This is my personal list of TP idioms. It is not official. User beware !
English |
TP | Comments |
and so on | sin li sama | |
bank | tomo mani | |
brother | mije sama | |
buy, pay | pana e mani tawa | |
computer | ilo sona | |
can keep on giving | ken pi awen pana | |
dump | ma pi ijo jaki | |
exercise | pali musi sijelo | |
family | kulupu mama | |
far | poka mi ala | |
frozen | lete kiwen | |
government | kulupu lawa | |
here | poka mi | |
here or there | lon ni | |
how | kepeken nasin seme | |
internet | ilo sona kulupu | |
job | pali awen | |
maybe | ken la | |
milk | telo walo | |
pig | soweli moku jaki | |
pet | soweli tomo | |
pretty | pona lukin | |
raining | telo li kama | water comes |
reason | ken sona | |
religion, philosophy | nasin sewi | |
run | tawa noka wawa | |
sibling | jan sama | |
sister | meli sama | |
sky | sewi kon | |
some | ali ala | |
stranger | jan sin | |
take | kama jo | |
take a picture (make) | pali e sitelen | |
town | ma tomo | |
translate | toki ante | |
tv | ilo pi sitelen tawa | |
tv show | sitelen tawa | |
university | tomo sona suli | |
walk | tawa noka | |
who | jan seme | |
why | tan seme |
Conditionals using 'la'
ante la | otherwise, on the other hand, on the contrary |
ike la | unfortunately |
kama la | afterwards, later |
ken la | maybe |
kin la | likewise, similarly |
lawa la | mainly |
lukin la | apparently, obviously, clearly |
lon la | therefore, really, truly, currently |
lon ni la | here |
mi la | as for me, as far as I am concerned |
ni li ken la | if possible |
ni li pini la | after this |
open la | to begin with |
pana lukin la | for example |
poka la | besides |
poka ni la | by the way |
pona la | happily, fortunately |
sama la | similarly, likewise |
sike la | periodically, from time to time |
sin la | yet again, to start afresh |
sona kama ala la | suddenly, unexpectedly |
tan ni la | for this reason, this is why |
tawa nasin pona la | going on the right path |
tenpo ijo kama la | one of these days (future) |
tenpo ijo la | once upon a time (past) |
tenpo mun tu la | for two months |
tenpo wan la | In the first place, at first |
Time
after | tenpo kama |
before | tenpo pini |
early | tenpo pi suno li kama la |
egg | sike pi mama waso |
fly | tawa lon kon |
last year | tenpo sike pini |
late | tenpo pi mun li kama la |
long time | tenpo suli |
many years ago | tenpo sike pini mute |
next year | tenpo sike kama |
night | tenpo pimeja |
now | tenpo ni |
this year | tenpo sike ni |
tenpo lili brief moment, short period of time
tenpo suno day
tenpo esun week
tenpo mun month
tenpo sike year
Meanings for 'lon'
lon - be present
lon - be real
lon - be there
lon - be true
lon - be awake
lon pi - be a part of
lon weka - be absent
lon sewi - above, over
pali - as a noun can mean that which is manufactured (it does not mean mean worker)
poka telo - beach, seaside
kili - as a verb - to bear fruit, harvest, pollenate
sike - about, concerning (ask where this comes from); as a verb it can mean to move something in a circle.
to forget - 'tenpo pini la mi sona. taso tenpo ni la mi sona ala'
Common phrases
mi lawa e tomo tawa = I drive / steer the car
seme combinations
tan combinations