| this was circulating on usenet in early 2000s for a while, id love to see it official: # Toki Pona: Snoufax II Advanced ## Basic Particles
- *a* - particle
- *e* - object marker
- *en* - and
- *la* - used for conditions and time
- *li* - links subject and predicate
- *o* - vocative particle
- *pi* - of ## Tense and Aspect Modifiers
- *sili* - Continuous or ongoing.
"mi sili toki" – I am speaking. ## Moods and Modality
- *kin* - Potentiality (can/might).
"mi kin toki" – I might speak. ## Technical and Scientific Terms
- *ilo sona* - Computer (knowledge tool).
"mi kepeken ilo sona" – I use a computer. ## Abstract Concepts
- *pona nasin* - Justice (right way/path).
"pona nasin li tawa mi" – Justice is important to me. ## Idiomatic Expressions
- *pakala luka* - Break a limb (good luck).
"pakala luka tawa sina!" – Break a leg (Good luck)! ## Politeness Levels
- *sewi* - To elevate the status of the person being spoken to.
"sewi jan Lisa, mi toki tawa sina" – Honorable Lisa, I speak to you. ## Detailed Descriptors
- *jelo pimeja* - Dark yellow (like mustard).
"mi jo e tomo jelo pimeja" – I have a mustard-colored house. ## Complex Syntax
- *seme* - Universally before a statement to make it interrogative.
"seme sina toki?" – Are you speaking? ## Pronouns
- *ono* - Neutral pronoun (they/them).
"ono li toki tawa mi" – They are speaking to me. ## Numerical System
- *ten* - Ten.
"mi jo e ten tomo" – I have ten houses. ## Prefixes/Suffixes for Intensifiers
- *suli-* - A prefix to mean "very/big".
"suli-pona" – Very good. ## Passive Voice
- *palisa* - Passive.
"mi palisa toki" – I am spoken to. ## Directional Particles
- *noka* - Toward.
"mi tawa noka tomo" – I am going towards the house.
- *monsi* - Away from.
"mi tawa monsi tomo" – I am moving away from the house. ## Negation of Modality
- *ala kin* - Cannot, impossible.
"mi ala kin toki" – I can't speak. ## Temporal Phrases
- *tenpo pini* - Previously, before.
"tenpo pini la, mi toki" – I spoke before.
- *tenpo kama* - Soon, later.
"tenpo kama la, mi toki" – I will speak later. ## Comparison and Superlatives
- *sama lili* - Less like, lesser.
"mi sama lili jan Lisa" – I am less like Lisa.
- *sama suli* - More like, greater.
"mi sama suli jan Lisa" – I am more like Lisa. ## Conditional Statements
- *sama... la* - If... then...
"sama toki pona li pona tawa sina la, sina toki kepeken ona" – If you like Toki Pona, then you speak using it. ## Reflexive Actions
- *sama mi* - Myself.
"mi toki tawa sama mi" – I talk to myself. ## Possession
- *pi mi* - Mine.
"tomo ni li pi mi" – This house is mine. ## Emphasis Particle
- *kin li* - Emphasizes the action or state.
"mi kin li toki!" – I really am speaking! ## Uncertainty or Hesitation
- *...anu...* - Either... or...
"mi toki anu toki ala" – I either speak or don't. ## Verb Structures
- *li... e* - Direct object indicator.
"mi li toki e toki" – I speak the language.
- *tan... tawa* - Cause and effect.
"mi tan tomo tawa tomo sona" – I go from home to school. ## Adjectives and Adverbs
- *sama sona* - Intelligently, knowledgeably.
"ona li toki sama sona" – He speaks intelligently.
- *pona mute* - Very well.
"mi toki pona mute" – I speak very well. |