Beginner Texts in Toki Pona

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Three people ride horses along a sandy trail in an urban park/

Three people ride horses along a sandy trail in an urban park/ Image: Horse riding in Hyde Park, London - geograph.org.uk - 1822834 | by Christine Matthews. | CC-BY-SA-2.0

sitelen Lasina

mi wile tawa kepeken soweli.

soweli li mu. mi pana e pan tawa soweli.

mi tawa la jan ale li lukin pi pilin nasa e mi.

kon jaki ni li seme?

jaki sijelo pimeja, anu seme? mi tawa!

English

I want to move using an animal.

The animal moos. I give bread to the animal.

When I move, everybody looks odd-feelingly at me.

What is that disgusting essence?

Dark body waste, or what? I'm moving!

sitelen pona

mi wile tawa kepeken soweli

soweli li mu mi pana e pan tawa soweli

mi tawa la
zz jan ale li lukin pi pilin nasa e mi

kon jaki ni li seme

jaki sijelo pimeja anu seme
mi tawa

sitelen pona

mi wile tawa kepeken soweli .。︁

soweli li mu .。︁ mi pana e pan tawa soweli .。︁

mi tawa la jan ale li lukin pi pilin nasa e mi .。︁

kon jaki ni li seme .。︁

jaki sijelo pimeja anu seme .。︁ mi tawa .。︁

toki pona English sitelen pona
mi wile tawa kepeken soweli. I want to move using an animal. mi wile tawa kepeken soweli
mi wile tawa kepeken soweli
soweli li mu. The animal moos. soweli li mu
soweli li mu
mi pana e pan tawa soweli. I give bread to the animal. mi pana e pan tawa soweli
mi pana e pan tawa soweli
mi tawa la jan ale li lukin pi pilin nasa e mi. When I move, everybody looks odd-feelingly at me. mi tawa la
zz jan ale li lukin pi pilin nasa e mi
mi tawa la jan ale li lukin pi pilin nasa e mi
kon jaki ni li seme? What is that disgusting essence? kon jaki ni li seme
kon jaki ni li seme
jaki sijelo pimeja, anu seme? Dark body waste, or what? jaki sijelo pimeja anu seme
jaki sijelo pimeja anu seme
mi tawa! I'm moving! mi tawa
mi tawa

mi wile tawa kepeken soweli.

mi wile tawa kepeken soweli

mi wile tawa kepeken soweli.

en

I want to move using an animal.

sitelen Lasina

mi wile tawa kepeken soweli.

soweli li mu.

soweli li mu

soweli li mu.

en

The animal moos.

sitelen Lasina

soweli li mu.

mi pana e pan tawa soweli.

mi pana e pan tawa soweli

mi pana e pan tawa soweli.

en

I give bread to the animal.

sitelen Lasina

mi pana e pan tawa soweli.

mi tawa la jan ale li lukin pi pilin nasa e mi.

mi tawa la
zz jan ale li lukin pi pilin nasa e mi

mi tawa la jan ale li lukin pi pilin nasa e mi.

en

When I move, everybody looks odd-feelingly at me.

sitelen Lasina

mi tawa la jan ale li lukin pi pilin nasa e mi.

kon jaki ni li seme?

kon jaki ni li seme

kon jaki ni li seme.

en

What is that disgusting essence?

sitelen Lasina

kon jaki ni li seme?

jaki sijelo pimeja, anu seme?

jaki sijelo pimeja anu seme

jaki sijelo pimeja anu seme.

en

Dark body waste, or what?

sitelen Lasina

jaki sijelo pimeja, anu seme?

mi tawa!

mi tawa

mi tawa.

en

I'm moving!

sitelen Lasina

mi tawa!