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.