Visual aids
image | words | description | author |
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Describing the world around you: | |||
objects Examples of what some words could mean in a physical context | linja, lipu, palisa, supa, sinpin | A bendy line, captioned "linja" and "long and flexible"; a sheet, captioned "lipu" and "flat"; a straight line, captioned "palisa" and "long and hard"; an even rectangular shape facing downwards, captioned "supa" and "horizontal surface"; an even rectangular shape facing forewards, captioned "sinpin" and "frontal-facing" | jan Sa, with edits by tonsi Koko |
lawa, linja, nena, uta, oko, kute, luka, insa, noka | Cut-out of a young person in pyjamas with captions for different body parts | Immanuel Giel | |
states | telo, kon, ko, kiwen | 4 panels: a waterdrop making ripples on a water surface, milk being transvased into a glass, a glass of apple juice next to an apple, captioned "telo" in Latin and sitelen pona; smoke and clouds in the sky, captioned "kon" in Latin and sitelen pona; a hand holding sand, soil, ketchup, honey, captioned "ko" in Latin and sitelen pona; pebbles, metal rods, truncated wood, captioned "kiwen" in Latin and sitelen pona | lon Mona |
soweliimg | waso, pipi, soweli, kala, akesi, jan, kijetesantakalu | Minimalist drawing of a bird (captioned "waso" in Latin and sitelen pona), a winged insect (captioned "pipi" in Latin and sitelen pona), a four-legged mammal(captioned "soweli" in Latin and sitelen pona), a fish (captioned "kala" in Latin and sitelen pona), a lizard (captioned "akesi" in Latin and sitelen pona), a stick figure (captioned "jan" in Latin and sitelen pona), a raccoon's face (captioned "kijetesantakalu" in Latin and sitelen pona) | lon Mona |
[1] | waso, soweli, pipi, kiwen, kasi, akesi, ma, kijetesantakalu, kala, telo | jan Tekinowi | |
For you and for me: | |||
pronouns: mi, sina, ona | mi, sina, ona | mi: a person pointing to themselves; sina: a person pointing away from themselves to the viewer; ona: a person pointing away from themselves to another person | Cuymacu |
misinaonani | mi, sina, ni, ona | ||
ni (video) | ni | kije motan | |
kilini: kili, kili ni | kili ni | Cuymacu | |
sowelini | soweli seme li soweli sina? - ni | Cuymacu | |
niimg | ni | lon Mona | |
nivid | ni | kije motan | |
Actions: | |||
janlipakala | jan li pakala | Cuymacu | |
onalimoku | mi moku | Cuymacu | |
mikama (video) | kama | Cuymacu | |
Time: | |||
tenpoimage: tenpo, tenpo suno/tenpo pimeja | tenpo, tenpo suno, tenpo pimeja | Cuymacu | |
tenpoimg | tenpo pini, tenpo ni/lon, tenpo kama | jan Alise | |
tenpola | tenpo pini la mi moku. tenpo ni la mi toki lon ilo sona. tenpo kama la mi lape. | jan Alise | |
Directions: | |||
poka | poka, sinpin, anpa, monsi, sewi, insa | Alejandro Rojo | |
pokaimg | lon, monsi, insa, sinpin, anpa, poka, sewi, selo | lon Mona | |
nokaanpa (Pretend this is a cube, viewed slightly from below) | noka, anpa | jan Ke Tami | |
Colors: | |||
color - averaged results of jan Isite's poll on the left (pimeja and walo added on the right just to be complete, but are not based on polls) | jelo, laso, loje, pimeja, walo | jan Isite | |
kuleimg | kule, loje, laso, jelo, pimeja, walo | lon Mona | |
kuleimage | kule, loje, pimeja, jelo, walo, laso | Cuymacu | |
mix | kili loje laso, kili pi loje laso | from [2] and [3] | |
kulepi | len loje jelo, len pi loje jelo | akesi Radon | |
osonaekule | walo, loje, jelo, laso, pimeja | jan Lolenisen | |
osonaekule | walo, lje, jelo, laso, pimeja | li grunch | |
green | ijo jelo. ijo laso ijo laso. ijo jelo |
ale sa | |
Quantities: | |||
nanpaimg | wan, tu, mute, luka, ale, ala | lon Mona | |
/saʊndz/ | |||
syllables | - | ||
tpsyllables | - | ||
tpipa | - | moli Momo, on the basis of u/cai_lw's chart | |
Grammar | |||
Particles | |||
particle | en, li, e | lon Mona | |
pi | |||
piimage | Let's say you have an important blue rock.
