Beginner Texts in Toki Pona

luka tu

A mother flies a rainbow coloured kite with her child hoisted on her hip.

A mother flies a rainbow coloured kite with her child hoisted on her hip. Image: les and Gabriel flying a kite at Alameda Afonso Henriques, Lisbon, Portugal (PPL1-Corrected) julesvernex2 | by Jules Verne Times Two / julesvernex2.com. | CC-BY-SA-4.0

ona li laso li loje li jelo.

lipu kule musi li tawa sewi a!

o awen lon sewi! o tawa anpa ala!

kon li tawa pona lon tenpo suno ni.

luka wan mi li lawa e lipu kepeken linja.

luka ante mi li jo e sijelo lili sina.

tenpo kama la sina kama suli a!

o awen kama suli! o kama ala pakala!

It is bluish and reddish and yellowish.

The amusing colourful flat object is moving upwards ah!

Continue being in the sky! Don't go down!

The air is moving well on this day.

One hand of mine is controlling the flat object using string.

The other hand of mine is holding your small body.

In the coming time, you will come to be big ah!

Continue to become big! Don't get injured!

buona li laso li loje li jelo

lipu kule musi li tawa sewi a

o awen lon sewi
o tawa anpa ala

kon li tawa pona lon tenpo suno ni

luka wan mi li lawa e lipu kepeken linja

luka ante mi li jo e sijelo lili sina

tenpo kama la sina kama suli a

o awen kama suli
o kama ala pakala

toki pona English sitelen pona
ona li laso li loje li jelo. It is bluish and reddish and yellowish. buona li laso li loje li jelo
lipu kule musi li tawa sewi a! The amusing colourful flat object is moving upwards ah! lipu kule musi li tawa sewi a
o awen lon sewi! Continue being in the sky! o awen lon sewi
o tawa anpa ala! Don't go down! o tawa anpa ala
kon li tawa pona lon tenpo suno ni. The air is moving well on this day. kon li tawa pona lon tenpo suno ni
luka wan mi li lawa e lipu kepeken linja. One hand of mine is controlling the flat object using string. luka wan mi li lawa e lipu kepeken linja
luka ante mi li jo e sijelo lili sina. The other hand of mine is holding your small body. luka ante mi li jo e sijelo lili sina
tenpo kama la sina kama suli a! In the coming time, you will come to be big ah! tenpo kama la sina kama suli a
o awen kama suli! Continue to become big! o awen kama suli
o kama ala pakala! Don't get injured! o kama ala pakala

ona li laso li loje li jelo.

buona li laso li loje li jelo

en

It is bluish and reddish and yellowish.

sitelen Lasina

ona li laso li loje li jelo.

lipu kule musi li tawa sewi a!

lipu kule musi li tawa sewi a

en

The amusing colourful flat object is moving upwards ah!

sitelen Lasina

lipu kule musi li tawa sewi a!

o awen lon sewi!

o awen lon sewi

en

Continue being in the sky!

sitelen Lasina

o awen lon sewi!

o tawa anpa ala!

o tawa anpa ala

en

Don't go down!

sitelen Lasina

o tawa anpa ala!

kon li tawa pona lon tenpo suno ni.

kon li tawa pona lon tenpo suno ni

en

The air is moving well on this day.

sitelen Lasina

kon li tawa pona lon tenpo suno ni.

luka wan mi li lawa e lipu kepeken linja.

luka wan mi li lawa e lipu kepeken linja

en

One hand of mine is controlling the flat object using string.

sitelen Lasina

luka wan mi li lawa e lipu kepeken linja.

luka ante mi li jo e sijelo lili sina.

luka ante mi li jo e sijelo lili sina

en

The other hand of mine is holding your small body.

sitelen Lasina

luka ante mi li jo e sijelo lili sina.

tenpo kama la sina kama suli a!

tenpo kama la sina kama suli a

en

In the coming time, you will come to be big ah!

sitelen Lasina

tenpo kama la sina kama suli a!

o awen kama suli!

o awen kama suli

en

Continue to become big!

sitelen Lasina

o awen kama suli!

o kama ala pakala!

o kama ala pakala

en

Don't get injured!

sitelen Lasina

o kama ala pakala!