Toki Pona is a simple constructed language consisting of 120 words and 18 basic sounds. It is a minimal language. Like a pidgin, it focuses on simple concepts and elements that are relatively universal among cultures. Toki Pona aims to express maximal meaning with minimal complexity. There are five vowels and nine consonants (j, k, l, m, n, p, s, t, w). Pronunciation is easy: vowels are the same as in Italian or Japanese - sushi, Mario, kenpo, spaghetti. j is pronounced like y. The grammar is very regular and easy to learn. Core words are combined for more specific meanings. Verb endings are all the same, since there is no tense. Since there are a limited number of words, there is some ambiguity and often the meaning is derived from context. Each word can have multiple meanings, which makes learning the language more difficult than one might think. For example, the word 'Pona' can be a verb (to improve, to fix), an adjective (good, simple, right), a noun (goodness, simplicity), or an interjection (great!, cool! yay!). Context helps to determine which particular meaning is intended.
There is a philosophy of simplicity and goodness associated with toki pona. Training your mind to think in Toki Pona can lead to deeper insights about yourself and the world around you.
This is the list of root words that make up TP: a, akesi, ala, ale (ali), anpa, ante, anu, awen, e, en, esun, ijo, ike, ilo, insa, jaki, jan, jelo, jo, kala, kalama, kama, kasi, ken, kepeken, kili, kin, kiwen, ko, kon, kule, kute, kulupu, la, lape, laso, lawa, len, lete, li, lili, linja, lipu, loje, lon, luka, lukin, lupa, ma, mama, mani, meli, mi, mije, moku, moli, monsi, mu, mun, musi, mute, nanpa, nasa, nasin, nena, ni, nimi, noka, o, oko, olin, ona, open, pakala, pali, palisa, pan, pana, pi, pilin, pimeja, pini, pipi, poka, poki, pona, sama, seli, selo, seme, sewi, sijelo, sike, sin, sina, sinpin, sitelen, sona, soweli, suli, suno, supa, suwi, tan, taso, tawa, telo, tenpo, toki, tomo, tu, unpa, uta, utala, walo, wan, waso, wawa, weka, wile.
My old TP Blog
My adventures with learning Toki Pona
Official website by Sonja Elen Kisa
New TP Forum
New TP Wiki
TP to English Vocabulary This pdf file has all TP words on 2 pages. If you print it out back to back, you can have all TP words on one sheet.
TP words by parts of speech
English to TP dictionary - I put this together from Sonja's official TP to English list, working backwards.
Live search dictionary <--- this is an awesome tool !
Custom TP dictionary for MS Word
John Clifford's TP to English Google Docs spreadsheet
John Clifford's English to TP Google Docs spreadsheet
jan Kipo's TP blog
jan Kipo's TP literature
jan Mato's TP tools
Tatoeba site for toki pona sentences with translations into multiple languages
TP words by category
TP single word definitions
TP Philosophy
A page for my own TP draft sentences.
My notes on TP lessons
My list of TP idioms
TP parts of speech
Random TP messages from internet for learning
Learning from my TP mistakes
TP to do
TP stuff
Roots of TP words
http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show_all_in/toki/eng/none
Simple toki pona lessons
TP lessons:
TP Links to other sites as of October 2009
Lord's prayer in TP
mama pi mi mute o,
sina lon sewi kon.
nimi sina o sewi en pona.
ma sina o kama.
jan o pali e wile sina en lon sewi kon en lon ma.
sina o pana lon tenpo suno ni e moku tawa mi.
o weka e pali ike mi, sama la mi weka e pali ike pi jan ante.
o pana ala e wile ike tawa mi.
o awen e mi weka tan ike.
ni li nasin.
aikidave
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