Styles of Speech & Tokiponidos
Toki Pona speakers like have fun, and as a result, the language has various different styles of speech that you might come across informally.
There are also various languages based off of / inspired by toki pona, called "tokiponidos".
Styles of Speech:
isipin epiku
isipin epiku is a silly speech style, where you only use nimi sin. Particles are hard to replace, but with words like ki, lo, and alu it's easy to make a complete sentence. However, don't make up new nimi sin on the spot, that's cheating.
isipin epiku ki (isipin kikolo) ki (wawajete) ki (lanpan teken alente). iki ki (lokon apeja). iki ki (epiku) alu lanpan teken wawajete.
isipin epiku ki isipin kikolo ki wawajete ki lanpan teken alente. iki ki lokon apeja isipin. iki ki epiku alu lanpan teken wawajete. ka ki lanpan teken powe aku apeja owe.
nasin panke
- nasin panke is a speech style created by French toki pona speakers from the toki pona francophone discord server. It has a lot of fun nimi sin derived from French words. The phrase "nasin panke" literally means "baguette way", since it is a French style of speech.
- nasin panke li nasin toki tan jan mute pi(linluwi toki+pona [KANSE]). ona jo nimi sin kikolo [KANSE]. ona li nasin toki [KANSE] la "nasin panke" li sama "nasin pi pan".
- nasin panke li nasin toki tan jan mute Kanse pi linluwi Kanse pi toki pona. ona jo nimi sin kikolo Kanse. ona li nasin toki Kanse la "nasin panke" li sama "nasin pi pan".
- The sitelen pona symbols for the words "kikolo" and "pipolo" are based on the shadoks and the gibis from the TV show Les Shadoks.
- sitelen kikolo li sama waso nasa [SATOKE]. sitelen pipolo li sama soweli sona [KIPI]. waso [SATOKE] en soweli [KIPI] li tan sitelen tawa [LESATOKESE].
- sitelen kikolo li sama waso nasa Satoke. sitelen pipolo li sama soweli sona Kipi. waso Satoke en soweli Kipi li tan sitelen tawa Lesatokese.
list of words:
- antikontitutonelema
- antikontitutonelema1
- antikontitutonelema
- a big mess
- apelo
- apelo
- drinking with friends to relax
- kalapisituwi
- kalapis-
- kalapisituji
- kalapisituwi
- nonsense
- (nasin panke speakers will purposley spell the word "wrong" after the first three syllables)
- kikolo
- kikolo
- funny
- kikulo
- kikulo
- immature
- kokoliko
- kokoliko
- chickens / roosters
- kosikosa
- kosikosa
- so-so / neither good nor bad
- masalo
- masalo
- (interjection of dissappointment, used similarly to "pakala")
- olala
- olala
- oh là là!
- panke
- panke
- baguette
- pipolo
- pipolo
- something that's supposed to be funny, but isn't
- sapelipope
- sapelipope
- (interjection of dissappointment, used similarly to "masalo" but more dated-sounding)
- sikako
- sikako
- snails / slugs / gastropods
- wiwi
- wiwi
- yes / I agree
Tokiponidos:
tuki tiki
- tuki tiki is a language based on toki pona, that tries to be even smaller and simpler than toki pona already is. Its name, "tuki tiki", literally translates to "roundabout language".
- tuki tiki li ilu tuki pula li lili tuki. tuki tiki la tuki pula li tiku. tuki tiki li titi: "tuki tiki".
- tuki tiki li ilu tuki pula li lili tuki. tuki tiki la tuki pula li tiku. tuki tiki li titi: "tuki tiki".
- It only has 8 letters: a, i, k, l, m, p, t, and u.
- li lu i lili tuki
- li lu i lili tuki.
list of words:
Aa
a
- a
- all / only / exist / true
ala
- ala
- no / not / nothing / what
Ii
i
- i
- (Used to add an object to a sentence, similarly to "e" in toki pona)
iku
- iku
- thing / object / material / stuff
ilu
- ilu
- tool / use / using / way / method
Kk
ka
- ka
- person / animal / alive / living being
kati
dt>kati- plant / leaf / page / non-moving animal
ki
- ki
- possible / able to / can / maybe
kiku
- kiku
- rock / hard / land / place / ground / metal
ku
- ku
- air / gas / emotion / vibe /sound
Ll
la
- la
- (Provides context, similarly to "la" in toki pona)
lapi
- lapi
- calm / cold / sleep / resting / dim / fuzzy /dormant
li
- li
- this / that / they / them / she / her / he / him / it / its
- (Third person pronoun, also used similarly to "li" in toki pona)
lika
- lika
- line / stick / limb
lili
- lili
- little / few
- liti
- calm / cold / sleep / resting / dim / fuzzy /dormant
- (Archaic)
lu
- lu
- (Conjunction/preposition, used similarly to "lon" in toki pona)
lupa
- lupa
- hole / room / box / mouth / inside
Mm
mi
- mi
- I / me / my / we / us / our / ours
- (First person pronoun)
muku
- muku
- eat / food / sweet / tasty / pleasant
muti
- muti
- fun / play / culture / art
Pp
paka
- paka
- break / destroy / fight / conflict / violence
pali
- pali
- do / make / creation / structure
puka
- puka
- side / backside / vicinity
pula
- pula
- good
Tt
taka
- taka
- move / go / come / move towards / change / time / direction / force
tama
- tama
- same / similar / stay / remain / also / stay the same
tiki
- tiki
- circle / round / time / cycle / repeat / pattern / again
tiku
- tiku
- big / high / tall / important / top / sky / head
tila
- tila
- you / yours
- (Second person pronoun)
tilu
- tilu
- water / liquid
timi
- timi
- what
- (Used for questions, similarly to "seme" in toki pona)
tipi
- tipi
- front / face / wall / vertical surface
titi
- titi
- symbol / picture / image / meaning / represent
tu
- tu
- group / many / a lot / more than one
tuki
- tuki
- talk / noise / think / communicate / language
tula
- tula
- knowledge / know / feel / learn / document
tulu
- tulu
- sun / light / heat / warm / energy / color
Uu
uli
- uli
- want / need / goal / desire / direction / force
upi
- upi
- new / begin /beginning / start / cause /fresh
Kokanu
Kokanu, formerly known as "toki ma", is a language designed to be used as an international auxilliary language.
It has about 360 different words, and a writing system called "Likanu".
Korn
- Korn, also known as "kɔ̃" or "toki ike", is a joke language created by jan Misali. Described as "toki pona but it's bad", korn replaces each word in toki pona with a different phoneme, making each sentence its own word. (Although technically, each toki pona word has two different phonemes, one being a consonant and one being a vowel. Words in korn start with consonants and switch to vowels every other letter.)
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