Beginner Texts in Toki Pona

soweli ike

A billy goat with black and white fur and two horns stands possessively on a car tire.

A billy goat with black and white fur and two horns stands possessively on a car tire. Image: Back and white billy goat standing on a tire, Parque Rural Tambor, Aveiras de Cima, Portugal julesvernex2 | by Jules Verne Times Two / julesvernex2.com. | CC-BY-SA-4.0

soweli o, sina lon sike tawa pimeja mi tan seme?

o tawa weka. mi wile e sike mi.

ala, ala. o utala ala e mi.

sina wile mute e sike ni tan seme a? sina ken ala kepeken ona.

mi wile tawa ma ante. taso ilo mi li jo e sike tu wan taso.

o pana e sike! o awen ala lukin taso!

O Beast, you are on my dark moving circle because what?

Move away. I want my circle.

No, no. Do not fight me.

You really want this circle because what ah? You can't use it.

I want to go to another place. But my tool has only three circles.

Give the circle! Do not continue to only look!

soweli o
sina lon sike tawa pimeja mi tan seme

o tawa weka
mi wile e sike mi

ala zz ala
o utala ala e mi

sina wile mute e sike ni tan seme a
sina ken ala kepeken ona

mi wile tawa ma ante
taso ilo mi li jo e sike tu wan taso

o pana e sike o awen ala lukin taso

toki pona English sitelen pona
soweli o, sina lon sike tawa pimeja mi tan seme? O Beast, you are on my dark moving circle because what? soweli o
sina lon sike tawa pimeja mi tan seme
o tawa weka. Move away. o tawa weka
mi wile e sike mi. I want my circle. mi wile e sike mi
ala, ala. No, no. ala zz ala
o utala ala e mi. Do not fight me. o utala ala e mi
sina wile mute e sike ni tan seme a? You really want this circle because what ah? sina wile mute e sike ni tan seme a
sina ken ala kepeken ona. You can't use it. sina ken ala kepeken ona
mi wile tawa ma ante. I want to go to another place. mi wile tawa ma ante
taso ilo mi li jo e sike tu wan taso. But my tool has only three circles. taso ilo mi li jo e sike tu wan taso
o pana e sike! Give the circle! o pana e sike
o awen ala lukin taso! Do not continue to only look! o awen ala lukin taso

soweli o, sina lon sike tawa pimeja mi tan seme?

soweli o
sina lon sike tawa pimeja mi tan seme

en

O Beast, you are on my dark moving circle because what?

sitelen Lasina

soweli o, sina lon sike tawa pimeja mi tan seme?

o tawa weka.

o tawa weka

en

Move away.

sitelen Lasina

o tawa weka.

mi wile e sike mi.

mi wile e sike mi

en

I want my circle.

sitelen Lasina

mi wile e sike mi.

ala, ala.

ala zz ala

en

No, no.

sitelen Lasina

ala, ala.

o utala ala e mi.

o utala ala e mi

en

Do not fight me.

sitelen Lasina

o utala ala e mi.

sina wile mute e sike ni tan seme a?

sina wile mute e sike ni tan seme a

en

You really want this circle because what ah?

sitelen Lasina

sina wile mute e sike ni tan seme a?

sina ken ala kepeken ona.

sina ken ala kepeken ona

en

You can't use it.

sitelen Lasina

sina ken ala kepeken ona.

mi wile tawa ma ante.

mi wile tawa ma ante

en

I want to go to another place.

sitelen Lasina

mi wile tawa ma ante.

taso ilo mi li jo e sike tu wan taso.

taso ilo mi li jo e sike tu wan taso

en

But my tool has only three circles.

sitelen Lasina

taso ilo mi li jo e sike tu wan taso.

o pana e sike!

o pana e sike

en

Give the circle!

sitelen Lasina

o pana e sike!

o awen ala lukin taso!

o awen ala lukin taso

en

Do not continue to only look!

sitelen Lasina

o awen ala lukin taso!