Toki Pona

Learning a new language, is... hard. My parents tried to teach me French my whole childhood, and I'm still nowhere near fluent. But at the same time, the idea of being bilingual just goes so hard. It's like being able to understand a secret code. If only there was a language that was really cool but also really easy to learn...

sona pi (toki sin) li… ike. mama mi li alasa pi (sona toki[kala alasa nasa sama esun]) tawa mi. mi sona ala toki[kala alasa nasa sama esun]. taso pilin pi toki tu li epiku. ona li sama e sona pi toki len. lon la toki li epiku li pona tawa sona…
sona pi toki sin li... ike. mama mi li alasa pi sona toki Kanse tawa mi. mi sona ala toki Kanse. taso pilin pi toki tu li epiku. ona li sama e sona pi toki len. lon la toki li epiku li pona tawa sona...

Meet toki pona. Created in 2001 by Sonja Lang, toki pona is an adorable conlang with a focus on minimalism and positivity. It has <200 words and 14 phonemes, as well as a cute script called 'sitelen pona'. Because of its cuteness and simplicity, it has become one of the most popular conlangs on the internet.

ni li toki+pona. tenpo pini la jan[sona olin nasa jasima alasa] pali ona. ona li toki sin suwi li tan pilin pona. ona li jo e nimi pi (mute lili) e sitelen+pona kin. lon linluwi lajan li olin mute e toki+pona tan ni: ona li suwi li pona.
ni li toki pona. tenpo pini la jan Sonja pali ona. ona li toki sin suwi li tan pilin pona. ona li jo e nimi pi mute lili li jo e sitelen pona kin. lon linluwi la jan li olin mute e toki pona tan ni: ona li suwi li pona.

Learning Toki Pona

I started trying to teach myself toki pona using this website. As I learned new words and phrases, I copied and pasted them into a pages document until I had a shitty dictionary. I've made a less shitty version of said dictionary, which you can read here.

mi li alasa pi (sona toki+pona) e mi kepeken ni lipu. mi sona nimi la mi sitelen e lipu li jo e lipu ike. mi pali e lipu pi (ike lili). sina kepeken e ona lon.
mi li alasa pi sona toki pona e mi kepeken ni lipu. mi sona nimi la mi sitelen e lipu li jo e lipu ike. mi pali e lipu pi ike lili. sina kepeken e ona lon.

There's also more resources over here which are probably way better than anything I have to offer.

ilo mute li lon kin li pona tan mi.
ilo mute li lon kin li pona tan mi.

Toki Pona Translations

Now that I (sort of) know toki pona, I translate random shit for fun. This can be anything from memes to random shit i find online.

toki+pona
toki pona