Beginner Texts in Toki Pona

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tomo kulupu

A funky room stuffed with eight laundry rooms opens up into a restaurant/VLT.

A funky room stuffed with eight laundry rooms opens up into a restaurant/VLT. Image: Loom - October 2023 - Sarah Stierch 03 | by Sarah Stierch. | CC-BY-4.0

tomo ni li tomo seme a?

tomo ni la sina ken esun e moku.

tomo ni la len sina li ken lon ilo telo pi weka jaki.

supa anpa pi tomo ni la jan mute li kute e jan pi kalama musi.

supa sewi pi tomo ni la jan mute li pali e telo nasa tan kili.

jan mute li pali ante lon tomo.

tomo ni li tomo seme? ken la tomo ni li ni:

ona li tomo moku li tomo pi pona len li tomo musi li tomo pali.

ona li tomo kulupu a.

This building is what building ah?

At this building you can buy food.

At this building your clothes can be in a water tool of dirtiness removal.

At this building's bottom surface many people listen to an entertaining sound person.

At this building's top surface many people make intoxicating liquid from fruit.

Many people function differently in the building.

The building is what building? Maybe this building is this:

It is an eating building and a clothes-bettering building and an entertainmnet building and a work building.

It is a communal building ah.

tomo+ni^ li tomo seme a

tomo+ni^ la
zz sina ken esun e moku

tomo+ni^ la
zz len sina li ken
zz zz lon ilo telo pi weka jaki

supa anpa pi tomo+ni^ la
zz jan mute li kute
zz zz e jan pi kalama musi

supa sewi pi tomo+ni^ la
zz jan mute li pali
zz zz e telo nasa tan kili

jan mute li pali ante lon tomo+ni^

tomo+ni^ li tomo seme
ken la tomo+ni^ li ni

ona li tomo moku
zz li tomo pi pona len
zz li tomo musi
zz li tomo pali

ona li tomo+kulupu a

tomo+ni li tomo seme a.

tomo+ni la sina ken esun e moku.

tomo+ni la len sina li ken lon ilo telo pi weka jaki.

supa anpa pi tomo+ni la jan mute li kute e jan pi kalama musi.

supa sewi pi tomo+ni la jan mute li pali e telo nasa tan kili.

jan mute li pali ante lon tomo+ni.

tomo+ni li tomo seme. ken la tomo+ni li ni.

ona li tomo moku li tomo pi pona len li tomo musi li tomo pali.

ona li tomo+kulupu a.

toki pona English sitelen pona
tomo ni li tomo seme a? This building is what building ah? tomo+ni^ li tomo seme a tomo+ni li tomo seme a.
tomo ni la sina ken esun e moku. At this building you can buy food. tomo+ni^ la
zz sina ken esun e moku
tomo+ni la sina ken esun e moku.
tomo ni la len sina li ken lon ilo telo pi weka jaki. At this building your clothes can be in a water tool of dirtiness removal. tomo+ni^ la
zz len sina li ken
zz zz lon ilo telo pi weka jaki
tomo+ni la len sina li ken lon ilo telo pi weka jaki.
supa anpa pi tomo ni la jan mute li kute e jan pi kalama musi. At this building's bottom surface many people listen to an entertaining sound person. supa anpa pi tomo+ni^ la
zz jan mute li kute
zz zz e jan pi kalama musi
supa anpa pi tomo+ni la jan mute li kute e jan pi kalama musi.
supa sewi pi tomo ni la jan mute li pali e telo nasa tan kili. At this building's top surface many people make intoxicating liquid from fruit. supa sewi pi tomo+ni^ la
zz jan mute li pali
zz zz e telo nasa tan kili
supa sewi pi tomo+ni la jan mute li pali e telo nasa tan kili.
jan mute li pali ante lon tomo. Many people function differently in the building. jan mute li pali ante lon tomo+ni^ jan mute li pali ante lon tomo+ni.
tomo ni li tomo seme? The building is what building? tomo+ni^ li tomo seme tomo+ni li tomo seme.
ken la tomo ni li ni: Maybe this building is this: ken la tomo+ni^ li ni ken la tomo+ni li ni.
ona li tomo moku li tomo pi pona len li tomo musi li tomo pali. It is an eating building and a clothes-bettering building and an entertainmnet building and a work building. ona li tomo moku
zz li tomo pi pona len
zz li tomo musi
zz li tomo pali
ona li tomo moku li tomo pi pona len li tomo musi li tomo pali.
ona li tomo kulupu a. It is a communal building ah. ona li tomo+kulupu a ona li tomo+kulupu a.

tomo ni li tomo seme a?

tomo+ni^ li tomo seme a

tomo+ni li tomo seme a.

en

This building is what building ah?

sitelen Lasina

tomo ni li tomo seme a?

tomo ni la sina ken esun e moku.

tomo+ni^ la
zz sina ken esun e moku

tomo+ni la sina ken esun e moku.

en

At this building you can buy food.

sitelen Lasina

tomo ni la sina ken esun e moku.

tomo ni la len sina li ken lon ilo telo pi weka jaki.

tomo+ni^ la
zz len sina li ken
zz zz lon ilo telo pi weka jaki

tomo+ni la len sina li ken lon ilo telo pi weka jaki.

en

At this building your clothes can be in a water tool of dirtiness removal.

sitelen Lasina

tomo ni la len sina li ken lon ilo telo pi weka jaki.

supa anpa pi tomo ni la jan mute li kute e jan pi kalama musi.

supa anpa pi tomo+ni^ la
zz jan mute li kute
zz zz e jan pi kalama musi

supa anpa pi tomo+ni la jan mute li kute e jan pi kalama musi.

en

At this building's bottom surface many people listen to an entertaining sound person.

sitelen Lasina

supa anpa pi tomo ni la jan mute li kute e jan pi kalama musi.

supa sewi pi tomo ni la jan mute li pali e telo nasa tan kili.

supa sewi pi tomo+ni^ la
zz jan mute li pali
zz zz e telo nasa tan kili

supa sewi pi tomo+ni la jan mute li pali e telo nasa tan kili.

en

At this building's top surface many people make intoxicating liquid from fruit.

sitelen Lasina

supa sewi pi tomo ni la jan mute li pali e telo nasa tan kili.

jan mute li pali ante lon tomo.

jan mute li pali ante lon tomo+ni^

jan mute li pali ante lon tomo+ni.

en

Many people function differently in the building.

sitelen Lasina

jan mute li pali ante lon tomo.

tomo ni li tomo seme?

tomo+ni^ li tomo seme

tomo+ni li tomo seme.

en

The building is what building?

sitelen Lasina

tomo ni li tomo seme?

ken la tomo ni li ni:

ken la tomo+ni^ li ni

ken la tomo+ni li ni.

en

Maybe this building is this:

sitelen Lasina

ken la tomo ni li ni:

ona li tomo moku li tomo pi pona len li tomo musi li tomo pali.

ona li tomo moku
zz li tomo pi pona len
zz li tomo musi
zz li tomo pali

ona li tomo moku li tomo pi pona len li tomo musi li tomo pali.

en

It is an eating building and a clothes-bettering building and an entertainmnet building and a work building.

sitelen Lasina

ona li tomo moku li tomo pi pona len li tomo musi li tomo pali.

ona li tomo kulupu a.

ona li tomo+kulupu a

ona li tomo+kulupu a.

en

It is a communal building ah.

sitelen Lasina

ona li tomo kulupu a.