page 1 soweli li suli. ona li lili. mi suli. ona li soweli. sina ike. page 2 My wife is good. Your husband is (big/important). My dad is strong. All animals are good. Fruits are important food. meli mi li suwi. jan utala ale li ike. jan pona mi li jan pona sina. jan lili mije sina li wawa. kili lili li suwi. page 3 A child is crying (emitting eye water). (He/she/they) look at a document. The bad animal is attacking a woman. The warrior is eating a big (fruit/vegetable/mushroom). Little animals are drinking water. I am (watering/cleaning) something big. ona li olin e jan ale. tomo telo li pona. mi pana e lipu. jan utala ike li lukin e tomo sina. ilo mi li pali pona. page 4 I don't eat animals (i.e. meat). Your friend is talking about the land and the water. An important person is looking at the city and writing things down. The land has weeds ("bad plants"). Small bugs are important and good. ma tomo sina li jo ala e jan pali. mije mi li pali ala, li moku, li utala. ma mama mi li suli. sitelen sina li pona lukin. jan pona mi li jo e kala e kili li pali e moku pona. page 5 Your community is very different. A bad person broke my tools. I built this house. The good warriors protect this community. The large community endures and grows itself. moku seli li pona mute. jan lili lape li kalama ala. jan pali mute li toki e ni: ona li wawa, li kiwen. sina ante lukin. tomo ni li awen e seli. page 6 They are speaking to their father on a phone. I don't like sweet food / Sweet food is bad for me. My homeland is fighting (against) a neighboring country. Your sister is my friend. A small bug is on your face. sina pakala e tomo tawa mi. (jan) mije li pana e moku tawa jan lili. tomo toki ni li ike tawa mi. mi pona e tomo tan sina. ona li lukin e lipu lon tomo lipu. page 7 Don't eat this fruit/vegetable/mushroom, Lisa! The Kansas team defeated all other teams. Don't think that workers are lowly before the leaders. Why did you do this? My (stomach / internal organs) are hurt. Help me! mi toki insa e ni: jan sewi li lon ala. o kalama ala lon tomo lipu. jan lawa mi li toki e ni: o lape ala lon tomo pali. jan sama mije sina li sama mute lukin sina. o tawa ala lon ma. page 8 I like the color red. Give me the yellow juice. I like how your flowers look. I don't drink alcohol. Don't kill them! tomo sina li suli. tomo mi li lili. kasi kule laso li pona mute tawa mi. kasi kule loje li pona lili tawa mi. jaki a! moku ni li ike mute a! mi lon tomo loje. jan nasa li kute ala e mi. page 9 I don't like communities with lots of people. In this house, I speak toki pona and English. If you eat raw meat, it will be bad for your body. Their music ("entertaining sounds") is very good. If you misuse ("use badly") the tools, they will break ("be broken"). sewi laso li pona mute tawa mi. sewi pi pimeja walo li pona lili tawa mi. sewi li pimeja la o awen lon tomo. ona li lon tomo pi telo nasa. jan pi kalama suli li toki e ijo nasa. meli ni pi linja walo li pona lukin. sina toki ala tawa jan la sina jo ala e jan pona. page 10 Open the door. In a moment, I'll head towards you. I want to go to other countries. Can you come to my house? If you're coming to my house, use Lincoln Street. If you're on a hill, you can see many things. sina sona ala sona pali e ona? / sina sona pali e ona anu seme? ale li ken. sina ken ala ken open e lupa? / sina ken open e lupa anu seme? sina kute ala e jan sona la pali sina li ike. tenpo suli la mi pali e ni. / mi pali e ni lon tenpo suli. mi awen kama sona e toki pona. page 11 I would like to trade these three large animals. Yesterday, I was in school/college/university ("house of knowledge"). One month ago, it was cold. I like you the most. The rain continued for 40 days. mi lon tomo nanpa mute luka tu pi nasin Wasintan. ilo pi sitelen tawa li toki e ni: tenpo suno kama la suno li lon. tenpo pimeja ni la lete li lon. (tenpo mun / tenpo sike mun) nanpa luka li (pona / suwi). sina jo e ilo mute pi kalama musi a! page 12 If you want to learn toki pona, the official book is the best way to do so. Today I feel very good. Would you want to eat some pizza? My bed ("sleeping surface") is broken. I can't sleep because of it. Marie Kondo says: get rid of unnecessary things. There are three types of matter. These are: solids, liquids and gases. But the princess is in another castle. mi lukin e akesi seli laso suli a! toki! sina pilin seme? jan alasa li pana e moku soweli mute e kili mute tawa mi mute. mi lukin e lipu. tenpo lili la ona li pini. mi ken toki pi pona mute kepeken toki pona. page 13 The raccoon is an amazing animal. The (trans / non-binary) community is fearless. The doctor gave me medicine. If you want to know more ("increase your knowledge"), read the Toki Pona Dictionary. This movie / TV show ("moving picture") is mediocre. seli li monsuta e mi. / seli li monsuta tawa mi. / mi pilin monsuta tan seli. / mi pilin ike tan seli. sina kokosila tan seme? / sina toki kepeken toki pona ala tan seme? sina wile ala e ni: oko sina li pakala. o pana e len oko tawa sina. / sina wile ala e ni: lukin sina li pakala. o pana e len lukin tawa sina. o pana e namako walo suwi tawa mi. / o pana e sin moku walo suwi tawa mi. sina wile e ni: mi kipisi e sike pan kepeken nasin seme? / sina wile e ni: mi tu e sike pan kepeken nasin seme? the sitelen pona page This part of this document is written using sitelen pona. Can you understand it? toki pona has a small number of words. Because of this, it's possible to make a writing system where one character means one word, but all characters look related to their meanings. Back to main page
