Beginner Texts in Toki Pona

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A pair of ancient Egyptian mummies encased in glass at a museum.

A pair of ancient Egyptian mummies encased in glass at a museum. Image: Egyptian mummies in Ägyptisches Museum Berlin-2 | by Yair Haklai. | CC-BY-SA-4.0

tenpo pini la, jan pi ma Masu li moli.

kulupu Masu li awen e sijelo moli ni kepeken nasin seme?

nanpa wan la ona li weka e ijo jaki tan insa sijelo.

nanpa tu la ona li pana e namako awen tawa selo sijelo.

nanpa tu wan la ona li pana e len mute tawa sijelo.

In the past time, people of Egypt country died.

The Egypt nation sustained these dead bodies using what method?

First, they removed gross things from the body's insides.

Second, they gave sustaining spices to the body's skin.

Third, they gave lots of coverings to the body.

tenpo pini la jan pi ma [mije anpa sijelo utala] li moli

kulupu [mije anpa sijelo utala] li awen e sijelo moli ni kepeken nasin seme

nanpa wan la
zz ona li weka e ijo jaki tan insa sijelo

nanpa tu la
zz ona li pana e namako awen tawa selo sijelo

nanpa tu wan la
zz ona li pana e len mute tawa sijelo

toki pona English sitelen pona
tenpo pini la, jan pi ma Masu li moli. In the past time, people of Egypt country died. tenpo pini la jan pi ma [mije anpa sijelo utala] li moli
kulupu Masu li awen e sijelo moli ni kepeken nasin seme? The Egypt nation sustained these dead bodies using what method? kulupu [mije anpa sijelo utala] li awen e sijelo moli ni kepeken nasin seme
nanpa wan la ona li weka e ijo jaki tan insa sijelo. First, they removed gross things from the body's insides. nanpa wan la
zz ona li weka e ijo jaki tan insa sijelo
nanpa tu la ona li pana e namako awen tawa selo sijelo. Second, they gave sustaining spices to the body's skin. nanpa tu la
zz ona li pana e namako awen tawa selo sijelo
nanpa tu wan la ona li pana e len mute tawa sijelo. Third, they gave lots of coverings to the body. nanpa tu wan la
zz ona li pana e len mute tawa sijelo

tenpo pini la, jan pi ma Masu li moli.

tenpo pini la jan pi ma [mije anpa sijelo utala] li moli

en

In the past time, people of Egypt country died.

sitelen Lasina

tenpo pini la, jan pi ma Masu li moli.

kulupu Masu li awen e sijelo moli ni kepeken nasin seme?

kulupu [mije anpa sijelo utala] li awen e sijelo moli ni kepeken nasin seme

en

The Egypt nation sustained these dead bodies using what method?

sitelen Lasina

kulupu Masu li awen e sijelo moli ni kepeken nasin seme?

nanpa wan la ona li weka e ijo jaki tan insa sijelo.

nanpa wan la
zz ona li weka e ijo jaki tan insa sijelo

en

First, they removed gross things from the body's insides.

sitelen Lasina

nanpa wan la ona li weka e ijo jaki tan insa sijelo.

nanpa tu la ona li pana e namako awen tawa selo sijelo.

nanpa tu la
zz ona li pana e namako awen tawa selo sijelo

en

Second, they gave sustaining spices to the body's skin.

sitelen Lasina

nanpa tu la ona li pana e namako awen tawa selo sijelo.

nanpa tu wan la ona li pana e len mute tawa sijelo.

nanpa tu wan la
zz ona li pana e len mute tawa sijelo

en

Third, they gave lots of coverings to the body.

sitelen Lasina

nanpa tu wan la ona li pana e len mute tawa sijelo.