Beginner Texts in Toki Pona

kili sin

A papaya sliced in two, revealing dark seeds.

A papaya sliced in two, revealing dark seeds. Image: Brassicales - Carica papaya - 5 | by Emőke Dénes. | CC-BY-SA-4.0

mi lukin e kili. mi sona ala e kili.

kili li jelo lili li laso lili li pona lukin.

mi esun e kili sin.

mi kama lon tomo mi.

mi tu e kili.

mi moku e kili ni kepeken nasin seme?

sike lili pimeja kiwen li moku ala moku?

mi wile kama sona.

mi uta e sike pimeja.

a, sona sin pi kili sin:
sike pimeja li moku ala!

I see a fruit. I do not know the fruit.

The fruit is a little yellowish and a little greenish and visually good.

I buy the new fruit.

I come to be at my house.

I divide the kili.

I eat this fruit using what method?

Are the little hard black circles food?

I want to come to know.

I mouth the dark circles.

Ah, new knowledge of a new fruit:
The dark circles are not food!

mi lukin zz e kili
mi sona ala e kili

kili li jelo lili li laso lili li pona lukin

mi esun e kili sin

mi kama lon tomo mi

mi tu e kili

mi moku e kili ni^ kepeken nasin seme

sike lili pimeja kiwen li moku ala moku

mi wile kama sona

mi uta e sike pimeja

a sona sin pi kili sin
zz sike pimeja li moku ala

toki pona English sitelen pona
mi lukin e kili. I see a fruit. mi lukin zz e kili
mi sona ala e kili. I do not know the fruit. mi sona ala e kili
kili li jelo lili li laso lili li pona lukin. The fruit is a little yellowish and a little greenish and visually good. kili li jelo lili li laso lili li pona lukin
mi esun e kili sin. I buy the new fruit. mi esun e kili sin
mi kama lon tomo mi. I come to be at my house. mi kama lon tomo mi
mi tu e kili. I divide the kili. mi tu e kili
mi moku e kili ni kepeken nasin seme? I eat this fruit using what method? mi moku e kili ni^ kepeken nasin seme
sike lili pimeja kiwen li moku ala moku? Are the little hard black circles food? sike lili pimeja kiwen li moku ala moku
mi wile kama sona. I want to come to know. mi wile kama sona
mi uta e sike pimeja. I mouth the dark circles. mi uta e sike pimeja
a, sona sin pi kili sin: sike pimeja li moku ala! Ah, new knowledge of a new fruit: The dark circles are not food! a sona sin pi kili sin
zz sike pimeja li moku ala

mi lukin e kili.

mi lukin zz e kili

en

I see a fruit.

sitelen Lasina

mi lukin e kili.

mi sona ala e kili.

mi sona ala e kili

en

I do not know the fruit.

sitelen Lasina

mi sona ala e kili.

kili li jelo lili li laso lili li pona lukin.

kili li jelo lili li laso lili li pona lukin

en

The fruit is a little yellowish and a little greenish and visually good.

sitelen Lasina

kili li jelo lili li laso lili li pona lukin.

mi esun e kili sin.

mi esun e kili sin

en

I buy the new fruit.

sitelen Lasina

mi esun e kili sin.

mi kama lon tomo mi.

mi kama lon tomo mi

en

I come to be at my house.

sitelen Lasina

mi kama lon tomo mi.

mi tu e kili.

mi tu e kili

en

I divide the kili.

sitelen Lasina

mi tu e kili.

mi moku e kili ni kepeken nasin seme?

mi moku e kili ni^ kepeken nasin seme

en

I eat this fruit using what method?

sitelen Lasina

mi moku e kili ni kepeken nasin seme?

sike lili pimeja kiwen li moku ala moku?

sike lili pimeja kiwen li moku ala moku

en

Are the little hard black circles food?

sitelen Lasina

sike lili pimeja kiwen li moku ala moku?

mi wile kama sona.

mi wile kama sona

en

I want to come to know.

sitelen Lasina

mi wile kama sona.

mi uta e sike pimeja.

mi uta e sike pimeja

en

I mouth the dark circles.

sitelen Lasina

mi uta e sike pimeja.

a, sona sin pi kili sin: sike pimeja li moku ala!

a sona sin pi kili sin
zz sike pimeja li moku ala

en

Ah, new knowledge of a new fruit: The dark circles are not food!

sitelen Lasina

a, sona sin pi kili sin: sike pimeja li moku ala!