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'''''12 Days of sona pi toki pona''''' is a video series created in 2015 by [[jan Misali]] that teaches the basics of [[Toki Pona]].

The series consists of 12 episodes, each introducing one or more grammar concepts (except days 1 and 12), as well as 10 words from the ''[[pu]]'' vocabulary (day 12 also introduces the [[synonym]]s).

Each episode was created in one day<ref>[//janmisali.tumblr.com/post/152749125712/i-already-said-a-lot-of-this-stuff-on-twitter-but janmisali on Tumblr]: "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."</ref>, resulting in some minor mistakes. Despite this, 61% of respondents in the 2022 [[Toki Pona census|census]] used it to learn the language, almost twice as many as for ''[[pu]]''<ref>[//tokiponacensus.github.io/results2022/#how-people-learned-toki-pona Results of the 2022 Toki Pona census - how people learned Toki Pona]</ref>. jan Misali is creating a new series as a replacement, titled [[toki pona lessons (jan Misali)|''toki pona lessons'']].

* ''jan ike'' doesn't always mean "enemy". It can also only mean "enemy" if it's a person, because of the ''jan''. See [[Lexicalization]].

* ''[[li]]'' does not mean "is". ''li'' is a particle that comes before a [[predicate]] in a [[sentence]].

* ''mi wile e moku'' is not incorrect. ''moku'' can be a direct object in this sentence. ''mi wile moku'' means "I want to eat", but ''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 ''nasa'' is [[Toki Pona Dictionary (pu)|defined]] in ''[[Toki Pona: The Language of Good]]'' as "stupid", that meaning is no longer accepted or understood by the community due to {{wp|ableism}}, and has been replaced as of ''[[Toki Pona Dictionary]]'' for this reason. See [//linku.la/?q=nasa ''nasa''] on [[lipu Linku]].

* ''[[pi]]'' does not mean "of". It only rebrackets adjective phrases. See ''[[pi]]''.

* In general, A ''[[la]]'' B means "in the context of A, B". This can be used for if-then statements, time-marking, and more, as discussed in the video.

* ''akesi'' really only means "reptile" or "amphibian", which is reflected in ''[[Toki Pona Dictionary]]''.

* ''anpa'' can also mean "bottom" or "area below". ''lon anpa'' is used much more commonly than ''lon noka'' for below. ''lon noka'' can specifically mean "at the foot of; resting at the same level as the lowest part". If ''lon anpa'' is contrasted, it would mean "completely underneath the lowest part".

* ''[[a]]'' does not mean "so". It is just a [[particle]] used for emphasis. It can be used in a similar way to "so", but it has no [[semantic (value)|meaning]]; it's just emphasis.

* jan Misali repeated ''len'' here. replace ''len'' with ''supa'', meaning "flat (horizontal) surface" (e.g. furniture).

* ''kin'', ''oko'', and ''namako'' are usually not the exact same as ''a'', ''lukin'', and ''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 ''a'', ''lukin'', and ''sin''. See [[Synonyms]].