Beginner Texts in Toki Pona

tenpo nasa

An analog clock made out of a flower garden; different coloured plants are arranged to form the clock's body while three large rotating metal poles are the clock's hands.

An analog clock made out of a flower garden; different coloured plants are arranged to form the clock's body while three large rotating metal poles are the clock's hands. Image: Geneva flower clock 2012 | by Cayambe. | CC-BY-SA-3.0

mi weka e lape li pilin e wile tawa. mi kama tan tomo mi li tawa mute lon ma.

lon tenpo suli la mi tawa taso. mi moku ala li lape ala li toki ala li pali ala.

mi lon seme a? mi sona ala. tenpo seme li lon? ni kin la mi sona ala.

mi sona ala, mi sona ala, mi sona ala.

a, ni li seme! mi lukin e ilo tenpo suli. ona li sike li suli a. ona li lon anpa li tan kasi kule ma!

jan li sitelen e nanpa kepeken kasi. nanpa tenpo ale a! ona li lon sike pi nasa lili.

palisa suli tu wan li lon insa sike. mi kama sona e tenpo kepeken ilo.

tenpo pi moku suli nanpa tu wan li kama lon tenpo poka.

a, mi o tawa sin tawa tomo mi. mi o moku e ijo.

nasa mute a... jan seme li pali e ilo tenpo ni?

I get rid of sleep and feel a need for movement. I come from my house and move a lot in the outdoors.

For a large time, I only move. I do not eat and do not rest and do not communicate and do not labour.

I am at where a? I do not know. Which time is existing? Also this I do not know.

I don't know, I don't know, I don't know.

Ah, what is that! I look at a large time tool. It is a circle and big ah. It is located low and is from colourful earth plants!

A person depicted numbers using plants. All the time numbers ah! They are in a slightly strange circle.

Three large sticks are at the circle's center. I come to know the time using the tool.

The time of the third large eating will arrive in the near time.

Ah, I ought to travel again to my home. I ought to eat something.

Very strange ah... Which person made that time tool?

mi weka e lape li pilin e wile tawa
mi kama tan tomo mi
li tawa mute lon ma

lon tenpo suli la
mi tawa taso
mi moku ala
li lape ala
li toki ala
li pali ala

mi lon seme a
mi sona ala
tenpo seme li lon
ni kin la mi sona ala

mi sona ala
mi sona ala
mi sona ala

a zz ni li seme
mi lukin e ilo tenpo suli
ona li sike
zz li suli a
ona li lon anpa
zz li tan kasi kule ma

jan li sitelen e nanpa kepeken kasi
nanpa tenpo ale a
ona li lon sike pi nasa lili

palisa suli tu wan li lon insa sike
mi kama sona e tenpo kepeken ilo

tenpo pi moku suli nanpa tu wan li kama lon tenpo poka

a zz mi o tawa sin tawa tomo mi
zz zz mi o moku e ijo

nasa mute a
jan seme li pali e ilo tenpo ni

toki pona English sitelen pona
mi weka e lape li pilin e wile tawa. I get rid of sleep and feel a need for movement. mi weka e lape
li pilin e wile tawa
mi kama tan tomo mi li tawa mute lon ma. I come from my house and move a lot in the outdoors. mi kama tan tomo mi
li tawa mute lon ma
lon tenpo suli la mi tawa taso. For a large time, I only move. lon tenpo suli la
mi tawa taso
mi moku ala li lape ala li toki ala li pali ala. I do not eat and do not rest and do not communicate and do not labour. mi moku ala
li lape ala
li toki ala
li pali ala
mi lon seme a? I am at where a? mi lon seme a
mi sona ala. I do not know. mi sona ala
tenpo seme li lon? Which time is existing? tenpo seme li lon
ni kin la mi sona ala. Also this I do not know. ni kin la mi sona ala
mi sona ala, mi sona ala, mi sona ala. I don't know, I don't know, I don't know. mi sona ala
mi sona ala
mi sona ala
a, ni li seme! Ah, what is that! a zz ni li seme
mi lukin e ilo tenpo suli. I look at a large time tool. mi lukin e ilo tenpo suli
ona li sike li suli a. It is a circle and big ah. ona li sike
zz li suli a
ona li lon anpa li tan kasi kule ma! It is located low and is from colourful earth plants! ona li lon anpa
zz li tan kasi kule ma
jan li sitelen e nanpa kepeken kasi. A person depicted numbers using plants. jan li sitelen e nanpa kepeken kasi
nanpa tenpo ale a! All the time numbers ah! nanpa tenpo ale a
ona li lon sike pi nasa lili. They are in a slightly strange circle. ona li lon sike pi nasa lili
palisa suli tu wan li lon insa sike. Three large sticks are at the circle's center. palisa suli tu wan li lon insa sike
mi kama sona e tenpo kepeken ilo. I come to know the time using the tool. mi kama sona e tenpo kepeken ilo
tenpo pi moku suli nanpa tu wan li kama lon tenpo poka. The time of the third large eating will arrive in the near time. tenpo pi moku suli nanpa tu wan li kama lon tenpo poka
a, mi o tawa sin tawa tomo mi. Ah, I ought to travel again to my home. a zz mi o tawa sin tawa tomo mi
mi o moku e ijo. I ought to eat something. zz zz mi o moku e ijo
nasa mute a... Very strange ah... nasa mute a
jan seme li pali e ilo tenpo ni? Which person made that time tool? jan seme li pali e ilo tenpo ni

mi weka e lape li pilin e wile tawa.

