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".,""separator,""A declarative sentence ends with a full stop. Don't use a full stop before or after the other separators 'e', 'la', 'li', 'pi', '.', '!', '?', ':'. " |
"!,""separator,""An imperative or an interjection sentence (exclamatory) ends with an exclamation mark. Don't use an exclamation mark before or after the other separators 'e', 'la', 'li', 'pi', '.', '!', '?', ':'. " |
"?,""separator,""An question (interrogative sentence) always ends with a question mark. Don't use a question mark before or after the other separators 'e', 'la', 'li', 'o', 'pi', '.', '!', '?', ':'. " |
":,""separator,""A colon is between an hint sentences and a sentences. Before and after the colon has to be complete sentences. Don't use a colon before or after the other separators 'e', 'la', 'li', 'pi', '.', '!', '?', ':'. " |
",,""separator,""A comma is used after an 'o' to addressing people. Optional you can put a comma before a preposition. Don't use a comma before or after the separators 'e', 'la', 'pi', '.', '!', '?', ':'. " |
"'',""separator,""Quotation marks are used for words with original spelling or for quotes. " |
"',""unofficial,""An apostrophe can identify a predicate that does not contain a verb. " |
"#,""unofficial,""Number sign " |
"a,""interjection,""ah, ha, uh, oh, ooh, aw, well (emotion word) " |
"a a a!,""interjection,""laugh " |
"akesi,""adjective,""amphibian-, reptilian-, slimy " |
"akesi,""noun,""reptile, amphibian; non-cute animal " |
"ala,""adjective,""no, not, none, un- " |
"ala,""adjective numeral,""null, 0 " |
"ala,""adverb,""don't " |
"ala!,""interjection,""no! " |
"ala,""noun,""nothing, negation, zero " |
"alasa,""adjective,""hunting-, -hunting, hunting " |
"alasa,""noun,""hunting " |
"alasa (e ),""verb transitive,""to hunt, to forage " |
"ale,""adjective,""all, every, complete, whole (ale = ali), (depreciated) " |
"ale,""adjective numeral,""100 (official Toki Pona book) " |
"ale,""adverb,""always, forever, evermore, eternally (ale = ali), (depreciated) " |
"ale,""noun,""everything, anything, life, the universe, (depreciated) " |
"ali,""adjective,""all, every, complete, whole (ale = ali) " |
"ali,""adverb,""always, forever, evermore, eternally (ale = ali) " |
"ali,""noun,""everything, anything, life, the universe " |
"anpa,""adjective,""low, lower, bottom, down " |
"anpa,""adverb,""downstairs, below, deep, low, deeply " |
"anpa,""noun,""bottom, lower part, under, below, floor, beneath " |
"anpa,""verb intransitive,""to prostrate oneself " |
"anpa (e ),""verb transitive,""to defeat, to beat, to vanquish, to conquer, to enslave " |
"ante,""adjective,""different, dissimilar, changed, other, unequal, differential " |
"ante,""noun,""difference, distinction, differential, variation, variance, disagreement " |
"ante la ,""noun,""if difference, if variance, if disagreement " |
"ante (e ),""verb transitive,""to change, to alter, to modify " |
"anu ,""conjunction,""or (used for decision questions) " |
"awen,""adjective,""remaining, stationary, permanent, sedentary " |
"awen,""adverb,""still, yet " |
"awen,""noun,""inertia, continuity, continuum, stay " |
"awen,""verb intransitive,""to stay, to wait,to remain " |
"awen (e ),""verb transitive,""to keep " |
"e ,""separator,""An 'e' introduces a direct object. Don't use 'e' before or after the other separators 'e', 'la', 'li', 'pi', 'o', '.', '!', '?', ':', ','. " |
"en ,""conjunction,""and (used to coordinate head nouns) " |
"esun,""adjective,""commercial, trade, marketable, for sale, salable, deductible " |
"esun,""noun,""market, shop, fair, bazaar, business, transaction " |
"esun (e ),""verb transitive,""to buy, to sell, to barter, to swap " |
"ijo,""adjective,""of something " |
"ijo,""adverb,""of something " |
"ijo,""noun,""thing, something, stuff, anything, object " |
"ijo (e ),""verb transitive,""to objectify " |
"ike,""adjective,""bad, negative, wrong, evil, overly complex " |
