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My list of TP idioms

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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  
sibling jan sama  
sister meli sama  
sky sewi kon  
some ali ala  
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  
walk tawa noka  
who jan seme  
why tan seme  

 

Time

 

after tenpo kama
before tenpo pini
egg sike pi mama waso
fly tawa lon kon
last year tenpo sike pini
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

 

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