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This is my personal list of TP idioms. It is not official. User beware !
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and so on |
sin li sama |
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bank |
tomo mani |
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brother |
mije sama |
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buy, pay |
pana e mani tawa |
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computer |
ilo sona |
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can keep on giving |
ken pi awen pana |
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dump |
ma pi ijo jaki |
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exercise |
pali musi sijelo |
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family |
kulupu mama |
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far |
poka mi ala |
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frozen |
lete kiwen |
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government |
kulupu lawa |
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here |
poka mi |
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here or there |
lon ni |
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how |
kepeken nasin seme |
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internet |
ilo sona kulupu |
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job |
pali awen |
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maybe |
ken la |
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milk |
telo walo |
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pig |
soweli moku jaki |
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pet |
soweli tomo |
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pretty |
pona lukin |
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raining |
telo li kama |
water comes |
reason |
ken sona |
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religion, philosophy |
nasin sewi |
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run |
tawa noka wawa |
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sibling |
jan sama |
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sister |
meli sama |
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sky |
sewi kon |
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some |
ali ala |
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take |
kama jo |
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take a picture (make) |
pali e sitelen |
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town |
ma tomo |
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translate |
toki ante |
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tv |
ilo pi sitelen tawa |
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tv show |
sitelen tawa |
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walk |
tawa noka |
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who |
jan seme |
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why |
tan seme |
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Conditionals using 'la'
ante la |
otherwise, on the other hand, on the contrary |
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 |
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 |
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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 |
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this year |
tenpo sike ni |
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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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