Beginner Texts in Toki Pona

moku lili

At nightime, light from a cracked refrigerator stocked with foods from every food group breaches the darkness.

At nightime, light from a cracked refrigerator stocked with foods from every food group breaches the darkness. Image: Open refrigerator with food at night | by W.carter. | CC-BY-SA-4.0

tenpo lape li lon.

mi lon supa lape. mi wile lape. taso mi ken ala lape.

mi pilin pakala. mi sona ala e tan.

insa sijelo mi li mu. a, mi wile moku!

mi tawa tan tomo mi.

mi tawa tomo moku.

mi open e poki lete...

a... ale li pona.

Sleeping time is present.

I am on a sleeping surface. I want to sleep. But I cannot sleep.

I feel broken. I do not know the source.

My body's insides roar. Ah, I want to eat!

I move from my room.

I go towards the food room.

I open the cold container...

Ah... all is well.

tenpo lape li lon

mi lon supa lape
mi wile lape
zz taso mi ken ala lape

mi pilin pakala
mi sona ala e tan

insa sijelo mi li mu
a zz mi wile moku

mi tawa tan tomo mi

mi tawa tomo moku

mi open e poki lete

a
ale li pona

toki pona English sitelen pona
tenpo lape li lon. Sleeping time is present. tenpo lape li lon
mi lon supa lape. I am on a sleeping surface. mi lon supa lape
mi wile lape. I want to sleep. mi wile lape
taso mi ken ala lape. But I cannot sleep. zz taso mi ken ala lape
mi pilin pakala. I feel broken. mi pilin pakala
mi sona ala e tan. I do not know the source. mi sona ala e tan
insa sijelo mi li mu. My body's insides roar. insa sijelo mi li mu
a, mi wile moku! Ah, I want to eat! a zz
mi wile moku
mi tawa tan tomo mi. I move from my room. mi tawa tan tomo mi
mi tawa tomo moku. I go towards the food room. mi tawa tomo moku
mi open e poki lete... I open the cold container... mi open e poki lete
a... Ah... a
ale li pona. all is well. ale li pona

tenpo lape li lon.

tenpo lape li lon

en

Sleeping time is present.

sitelen Lasina

tenpo lape li lon.

mi lon supa lape.

mi lon supa lape

en

I am on a sleeping surface.

sitelen Lasina

mi lon supa lape.

mi wile lape.

mi wile lape

en

I want to sleep.

sitelen Lasina

mi wile lape.

taso mi ken ala lape.

zz taso mi ken ala lape

en

But I cannot sleep.

sitelen Lasina

taso mi ken ala lape.

mi pilin pakala.

mi pilin pakala

en

I feel broken.

sitelen Lasina

mi pilin pakala.

mi sona ala e tan.

mi sona ala e tan

en

I do not know the source.

sitelen Lasina

mi sona ala e tan.

insa sijelo mi li mu.

insa sijelo mi li mu

en

My body's insides roar.

sitelen Lasina

insa sijelo mi li mu.

a, mi wile moku!

a zz
mi wile moku

en

Ah, I want to eat!

sitelen Lasina

a, mi wile moku!

mi tawa tan tomo mi.

mi tawa tan tomo mi

en

I move from my room.

sitelen Lasina

mi tawa tan tomo mi.

mi tawa tomo moku.

mi tawa tomo moku

en

I go towards the food room.

sitelen Lasina

mi tawa tomo moku.

mi open e poki lete...

mi open e poki lete

en

I open the cold container...

sitelen Lasina

mi open e poki lete...

a...

a

en

Ah...

sitelen Lasina

a...

ale li pona.

ale li pona

en

all is well.

sitelen Lasina

ale li pona.