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Line 1: {{Short description\|Roundabout speech}} '''Circumlocution''' means speaking indirectly; speaking around a problem. [[Toki Pona]] speakers need to use circumlocution to make up for the lack of vocabulary, because there is no word or [[Lexicalization\|set phrase]] for most concepts. There is some research that suggests that learning Toki Pona can help with circumlocution in other second languages. '''Circumlocution''' is the use of roundabout speech and wording to indirectly express an idea. [[Toki Pona]] speakers need to use circumlocution to make up for the lack of vocabulary, because there is no word or [[Lexicalization\|set phrase]] for most concepts. Learning Toki Pona can help with circumlocution in other second languages.<ref>Coluzzi, P. (2022). "How learning Toki Pona may help improving communication strategies in a foreign or second language." ''Language Problems and Language Planning'', '''46''' (1), 78–98. https://doi.org/10.1075/lplp.00086.col.</ref> ==Strategies== A good method is to describe the concept in simple terms in another language, breaking it down into [[Multiple sentences\|as many sentences as needed]]. The result will be easier to translate into Toki Pona. For example, a {{w\|computer}} may be described with any of the following phrases: ::* This tool is like a box.▼ ~~:;computer~~ :::{{tp\|ilo ni li sama poki.}}▼ ▲::This tool is like a box. ::* It contains many small numbers.▼ ▲:::{{tp\|ilo ni li sama poki.}} :::{{tp\|ona li jo e nanpa lili mute.}}▼ ▲::It contains many small numbers. ::* These numbers store information.▼ ▲:::{{tp\|ona li jo e nanpa lili mute.}} :::{{tp\|nanpa ni li awen e sona.}}▼ ▲::These numbers store information. ::* The tool can give this information using other tools.▼ ▲:::{{tp\|nanpa ni li awen e sona.}} :::{{tp\|ilo ni li ken pana e sona ni kepeken ilo ante.}}▼ ▲::The tool can give this information using other tools. ::* One other tool is like a window for looking.▼ ▲:::{{tp\|ilo ni li ken pana e sona ni kepeken ilo ante.}} :::{{tp\|ilo ante wan li sama lupa lukin.}}▼ ▲::One other tool is like a window for looking. ::* The box tool can talk to other tools in distant places.▼ ▲:::{{tp\|ilo ante wan li sama lupa lukin.}} :::{{tp\|ilo poki li ken toki tawa ilo ante lon ma weka.}}▼ ▲::The box tool can talk to other tools in distant places. ▲:::{{tp\|ilo poki li ken toki tawa ilo ante lon ma weka.}} ==References== {{Wikipedia}} <references /> {{General}} [[Category:Philosophy]]