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'''''12 Days of sona pi toki pona''''' is a series of {{w|YouTube}} videos made to teach the basics of [[Toki Pona]], created by {{tok|[[jan Misali]]}} in 2015. The series consists of 12 episodes, each introducing one or more grammar concepts (except for days 1 and 12), as well as 10 words from the {{tp|[[pu]]}} vocabulary (day 12 also introduces the "[[synonym]]s").
Each episode was created in one day<ref>{{tok|[[jan Misali]]}} [{{tok|janmisali}}] (4 November 2016). [//janmisali.tumblr.com/post/152749125712/i-already-said-a-lot-of-this-stuff-on-twitter-but "I already said a lot of this stuff on Twitter but it’s important that people who care about Conlang Critic know this so whatever."]. "a lot of people don’t know this about 12 Days of sona pi toki pona, but I actually wrote, recorded, and edited every video the same day it was uploaded, and I did this for twelve consecutive days." ''Tumblr''.</ref>, resulting in some minor mistakes. Despite this, 61% of respondents in the [[Toki Pona census|2022 census]] used it to learn the language, almost twice as many as for {{tp|[[pu]]}}<ref>{{tok|jan Tamalu}} (3 November 2022). [//tokiponacensus.github.io/results2022 Results of the 2022 Toki Pona census]. ''Toki Pona census''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230204022930/https://tokiponacensus.github.io/results2022/ Archived] from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.</ref>. As of 2023, {{tok|jan Misali}} is in the process of creating a new series as a replacement, named [[toki pona lessons (jan Misali)|''toki pona lessons'']].
== Corrections and commentary =▼
Many of these corrections have been collected thanks to {{tok|ijo Son}}.
===Day 2 – Sentence structure===
* {{tp|jan ike}} doesn't always mean "enemy". It can also only mean "enemy" if it's a person, because of the {{tp|jan}}. See [[Lexicalization]].
* {{tp|[[li]]}} does not mean "is". {{tp|li}} is a particle that comes before a [[predicate]] in a [[sentence]].
===Day 3 – {{tok|e}}===
* {{tp|mi wile e moku}} is not incorrect. {{tp|moku}} can be a direct object in this sentence. {{tp|mi wile moku}} means "I want to eat", but {{tp|mi wile e moku}} means "I want food". They are roughly the same. There could be a distinction if you want food for some other purpose than to eat it.
* While {{tp|nasa}} is [[Dictionary (pu)|defined]] in ''[[Toki Pona: The Language of Good]]'' as "stupid", that meaning is currently considered by the community to be {{wp|ableist}} and no longer accepted or understood, and has been replaced with "silly" as of ''[[Toki Pona Dictionary]]'' for this reason.{{cite ku|13}}
===Day 4 – Adjectives===
* {{tp|[[pi]]}} does not mean "of". It only rebrackets adjective phrases. See {{tp|[[pi]]}}.
===Day 5 – {{tok|la}}===
* In general, <var>A</var> {{tp|[[la]]}} <var>B</var> means "in the context of A, B". This can be used for if-then statements, time-marking, and more, as discussed in the video.
===Day 7 – You know not know===
* Only using {{tp|[[anu]]}} to form questions is debated.
===Day 8 – On addressing===
* You don't have to avoid having your name sounding like an official word if you don't want to. Some speakers' names are completely made of common (non-proper) nouns, anyway.
* {{tp|akesi}} means "reptile" or "amphibian", which is reflected in the ''[[Toki Pona Dictionary]]''.
===Day 9 – Adpositions===
* {{tp|anpa}} can also mean "bottom" or "area below". {{tp|lon anpa}} is used much more commonly than {{tp|lon noka}} for below. {{tp|lon noka}} can specifically mean "at the foot of; resting at the same level as the lowest part". If {{tp|lon anpa}} is contrasted, it would mean "completely underneath the lowest part".
===Day 11 – Full of eels===
* {{tp|[[a]]}} does not mean "so". It is a [[particle]] used for emphasis and emotion. It can be used in a similar way to "so", but it has no [[semantic (value)|meaning]].
* jan Misali repeated {{tp|len}} here. Replace {{tp|len}} with {{tp|supa}}, meaning "flat (horizontal) surface" (e.g. furniture).
===Day 12 – Final day===
* {{tp|kin}}, {{tp|oko}}, and {{tp|namako}} are usually not the exact same as {{tp|a}}, {{tp|lukin}}, and {{tp|sin}} respectively. You don't have to know the exact differences between them, but know that they are often not interchangeable. When in doubt, use {{tp|a}}, {{tp|lukin}}, and {{tp|sin}}. See [[Synonyms]].
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuYLhuXt4HrQIv3xnDxZqRaLfmxB2U5rJ YouTube playlist]
[[Category:Courses]]
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