r/tokipona

mi pilin moku

i know you are supposed to just do a scribble. but when i journal i usually use something permanent (like a marker or a pen) and i also sometimes write the wrong thing. i cover up the mistakes i make by just scribbling over them until i can't see them, but now i'm worried i'll forget the context behind what i wrote and think i wrote jaki, or not recognize that the scribble is actually jaki. are there any versions of it that are fixed or clear looking?

edit: i was thinking about using the nimisin "jami" glyph but turning the smile upside down as a way to draw jaki. (specifically in my journal, not an actual suggestion for changing the glyph.)

Mi li apeja tawa Toki Pona ike pi mi.

nimi "kansi" li Hànzì lon Mitele Sinitike en Mandalin tu. Ante tawa Tokipona li pona. Taso 文 li kalama "wen" la tan Mandalin, taso ona li "miun" lon Mitele Sinitike. Ike ni li ike li suli la "甲". Ona li kalama "jia" lon Mandalin, taso li kalama "kæp" lon Mitele Sinitike (= Toki Pona "kapi"). mi o kepeken e kalama pi Mitele Sinitike anu e pi Mandalin? La, ijo, Sapan(nipon), ona li kepeken e kalama pi Mitele Sinitike.

The word "kansi" is Hànzì in both MC and Manderin. The adaption into Toki Pona is simple. However 文 is read "wen" if from Manderin, but its "miun" in MC. The problem is worse with "甲". Its read "jia" in Manderin, but "kæp" in MC (Toki Pona "kapi"). Shall I use readings of Manderin or MC? As an example, Japan uses readings from Middle Chinese.

I am very new to Toki Pona, so I want to know, is it ever correct to put pi directly after li, just as the title says. For example, if I wanted to say "The book is orange" in Toki Pona, would I translate that to "lipu li pi loje jelo" or is that not proper grammar?

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mi tawa tomo sona mani mi lon tenpo suno ni la, mi lukin e ijo ni: mi pini e lukin mi la mi wile ala e ni. jan wan li jo e ilo musi sin tawa tomo ni. ilo tawa pi pana sewi li tawa e ona li awen open lon monsi tomo. mi kama telo sijelo la, mi anpa lon supa li lukin e monsuta ni pi ilo ona. ona li pini awen e supa ona kepeken palisa kiwen li awen alasa e ilo wawa pi linja wawa ni: ni li suli tawa noka pi jan Emi Suma. mi tawa lili mute. mi awen toki e ni tawa mi: mi en ale li pona. ona li ken a alasa e ilo a. telo li tawa lon sinpin mi la, toki pini ni mi li pana tawa jan sama mi: mi olin e ona. jan pi pana sona li kama pana sona la, ona li open e ilo ona. suno kule li kama suno wawa tan ilo sitelen ona pi anpa kule sama ilo utala pi seli wawa la, kalama wawa li ale kute mi li ike e lon mi. wawa ma ale li kama ala. tomo li tawa mute la, ilo pi kon lete li kama tawa sike. tenpo lili a la, lon mi li tan lon pi pona wawa tawa ala nasa pimeja ni: sijelo mi li pakala tan kon wawa tan kalama wawa pi ilo lete. sijelo mi li kama anpa la, mi telo oko la, tomo sona mi en ma mi kin li kama anpa. ilo musi li ike mute a tawa mi.

o toki e ni lon lawa sina: toki pona li toki lili. ona li jo nimi lili. nimi ni li jo e kon suli. mi o pana e nimi ni: toki. sina toki tawa jan ante? toki. sina toki tawa jan ante? sina kepeken e toki sina. sina open e toki? sina toki e ni: toki. sina toki tawa jan ante, taso ona li sona ala e toki sina? sina toki e toki ante tawa ona. toki pona la, nimi li suli mute. taso, lon nimi (120-140), jan s**** li pana e nimi tu wan. oke. taso, nimi ni li toki e ni: nimi Pu: lipu wan. nimi Ku: lipu tu. nimi Su: lipu tu wan. ona li jo e kon lili. ona o kama lon ala. mi en sina en ona o toki tan lipu ni kepeken ni: lipu P/K/Su. nasin ni la, ona li nimi ala. toki pona li lili e sina li jo e kon ona! o kepeken ala e nimi pi lipu Pu/Ku/Su.

what do d do to improve speaking in toki pona (i know all the words and grammar)

toki a. mi wile pana e sona tawa lipu Wikipesija. ni la mi wile ante kin e sitelen pi jan ante. ni la mi wile sona e lawa sitelen pi lipu Wikipesija la jan lawa li anu e pona e ike la mi wile sona e sona ona.

mi ken ante e sitelen pi jan ante la mi wile sona.

ma ni la jan lawa anu jan sona li lon anu seme?