Beginner Texts in Toki Pona

len linja

Clothes hanging high, out of reach, on a short clothesline between two buildings.

Clothes hanging high, out of reach, on a short clothesline between two buildings. Image: Clothes line on Old Town street, Dubrovnik, Croatia (approximate GPS location) (PPL2-Enhanced) julesvernex2 | by Jules Verne Times Two / julesvernex2.com. | CC-BY-SA-4.0

mi tawa wawa lon ma pi tomo mute.

mi lape lon tenpo ike. mi o tawa tomo sona!

ijo nasa li tawa anpa li utala e lawa mi.

seme a? mi pini e tawa.

ijo li seme? ona li len!

ona li kama tan seme? mi alasa kepeken lukin.

linja pi len mute li lon sewi.

len li awen lon linja kepeken ilo jo.

taso ilo jo pi len wan li pakala.

ike. linja li lon sewi. mi lon anpa.

mi ken ala pana sin e len tawa sewi. tenpo li lon ala.

mi pali ala. mi tawa weka.

I move powerfully in a land of many buildings.

I sleep at a bad time. I need to go to the knowledge structure!

Something strange moves downwards and fights my head.

What ah? I stop the movement.

The thing is what? It is clothing!

It comes from where? I search using eyes.

A string of many clothes is located at upwards.

The clothes continue to be on the string using holding tools.

But the holding tool of one of the clothes is broken.

Bad. The string is at the top. I am at the bottom.

I cannot re-send the clothing to the top. Time does not exist.

I do not labour. I go away.

mi tawa wawa lon ma pi tomo mute

mi lape lon tenpo ike
mi o tawa tomo sona

ijo nasa li tawa anpa zz zz li utala e lawa mi

seme a
mi pini e tawa

ijo li seme
ona li len

ona li kama tan seme
mi alasa kepeken lukin

linja pi len mute li lon sewi

len li awen lon linja kepeken ilo jo

taso ilo jo pi len wan li pakala

ike
linja li lon sewi
mi lon anpa

mi ken ala pana sin e len tawa sewi
tenpo li lon ala

mi pali ala
mi tawa weka

toki pona English sitelen pona
mi tawa wawa lon ma pi tomo mute. I move powerfully in a land of many buildings. mi tawa wawa lon ma pi tomo mute
mi lape lon tenpo ike. I sleep at a bad time. mi lape lon tenpo ike
mi o tawa tomo sona! I need to go to the knowledge structure! mi o tawa tomo sona
ijo nasa li tawa anpa li utala e lawa mi. Something strange moves downwards and fights my head. ijo nasa li tawa anpa
zz zz li utala e lawa mi
seme a? What ah? seme a
mi pini e tawa. I stop the movement. mi pini e tawa
ijo li seme? The thing is what? ijo li seme
ona li len! It is clothing! ona li len
ona li kama tan seme? It comes from where? ona li kama tan seme
mi alasa kepeken lukin. I search using eyes. mi alasa kepeken lukin
linja pi len mute li lon sewi. A string of many clothes is located at upwards. linja pi len mute li lon sewi
len li awen lon linja kepeken ilo jo. The clothes continue to be on the string using holding tools. len li awen lon linja kepeken ilo jo
taso ilo jo pi len wan li pakala. But the holding tool of one of the clothes is broken. taso ilo jo pi len wan li pakala
ike. Bad. ike
linja li lon sewi. The string is at the top. linja li lon sewi
mi lon anpa. I am at the bottom. mi lon anpa
mi ken ala pana sin e len tawa sewi. I cannot re-send the clothing to the top. mi ken ala pana sin e len tawa sewi
tenpo li lon ala. Time does not exist. tenpo li lon ala
mi pali ala. I do not labour. mi pali ala
mi tawa weka. I go away. mi tawa weka

mi tawa wawa lon ma pi tomo mute.

mi tawa wawa lon ma pi tomo mute

en

I move powerfully in a land of many buildings.

sitelen Lasina

mi tawa wawa lon ma pi tomo mute.

mi lape lon tenpo ike.

mi lape lon tenpo ike

en

I sleep at a bad time.

sitelen Lasina

mi lape lon tenpo ike.

mi o tawa tomo sona!

mi o tawa tomo sona

en

I need to go to the knowledge structure!

sitelen Lasina

mi o tawa tomo sona!

ijo nasa li tawa anpa li utala e lawa mi.

ijo nasa li tawa anpa
zz zz li utala e lawa mi

en

Something strange moves downwards and fights my head.

sitelen Lasina

ijo nasa li tawa anpa li utala e lawa mi.

seme a?

seme a

en

What ah?

sitelen Lasina

seme a?

mi pini e tawa.

mi pini e tawa

en

I stop the movement.

sitelen Lasina

mi pini e tawa.

ijo li seme?

ijo li seme

en

The thing is what?

sitelen Lasina

ijo li seme?

ona li len!

ona li len

en

It is clothing!

sitelen Lasina

ona li len!

ona li kama tan seme?

ona li kama tan seme

en

It comes from where?

sitelen Lasina

ona li kama tan seme?

mi alasa kepeken lukin.

mi alasa kepeken lukin

en

I search using eyes.

sitelen Lasina

mi alasa kepeken lukin.

linja pi len mute li lon sewi.

linja pi len mute li lon sewi

en

A string of many clothes is located at upwards.

sitelen Lasina

linja pi len mute li lon sewi.

len li awen lon linja kepeken ilo jo.

len li awen lon linja kepeken ilo jo

en

The clothes continue to be on the string using holding tools.

sitelen Lasina

len li awen lon linja kepeken ilo jo.

taso ilo jo pi len wan li pakala.

taso ilo jo pi len wan li pakala

en

But the holding tool of one of the clothes is broken.

sitelen Lasina

taso ilo jo pi len wan li pakala.

ike.

ike

en

Bad.

sitelen Lasina

ike.

linja li lon sewi.

linja li lon sewi

en

The string is at the top.

sitelen Lasina

linja li lon sewi.

mi lon anpa.

mi lon anpa

en

I am at the bottom.

sitelen Lasina

mi lon anpa.

mi ken ala pana sin e len tawa sewi.

mi ken ala pana sin e len tawa sewi

en

I cannot re-send the clothing to the top.

sitelen Lasina

mi ken ala pana sin e len tawa sewi.

tenpo li lon ala.

tenpo li lon ala

en

Time does not exist.

sitelen Lasina

tenpo li lon ala.

mi pali ala.

mi pali ala

en

I do not labour.

sitelen Lasina

mi pali ala.

mi tawa weka.

mi tawa weka

en

I go away.

sitelen Lasina

mi tawa weka.