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-'''''12 Days of sona pi toki pona''''' is a video series created in 2015 by {{tok|[[jan Misali]]}} that teaches the basics of [[Toki Pona]].
+'''''12 Days of sona pi toki pona''''' is a series of video created by {{tok|[[jan Misali]]}} in 2015 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 {{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>. {{tok|jan Misali}} is currently creating a new series as a replacement, named [[toki pona lessons (jan Misali)|''toki pona lessons'']].
-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 {{tp|[[pu]]}} vocabulary (day 12 also introduces the "[[synonym]]s").
+==Corrections and commentary==
-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 {{tp|[[pu]]}}<ref>[//tokiponacensus.github.io/results2022/#how-people-learned-toki-pona Results of the 2022 Toki Pona census - how people learned Toki Pona]</ref>. {{tok|jan Misali}} is creating a new series as a replacement, titled [[toki pona lessons (jan Misali)|''toki pona lessons'']].
+Many of these corrections have been collected thanks to {{tok|ijo Son}}.
+===Day 2 – Sentence structure===
-== Corrections and commentary ==
-Many of these corrections have been collected by ijo Son - thanks!
-=== 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 - e ===
+===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 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 {{tp|nasa}}] on [[lipu Linku]].
-=== Day 4 - Adjectives ===
+===Day 4 – Adjectives===
 * {{tp|[[pi]]}} does not mean "of". It only rebrackets adjective phrases. See {{tp|[[pi]]}}.
-=== Day 5 - la ===
+===Day 5 – {{tok|la}}===
-* In general, ''A {{tok|[[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.
+* In general, ''A {{tp|[[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.
-=== Day 7 - You know not know ===
+===Day 7 – You know not know===
 * Only using {{tp|[[anu]]}} to form questions is debated.
-=== Day 8 - On addressing ===
+===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}} really only means "reptile" or "amphibian", which is reflected in ''[[Toki Pona Dictionary]]''.
+* {{tp|akesi}} means "reptile" or "amphibian", which is reflected in the ''[[Toki Pona Dictionary]]''.
-=== Day 9 - Adpositions ===
+===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 ===
+===Day 11 – Full of eels===
-* {{tp|[[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.
+* {{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).
+* jan Misali repeated {{tp|len}} here. Replace {{tp|len}} with {{tp|supa}}, meaning "flat (horizontal) surface" (e.g. furniture).
-=== Day 12 - Final day ===
+===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 ==
+==References==
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