posession you need to put the pronoun after the noun. Mar 23, 2018 this video is all about toki pona a minimalist constructed language. Thats why the official definition is not the toki pona book, but interacting with the toki pona book. Its not so easy to adopt the way of thinking that toki pona requires.
Toki pona is an oligosynthetic constructed language, first published as draft on the web in 2001 and then as a complete book and ebook toki pona. The toki ponalanguage content on this website may not necessarily reflect the same grammar, usage, style, etc. Help us in creating the largest englishtoki pona dictionary online. Training your mind to think in toki pona can lead to deeper insights. One great resource to check out is innovative languages p. The toki pona tp conlang is minimal both in the vocabulary with only 14 letters and 124 lemmas and in the about 10 syntax rules. Toki pona toki pona translator a translator of a language toki pona. A formal grammar for toki pona zach tomaszewski ics661 11 dec 2012. The microlanguage filters out the noise of our excess thoughts and points to the centre of things. Jan wasolitawas comment on on toki pona example two. In chinese, when the subject of the anaphora is clear, not only does the gender and number not need to be mentioned, the pronoun doesnt need to be mentioned. Toki pona is so small and compact that its very easy to learn, and this book makes it a oneweek task.
This video is all about toki pona a minimalist constructed language. In this project, i developed a machinereadable formal grammar for toki pona and. I have here given only the one that actually occur in the text and with the meanings most apt to the case. I think the right way to what you want is ale sijelo or ale pi sijelo mi but iam open to other suggestions. The language of good kindle edition by lang, sonja. Toki pona is a relatively easytolearn language, im sure that anyone can learn it to the level where one can say basic phrases, like selfintroduction or making a request, in one week to one month. This creative work by wikibooks editors is based on the toki pona language, currently published in the official toki pona book and website. Toki pona is a philosophical artistic constructed language known for its small vocabulary.
In this project, i developed a machinereadable formal grammar for toki pona and then used a cky parser to recognize valid and invalid toki pona sentences. I thought one of the most impressive complete translations is the entire script of monty python and the holy grail completed by jan pije back in 2004. It makes our dictionary english toki pona real, as it is created by native speakers people, that uses language for every day. Like a painter, the speaker can combine them to achieve any hue on the spectrum. Heres a fragment of my best guess of the toki pona grammar. Translate toki pona in french with contextual examples. The english translation and a list of definitions for the tatar expression toki pona.
The language of toki pona toki pona study guide by jeremyheskett1989 includes 120 questions covering vocabulary, terms and more. Given the few words, many english words come out as phrases in tp. Toki ponagrammatical categories wikibooks, open books for. It was created by canadian linguist and translator sonja lang for the purpose of simplifying thoughts and communication. Toki ponagrammatical categories wikibooks, open books. Toki pona lessons and dictionary unlike esperanto, toki pona is a constructed language that favors simplicity over clarity, and touts itself as the language of good. The book is both the only real reference we have and deriving from the usage of some people in the community. Toki pona the language of good the simple way of life.
Talking about grammar posted on september 25, 2007 by matt names are words, lexemes and probably also morphemes as well, although a morpheme. English toki pona dictionary online at glosbe, free. Sheet1 non toki pona word, toki pona compound words soldier,jan utala good soldier,jan utala pona many good soldiers,jan utala pona mute this good soldier,jan utala pona ni fighting friend, sidekick, etc. Also, as you mention, toki pona is itself pretty arcane.
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