"ike,""adverb,""bad, negative, wrong, evil, overly complex " |
"ike!,""interjection,""oh dear! woe! alas! " |
"ike,""noun,""negativity, badness, evil " |
"ike la ,""noun,""if negativity, if badness, if evil " |
"ike,""verb intransitive,""to be bad, to suck " |
"ike (e ),""verb transitive,""to make bad, to worsen " |
"ilo,""adjective,""useful " |
"ilo,""adverb,""usefully " |
"ilo,""noun,""tool, device, machine, thing used for a specific purpose " |
"insa,""adjective,""inner, internal " |
"insa,""noun,""inside, inner world, centre, stomach " |
"jaki,""adjective,""dirty, gross, filthy, obscene " |
"jaki,""adverb,""dirty, gross, filthy " |
"jaki!,""interjection,""ew! yuck! " |
"jaki,""noun,""dirt, pollution, garbage, filth, feces " |
"jaki (e ),""verb transitive,""to pollute, to dirty " |
"jan,""adjective,""human, somebody's, personal, of people " |
"jan,""adverb,""human, somebody's, personal, of people " |
"jan,""noun,""person, people, human, being, somebody, anybody " |
"jan (e ),""verb transitive,""to personify, to humanize, to personalize " |
"jelo,""adjective,""yellowish, yellowy " |
"jelo,""noun,""yellow, light green " |
"jo,""adjective,""private, personal " |
"jo,""noun,""having, possessions, content " |
"jo (e ),""verb transitive,""to have, to contain " |
"jo (e ),""verb transitive,""to get " |
"kala,""adjective,""fish- " |
"kala,""noun,""fish, marine animal, sea creature " |
"kalama,""adjective,""noisy, loud, rowdy " |
"kalama,""noun,""sound, noise, voice " |
"kalama,""verb intransitive,""to make noise " |
"kalama (e ),""verb transitive,""to sound, to ring, to play (an instrument) " |
"kama,""adjective,""coming, future " |
"kama,""adverb,""coming, future " |
"kama,""noun,""event, happening, chance, arrival, beginning " |
"kama,""verb intransitive,""to come, to become, to arrive, to happen " |
"kama ,""auxiliary verb,""to become, to mange to " |
"kama (e ),""verb transitive,""to bring about, to summon " |
"kasi,""adjective,""vegetable, vegetal, biological, biologic, leafy " |
"kasi,""noun,""plant, vegetation, herb, leaf " |
"kasi,""verb intransitive,""to grow " |
"kasi (e ),""verb transitive,""to plant, to grow " |
"ken,""noun,""possibility, ability, power to do things, permission " |
"ken la ,""noun,""if possibility, if ability, if permission " |
"ken,""verb intransitive,""can, is able to, is allowed to, may, is possible " |
"ken ,""auxiliary verb,""to can, may " |
"ken (e ),""verb transitive,""to make possible, to enable, to allow, to permit " |
"kepeken,""noun,""use, usage, tool " |
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Toki Pona is a constructed language. Sonja Lang, a Canadian translator and linguist, made this language.[1] The words toki pona mean "good language" or "simple language".
Toki Pona uses simple ideas that all cultures know. However, Lang did not make Toki Pona as an international auxiliary language (a language to help people speaking different languages). She made it to test ideas about minimalism (taking out things that are not needed) and pidgins. She also used Taoist ideas.
Toki Pona only has about 137 words. Words can be used together to talk about other ideas. For example, jan means "person", and pona means "good". So, jan pona can mean "friend", a person who is good. This is why there does not need to be one word for "friend". The small number of words can talk about many ideas in this way.
Also, some words might mean a few different things when put together. tomo means "room", and tawa means "move". However, tomo tawa has many meanings, such as "airport", "gym", and "car". What someone means when they speak Toki Pona depends on the context. For example, if someone wants to exercise, tomo tawa will probably mean "gym".
There are a few words that show the structure of the sentence. They do not mean anything by themselves. For example, the word li shows that the next word is a verb (a word that tells about an action or a state).
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