A Sikh man glances in a bathroom mirror while wrapping his long, uncut hair in a dark black turban. Image: Spc. Simranpreet Singh Lamba demonstrating how he ties a 5-meter-long turban | by Ingrid Barrentine. | Public Domain
ijo nanpa wan li linja suli.
linja lawa li pona. o kipisi ala e linja.
taso linja lawa suli li ken jaki.
ni la o awen e linja suli kepeken len.
len li awen e linja tan pakala tan jaki.
The first thing is long string.
Head string is good. Do not cut the string.
But big head string can be unhygenic.
Therefore protect the large string using a covering.
The covering protects the string from destruction and from dirtiness.
ijo nanpa wan
zz li linja suli
linja lawa li pona
o kipisi ala e linja
taso
linja lawa suli li ken jaki
ni la
zz o awen e linja suli
zz zz kepeken len
len li awen e linja
zz zz tan pakala
zz zz tan jaki
ijo nanpa wan li linja suli.
linja lawa li pona. o kipisi ala e linja.
taso linja lawa suli li ken jaki.
ni la o awen e linja suli kepeken len.
len li awen e linja tan pakala tan jaki.
| toki pona | English | sitelen pona | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ijo nanpa wan li linja suli. | The first thing is long string. | ijo nanpa wan zz li linja suli |
ijo nanpa wan li linja suli. |
| linja lawa li pona. | Head string is good. | linja lawa li pona | linja lawa li pona. |
| o kipisi ala e linja. | Do not cut the string. | o kipisi ala e linja | o kipisi ala e linja. |
| taso linja lawa suli li ken jaki. | But big head string can be unhygenic. | taso linja lawa suli li ken jaki |
taso linja lawa suli li ken jaki. |
| ni la o awen e linja suli kepeken len. | Therefore protect the large string using a covering. | ni la zz o awen e linja suli zz zz kepeken len |
ni la o awen e linja suli kepeken len. |
| len li awen e linja tan pakala tan jaki. | The covering protects the string from destruction and from dirtiness. | len li awen e linja zz zz tan pakala zz zz tan jaki |
len li awen e linja tan pakala tan jaki. |
ijo nanpa wan li linja suli.
ijo nanpa wan
zz li linja suli
ijo nanpa wan li linja suli.
en
The first thing is long string.
sitelen Lasina
ijo nanpa wan li linja suli.
linja lawa li pona.
linja lawa li pona
linja lawa li pona.
en
Head string is good.
sitelen Lasina
linja lawa li pona.
o kipisi ala e linja.
o kipisi ala e linja
o kipisi ala e linja.
en
Do not cut the string.
sitelen Lasina
o kipisi ala e linja.
taso linja lawa suli li ken jaki.
taso
linja lawa suli li ken jaki
taso linja lawa suli li ken jaki.
en
But big head string can be unhygenic.
sitelen Lasina
taso linja lawa suli li ken jaki.
ni la o awen e linja suli kepeken len.
ni la
zz o awen e linja suli
zz zz kepeken len
ni la o awen e linja suli kepeken len.
en
Therefore protect the large string using a covering.
sitelen Lasina
ni la o awen e linja suli kepeken len.
len li awen e linja tan pakala tan jaki.
len li awen e linja
zz zz tan pakala
zz zz tan jaki
len li awen e linja tan pakala tan jaki.
en
The covering protects the string from destruction and from dirtiness.
sitelen Lasina
len li awen e linja tan pakala tan jaki.