Beginner Texts in Toki Pona

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The hotel's welcome desk and large red staircase to the common spaces.

The hotel's welcome desk and large red staircase to the common spaces. Image: 17-11-14-Alexander Thomson Hotel RR70022 | by © Ralf Roletschek. | GFDL-1.2

mi toki tawa jan pali.

mi: "mi wile esun e lape wan."

mi pana e mani tawa jan pali.

jan pali li pana e ilo open tomo.

jan pali: "tomo sina li tomo nanpa luka tu pi supa nanpa tu."

I speak to the working person.

Me: "I want to buy one sleep."

I give money to the working person.

The working person gives a room-opening tool.

The working person: Your room is the seventh room of the second surface.

mi toki tawa jan pali

mi la
zz te mi wile esun e lape wan to

mi pana e mani tawa jan pali

jan pali li pana e ilo open tomo

jan pali la
te tomo sina
zz li tomo nanpa luka tu
zz pi supa nanpa tu to

mi toki tawa jan pali.

mi la te mi wile esun e lape wan to.

mi pana e mani tawa jan pali.

jan pali li pana e ilo open tomo.

jan pali la te tomo sina li tomo nanpa luka tu pi supa nanpa tu to.

toki pona English sitelen pona
mi toki tawa jan pali. I speak to the working person. mi toki tawa jan pali mi toki tawa jan pali.
mi: "mi wile esun e lape wan." Me: "I want to buy one sleep." mi la
zz te mi wile esun e lape wan to
mi la te mi wile esun e lape wan to.
mi pana e mani tawa jan pali. I give money to the working person. mi pana e mani tawa jan pali mi pana e mani tawa jan pali.
jan pali li pana e ilo open tomo. The working person gives a room-opening tool. jan pali li pana e ilo open tomo jan pali li pana e ilo open tomo.
jan pali: "tomo sina li tomo nanpa luka tu pi supa nanpa tu." The working person: Your room is the seventh room of the second surface. jan pali la
te tomo sina
zz li tomo nanpa luka tu
zz pi supa nanpa tu to
jan pali la te tomo sina li tomo nanpa luka tu pi supa nanpa tu to.

mi toki tawa jan pali.

mi toki tawa jan pali

mi toki tawa jan pali.

en

I speak to the working person.

sitelen Lasina

mi toki tawa jan pali.

mi: "mi wile esun e lape wan."

mi la
zz te mi wile esun e lape wan to

mi la te mi wile esun e lape wan to.

en

Me: "I want to buy one sleep."

sitelen Lasina

mi: "mi wile esun e lape wan."

mi pana e mani tawa jan pali.

mi pana e mani tawa jan pali

mi pana e mani tawa jan pali.

en

I give money to the working person.

sitelen Lasina

mi pana e mani tawa jan pali.

jan pali li pana e ilo open tomo.

jan pali li pana e ilo open tomo

jan pali li pana e ilo open tomo.

en

The working person gives a room-opening tool.

sitelen Lasina

jan pali li pana e ilo open tomo.

jan pali: "tomo sina li tomo nanpa luka tu pi supa nanpa tu."

jan pali la
te tomo sina
zz li tomo nanpa luka tu
zz pi supa nanpa tu to

jan pali la te tomo sina li tomo nanpa luka tu pi supa nanpa tu to.

en

The working person: Your room is the seventh room of the second surface.

sitelen Lasina

jan pali: "tomo sina li tomo nanpa luka tu pi supa nanpa tu."

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