Beginner Texts in Toki Pona

telo seli

A white ceramic mug with a teabag and spoon full of dark red liquid next to some festive ornaments.

A white ceramic mug with a teabag and spoon full of dark red liquid next to some festive ornaments. Image: White mug with red herbal Advent tea in Tuntorp | by W.carter. | CC-BY-SA-4.0

mi seli e telo.

mi pana e telo seli tawa poki lili walo.

mi jo e poki len pi kasi loje ante mute.

poki li jo e lupa lili mute.

mi pana e poki kasi tawa telo seli.

poki kasi li loje e telo seli.

mi awen. mi kama lon supa.

luka mi li jo e telo kasi loje seli.

ma en tomo li lete.

taso luka mi li pilin e telo seli pona.

I heat water.

I give the hot water to a small white container.

I have a cloth container of many different red plants.

The container has many tiny holes.

I give the plant container to the hot water.

The plant container reddens the hot water.

I wait. I come to be located on a surface.

My hands hold the hot red plant liquid.

The land and house are cold.

But my hands feel the good hot liquid.

mi seli e telo

mi pana e telo seli
zz tawa poki lili walo

mi jo e poki len pi kasi loje ante mute

poki li jo e lupa lili mute

mi pana e poki kasi
zz tawa telo seli

poki kasi li loje e telo seli

mi awen
mi kama lon supa

luka mi li jo e telo kasi loje seli

ma en tomo li lete

taso luka mi li pilin e telo seli pona

toki pona English sitelen pona
mi seli e telo. I heat water. mi seli e telo
mi pana e telo seli tawa poki lili walo. I give the hot water to a small white container. mi pana e telo seli
zz tawa poki lili walo
mi jo e poki len pi kasi loje ante mute. I have a cloth container of many different red plants. mi jo e poki len pi kasi loje ante mute
poki li jo e lupa lili mute. The container has many tiny holes. poki li jo e lupa lili mute
mi pana e poki kasi tawa telo seli. I give the plant container to the hot water. mi pana e poki kasi
zz tawa telo seli
poki kasi li loje e telo seli. The plant container reddens the hot water. poki kasi li loje e telo seli
mi awen. I wait. mi awen
mi kama lon supa. I come to be located on a surface. mi kama lon supa
luka mi li jo e telo kasi loje seli. My hands hold the hot red plant liquid. luka mi li jo e telo kasi loje seli
ma en tomo li lete. The land and house are cold. ma en tomo li lete
taso luka mi li pilin e telo seli pona. But my hands feel the good hot liquid. taso luka mi li pilin e telo seli pona

mi seli e telo.

mi seli e telo

en

I heat water.

sitelen Lasina

mi seli e telo.

mi pana e telo seli tawa poki lili walo.

mi pana e telo seli
zz tawa poki lili walo

en

I give the hot water to a small white container.

sitelen Lasina

mi pana e telo seli tawa poki lili walo.

mi jo e poki len pi kasi loje ante mute.

mi jo e poki len pi kasi loje ante mute

en

I have a cloth container of many different red plants.

sitelen Lasina

mi jo e poki len pi kasi loje ante mute.

poki li jo e lupa lili mute.

poki li jo e lupa lili mute

en

The container has many tiny holes.

sitelen Lasina

poki li jo e lupa lili mute.

mi pana e poki kasi tawa telo seli.

mi pana e poki kasi
zz tawa telo seli

en

I give the plant container to the hot water.

sitelen Lasina

mi pana e poki kasi tawa telo seli.

poki kasi li loje e telo seli.

poki kasi li loje e telo seli

en

The plant container reddens the hot water.

sitelen Lasina

poki kasi li loje e telo seli.

mi awen.

mi awen

en

I wait.

sitelen Lasina

mi awen.

mi kama lon supa.

mi kama lon supa

en

I come to be located on a surface.

sitelen Lasina

mi kama lon supa.

luka mi li jo e telo kasi loje seli.

luka mi li jo e telo kasi loje seli

en

My hands hold the hot red plant liquid.

sitelen Lasina

luka mi li jo e telo kasi loje seli.

ma en tomo li lete.

ma en tomo li lete

en

The land and house are cold.

sitelen Lasina

ma en tomo li lete.

taso luka mi li pilin e telo seli pona.

taso luka mi li pilin e telo seli pona

en

But my hands feel the good hot liquid.

sitelen Lasina

taso luka mi li pilin e telo seli pona.