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finally learning toki pono or whatever it is

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i like how the toki pona term for "i'm sorry," "mi pakala," means the same thing as "i made a mistake" or "i fucked up." it gets right to the heart of what an apology should be

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YOU'VE BEEN HIT BY YOU'VE BEEN STRUCK BY kijetesantakalu

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Absolutely not a new observation but i love that the toki pona word for animal, "soweli," is written like this

fuck man that sure is

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Messing around with toki pona stuff on Discord and made this beaut.

Credit to @shiningnightstars for the help in getting the toki pona right, because none of us know that shit well.

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Hypothetically, how does one start learning toki pona?

(I say hypothetically because I have ADHD and learning a language is a very long-term process lmao)

(first paragraph is mostly justt rambling, feel free to skip over lol)

Actually, because of how small the language is, toki pona doesn't take that long to learn! The hardest part is just memorizing the sentence structure pattern, that's IT. It's quite simple, really. Keeping in mind that I'm actually scheduled to be getting an ADHD evaluation in a month, it's really easy to learn in my opinion. Even the toki pona anon (who I taught toki pona) thought at first that sey wouldn't be able to learn! But here they are.

ANYWAYS rant over. I have several resources that I use, however if you simply want to know what toki pona is, I recommend going to tokipona.org since that is the official website.

If you decide you want to learn, then jan Misali has a series on learning toki pona, which I find INCREDIBLY helpful for learning toki pona. There are also several other videos on toki pona on youtube!

Here is a link to a helpful english-to-toki pona and toki pona-to-english translator that I often use when I need to remember a word.

..And last but not least, ilo Linku is an INCREDIBLY helpful toki pona online dictionary with all the official words and nimisin (made up words)!

Also, as a little extra, I love jan Usawi's music a ton. Highly recommend.

Hopefully this helps!

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Ultimate Word Tournament!

waso (toki pona)

/ˈwa.so/ 1. a bird; any flying creature. 2. to be a bird; to fly.

ᐃᒃᑦᓱᐊᕐᐳᒃ (Inuktitut) iktsuarpok /iktsuaʁpuk/ to go outside repeatedly to check for someone while waiting for them to arrive.

Waso Propaganda (related word in the tournament!)

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her words are toki ona. her language is toki pona. her infodumping is toki sona.

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animal fell over, call that sofelli

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sina mute li lon pi ni. mi moku e kalama musi, kin.

mi olin e kalama musi la, mi wile li moku e kalama musi a!!! jami,,,,,

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toki pona was right about music. this kalama sure is musi

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my proposal for the toki pona community is that we start using "jan o" the way youd use "dude" in english

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mi wile li sitelen e toki musi. mi olin e toki musi!!!!!!

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Ultimate Word Tournament!

Season 2

waso (toki pona)

/ˈwa.so/ 1. a bird; any flying creature. 2. to be a bird; to fly.

bocil (Indonesian) [botʃɪl] (slang) a small kid; shortening of "bocah cilik" (small child)

Waso Propaganda (related word in the tournament!)

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How to host a toki pona party

Show your friends several jan Misali videos

2. Allow everyone to choose their toki pona name and make a name tag

3. Play Go Fish / o alasa kala using vocabulary cards

4. Finally, make and eat toki poncakes

5. As people leave, hand out the kijetesantakalu fans shown above as party favors.

Success!

If anyone is inspired by this, please replicate my methods and try this at home!

Bonus:

“Uhhh yeah of course I speak—” [looks at smudged writing on hand] “—Taki Pocky.”

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toki pona is like if you wanted to make a language, but gave yourself the same restraints as a game designer trying to fit an entire game onto an NES cartridge

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mi olin e kalama musi la, mi wile li moku e kalama musi a!!! jami,,,,,