The basic structure of a tp sentence is *Condition la Subject li Verb e Object Prepositional-Phrase*, where P-P is adverbial.
again - sin la
book - lipu toki
breathe - kon
cause - kama
city - ma tomo
computer - ilo sona
come together - kama kulupu
cry - pana e telo oko
disease - ike sijelo
doctor - jan pi pona sijelo, jan pi sona sijelo
everyone - jan ali
family - kulupu mama
foolishly - nasa la
fortunately - pona la
game - utala musi
get - kama jo
good bye - tawa pona (by person remaining) - mi tawa (by person leaving)
government - kulupu lawa, lawa ma
happy - pilin pona
healthy - sijelo pona
heavy - suli
hello - toki
help - pana e pona
here - lon ni
hospital - tomo pi pona sijelo
how - kepeken nasin seme
how much - mute seme
ice - telo lete kiwen
in my opinion - mi la
internet - ilo wan ma
laptop - ilo sona tawa
learn - kama sona
left = poka pilin (heart side)
live - lon
look at - lukin tawa
look for - wile lukin e
look like - lukin sama
maybe - ken la
mechanic - jan pi pona pi tomo tawa
meet - kama sona e jan (get to know a person)
meeting - kama kulupu
memory - sona awen
near - lon poka
office - tomo pali
oh no! - ike!
or what - anu seme
otherwise - ante la
outside - insa ala
part - wan
police - jan lawa
pray - toki tawa jan sewi
present - ijo pana
president, premier, governor - jan lawa ma
pretty - pona lukin (good looking)
prison - tomo awen
protect - awen
raise - sewi
religion - nasin sewi
remember - awen e sona
repeat - sin la o toki!
right - poka pilin ala
sick - ike sijelo
similarly - sama la
sister - meli sama
some - mute lili
sorry - mi pakala! mi pilin ike tawa ni.
state - ma lili
teach - pana e sona tawa
teacher - jan pi pana sona
television - sitelen tawa
there - lon ni
truth - lon
unfortunately - ike la
walk - tawa noka
welcome - kama pona
what - seme
when - tenpo seme
who - jan seme
why - tan seme
wind - kon tawa
with - poka (accompaniment)
yay! - pona
year - tenpo sike
one year - sike suno wan
years old - tenpo (number) la … li sike suno … is (number) years old
“Today I complete n circles of the sun” ‘tenpo suno ni la tenpo 'N' la mi pini sike e suno’ “Today is my 'N'th birthday”
Common phrases
good morning / day - suno pona!
good night - lape pona
enjoy your meal - moku pona!
I'm going - mi tawa
good bye - tawa pona!
have fun - musi pona!
What is your name? = nimi sina li seme?
How are you? = sina pilin seme?
I do not understand = mi sona ala
Please = mi wile e ni
put/place A in/at B is lon B e A
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