mi weka e lape
li pilin e wile tawa

en

I get rid of sleep and feel a need for movement.

sitelen Lasina

mi weka e lape li pilin e wile tawa.

mi kama tan tomo mi li tawa mute lon ma.

mi kama tan tomo mi
li tawa mute lon ma

en

I come from my house and move a lot in the outdoors.

sitelen Lasina

mi kama tan tomo mi li tawa mute lon ma.

lon tenpo suli la mi tawa taso.

lon tenpo suli la
mi tawa taso

en

For a large time, I only move.

sitelen Lasina

lon tenpo suli la mi tawa taso.

mi moku ala li lape ala li toki ala li pali ala.

mi moku ala
li lape ala
li toki ala
li pali ala

en

I do not eat and do not rest and do not communicate and do not labour.

sitelen Lasina

mi moku ala li lape ala li toki ala li pali ala.

mi lon seme a?

mi lon seme a

en

I am at where a?

sitelen Lasina

mi lon seme a?

mi sona ala.

mi sona ala

en

I do not know.

sitelen Lasina

mi sona ala.

tenpo seme li lon?

tenpo seme li lon

en

Which time is existing?

sitelen Lasina

tenpo seme li lon?

ni kin la mi sona ala.

ni kin la mi sona ala

en

Also this I do not know.

sitelen Lasina

ni kin la mi sona ala.

mi sona ala, mi sona ala, mi sona ala.

mi sona ala
mi sona ala
mi sona ala

en

I don't know, I don't know, I don't know.

sitelen Lasina

mi sona ala, mi sona ala, mi sona ala.

a, ni li seme!

a zz ni li seme

en

Ah, what is that!

sitelen Lasina

a, ni li seme!

mi lukin e ilo tenpo suli.

mi lukin e ilo tenpo suli

en

I look at a large time tool.

sitelen Lasina

mi lukin e ilo tenpo suli.

ona li sike li suli a.

ona li sike
zz li suli a

en

It is a circle and big ah.

sitelen Lasina

ona li sike li suli a.

ona li lon anpa li tan kasi kule ma!

ona li lon anpa
zz li tan kasi kule ma

en

It is located low and is from colourful earth plants!

sitelen Lasina

ona li lon anpa li tan kasi kule ma!

jan li sitelen e nanpa kepeken kasi.

jan li sitelen e nanpa kepeken kasi

en

A person depicted numbers using plants.

sitelen Lasina

jan li sitelen e nanpa kepeken kasi.

nanpa tenpo ale a!

nanpa tenpo ale a

en

All the time numbers ah!

sitelen Lasina

nanpa tenpo ale a!

ona li lon sike pi nasa lili.

ona li lon sike pi nasa lili

en

They are in a slightly strange circle.

sitelen Lasina

ona li lon sike pi nasa lili.

palisa suli tu wan li lon insa sike.

palisa suli tu wan li lon insa sike

en

Three large sticks are at the circle's center.

sitelen Lasina

palisa suli tu wan li lon insa sike.

mi kama sona e tenpo kepeken ilo.

mi kama sona e tenpo kepeken ilo

en

I come to know the time using the tool.

sitelen Lasina

mi kama sona e tenpo kepeken ilo.

tenpo pi moku suli nanpa tu wan li kama lon tenpo poka.

tenpo pi moku suli nanpa tu wan li kama lon tenpo poka

en

The time of the third large eating will arrive in the near time.

sitelen Lasina

tenpo pi moku suli nanpa tu wan li kama lon tenpo poka.

a, mi o tawa sin tawa tomo mi.

a zz mi o tawa sin tawa tomo mi

en

Ah, I ought to travel again to my home.

sitelen Lasina

a, mi o tawa sin tawa tomo mi.

mi o moku e ijo.

zz zz mi o moku e ijo

en

I ought to eat something.

sitelen Lasina

mi o moku e ijo.

nasa mute a...

nasa mute a

en

Very strange ah...

sitelen Lasina

nasa mute a...

jan seme li pali e ilo tenpo ni?

jan seme li pali e ilo tenpo ni

en

Which person made that time tool?

sitelen Lasina

jan seme li pali e ilo tenpo ni?