As you can see, "laso" and "suli" both describe "kiwen" They are modifiers. So, now we want to describe the blue as important. But how do you modify a modifier?
"pi" has effectively created a new modifier! So the meaning has changed. This is no longer an important blue rock, but a rock of an important shade of blue. |
Heav | |
piexampleimg: ilo kalama suli, ilo pi kalama suli | ilo kalama suli, ilo pi kalama suli | Cuymacu | |
piimg | telo soweli suli, telo pi soweli suli | Cuymacu | |
imgpi | ijo laso pona, ijo pi laso pona | Heav | |
kulepi | len loje jelo, len pi loje jelo | akesi Radon | |
Preverbs | |||
kamaimg | kasi li lili. kasi li kama suli. kasi li suli. | jan Apeto | |
mikamatomo | |||
kamama | mi kama tawa ma, mi kama e ma, mi kama ma | ||
kamatomo | mi kama tomo | a stickfigure transforming into a house | jan pi kulupu Nintento |
Prepositions | |||
tawae | mi tawa tomo. mi tawa e tomo | kala Asi | |
lone | mi tawa tomo. mi tawa e tomo. mi tawa lon tomo. mi tomo tawa. mi lon tomo tawa. mi lon tomo. mi tomo. mi lon e tomo. mi lon. mi tawa. | original by kala Asi, edited by jan Sensin, jan Umeja, nimi "lon ala weka nimi" | |
tawalon | mi wile tawa tomo. mi wile tawa lon tomo. | jan Kinsen anu akesoweli Pimeja | |
kepekene | mi kepeken ilo, mi kepeken e ilo | alasa Li | |
prepimg | lon, tawa, tan, kepeken | lon Mona | |
5preps | sina lon ni. sina tan tomo open. sina tawa tomo pini. sina kepeken noka sina. sitelen ni li sama sina | loje Posi | |
Vocabulary | |||
(all pu words) | jan Sonja | ||
ss, sitelen sitelen: letters, | (all pu words) | Jonathan Gabel | |
sskusuli | (all ku suli words) | Jonathan Gabel, recompiled by jan lili Enta | |
realword: usage of all words vertically, usage dropoff 1, usage dropoff 2 | (all Linku words?) | kala Asi | |
nimiloje (nimi loje en nimi laso) | (multiple words) | kala Asi | |
aei | akesi, Elena, ilo, jan, kala, luka, mani, nena, oko, pipi, suno, tomo, uta, waso | u/Qam-al-Usu | |
akesi, Elena, ilo, jan, kala, luka, mani, nena, oko, pipi, suno, tomo, uta, waso | jan Nikita (Nikita Ayzikovsky) | ||
akesi, esun, ilo, jan, kala, luka, mani, nena, oko, pipi, suno, tomo, uta, waso | jan Alonola | ||
akesi, esun, ilo, jan, kala, luka, mani, nena, oko, pipi, suno, tomo, uta, waso | Raxicorico | ||
charting of words | Coda_Phi |
See also
References
Development and usage | jan Sonja · Toki Pona: The Language of Good (2014) · Tokiponidos · Software (Tools · Fonts) · suno pi toki pona · Toki Pona census · Toki Pona Dictionary (2021) · UCSUR · Linku · ISO 639-3 |
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