Discuss lon
Add topicopen pu[edit | edit source]
Is mi open lon nimi sewi the best example sentence to start with? The official translation doesn't make the use of lon very clear. Menasewi (talk) 05:35, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
location content word[edit | edit source]
I think I've seen this used in older texts: stuff like "o toki e lon sina" to mean "Tell me where you are". I am unsure if this should be included in the article currently. Maybe if we can concretely source stuff and put it as a specific style of era? (Also I could swear that one of the older tokiponists in Berlin used it.) Jan Ke Tami (talk) 09:01, 5 August 2024 (UTC)
- here's a usage from 2023:[1]
tenpo pimeja la mi sona ala e lon ijo
when it's dark, i don't know where things are
- note that this could also be translated as "i don't know that things are present". not sure if the same applies to your example .vivivivivi (talk) 18:40, 12 September 2024 (UTC)
Why can it mean to create?[edit | edit source]
Why does lon mean to create when the word e is after it? Why can't you just use the word pali if it means to make? Imacrab (talk) 20:38, 26 September 2024 (UTC)
- It's less about creation, and more about applying reality/existence to something. pali means you invest activity or time or effort, but lon, in that sense, is closer to summoning something into being. Making something exist and working on something both have as an end result that the thing exists. (Although I think at some point maybe someone should use "lon" for "I tested your theory, and outside the lab, in the real world, it failed miserably") Jan Ke Tami (talk) 20:46, 26 September 2024 (UTC)