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akesi musi

Someone uses a fork to feed a piece delicious yellow cake to the eager mouth of a rubber toy triceratops.

Someone uses a fork to feed a piece delicious yellow cake to the eager mouth of a rubber toy triceratops. Image: Pretending to feed cake to a rubber toy dinosaur | by Joanna Malinowska | freestocks.org. | CC-Zero

sitelen Lasina

mi pilin pona. mi jo e akesi musi.
mi jo e pan suwi kin.

pan suwi li jelo.
pan suwi li pona lukin.
aaa, mi wile open e moku a!

taso akesi musi kin li wile moku.
mi o awen.

mi pana e kipisi pi pan suwi tawa akesi.
akesi o moku pona a!

English

I feel good.
I have an amusing reptile.
I have sweet bread too.

The sweet bread is yellow.
The sweet bread is visually good.
Aaargh, I want to start the consumption ah!

But the amusing reptile too wants to consume.
I should wait.

I give a slice of sweet bread to the reptile.
Reptile please consume well ah!

sitelen pona

mi pilin pona
mi jo e akesi musi
mi jo e pan suwi kin

pan suwi li jelo
pan suwi li pona lukin
aaa
mi wile open e moku a

taso
akesi musi kin li wile moku
mi o awen

mi pana e kipisi pi pan suwi
zz tawa akesi
akesi o moku pona a

sitelen pona

mi pilin pona .。︁ mi jo e akesi musi .。︁ mi jo e pan suwi kin .。︁

pan suwi li jelo .。︁ pan suwi li pona lukin .。︁ aaa mi wile open e moku a .。︁

taso akesi musi kin li wile moku .。︁ mi o awen .。︁

mi pana e kipisi pi pan suwi tawa akesi .。︁ akesi o moku pona a .。︁

toki pona English sitelen pona
mi pilin pona. I feel good. mi pilin pona
mi pilin pona
mi jo e akesi musi. I have an amusing reptile. mi jo e akesi musi
mi jo e akesi musi
mi jo e pan suwi kin. I have sweet bread too. mi jo e pan suwi kin
mi jo e pan suwi kin
pan suwi li jelo. The sweet bread is yellow. pan suwi li jelo
pan suwi li jelo
pan suwi li pona lukin. The sweet bread is visually good. pan suwi li pona lukin
pan suwi li pona lukin
aaa, mi wile open e moku a! Aaargh, I want to start the consumption ah! aaa
mi wile open e moku a
aaa mi wile open e moku a
taso akesi musi kin li wile moku. But the amusing reptile too wants to consume. taso
akesi musi kin li wile moku
taso akesi musi kin li wile moku
mi o awen. I should wait. mi o awen
mi o awen
mi pana e kipisi pi pan suwi tawa akesi. I give a slice of sweet bread to the reptile. mi pana e kipisi pi pan suwi
zz tawa akesi
mi pana e kipisi pi pan suwi tawa akesi
akesi o moku pona a! Reptile please consume well ah! akesi o moku pona a
akesi o moku pona a

mi pilin pona.

mi pilin pona

mi pilin pona.

en

I feel good.

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mi pilin pona.

mi jo e akesi musi.

mi jo e akesi musi

mi jo e akesi musi.

en

I have an amusing reptile.

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mi jo e akesi musi.

mi jo e pan suwi kin.

mi jo e pan suwi kin

mi jo e pan suwi kin.

en

I have sweet bread too.

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mi jo e pan suwi kin.

pan suwi li jelo.

pan suwi li jelo

pan suwi li jelo.

en

The sweet bread is yellow.

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pan suwi li jelo.

pan suwi li pona lukin.

pan suwi li pona lukin

pan suwi li pona lukin.

en

The sweet bread is visually good.

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pan suwi li pona lukin.

aaa, mi wile open e moku a!

aaa
mi wile open e moku a

aaa mi wile open e moku a.

en

Aaargh, I want to start the consumption ah!

sitelen Lasina

aaa, mi wile open e moku a!

taso akesi musi kin li wile moku.

taso
akesi musi kin li wile moku

taso akesi musi kin li wile moku.

en

But the amusing reptile too wants to consume.

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taso akesi musi kin li wile moku.

mi o awen.

mi o awen

mi o awen.

en

I should wait.

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mi o awen.

mi pana e kipisi pi pan suwi tawa akesi.

mi pana e kipisi pi pan suwi
zz tawa akesi

mi pana e kipisi pi pan suwi tawa akesi.

en

I give a slice of sweet bread to the reptile.

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mi pana e kipisi pi pan suwi tawa akesi.

akesi o moku pona a!

akesi o moku pona a

akesi o moku pona a.

en

Reptile please consume well ah!

sitelen Lasina

akesi o moku pona a!