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mavmav0.bsky.social
just a guy, really. a lad even. a fella. I like linguistics, conlanging, music, world building, video games, and several other things; and I suck at all of them. mi la, toki pona li pona mute a! #oponaemi
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github.com/Id405/sitele...
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sina wile e nasin pi sitelen pona lon ilo sina.
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taso kijetesantakalu la, jan mute li toki e nimi kije, e nimi kijete.
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That is a god damn pannekake!
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This is the ideal pancake
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I’m sorry, but this is incorrect
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Nah, it’s something else. trust
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toki boner
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sona a. ken la, ni li ken ala. mi sona ala.
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sina toki e ni: sina wile e mu tan ijo ante. ijo ante li seme? ijo ale pi toki sina li tan ilo pi sewi laso anu seme? anu la, sina wile e mu tan ilo ante anu seme? nanpa tu li ken. nanpa wan mi sona ala.
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Haha. Yeah. Whatever that means…
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ken la kiwen pi palisa sijelo soweli ku la: kiwen pi soweli moli, kala lon insa kiwen, kiwen pi soweli pi majuna mute, sijelo moli li kama kiwen. sina la, nimi “fossil” li seme?
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could you not read before?
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ona li kama kiwen
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The most basic defence from a writer’s punch.
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This comment is not a question and thus does not count.
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pona a!
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ni la, “sina o toki **tawa** mi” li pona. nimi “tawa” li weka. “sina o toki mi” li kama “hey you! be my speech” lon toki Inli. (ante toki li ken ante)
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As a content word meaning “true, correct, existing”, yes. People don’t really use prepositions in content word phrases, which I think is what you meant. At least I have not seen anyone do it. But for this you don’t really need it. I’d say “(kulupu) unpa pi ilo tawa sewi” (or ilo tawa waso).
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mi wile toki e nimi pi toki Epanja la, nimi pi toki pona li kama tawa lawa mi lon tenpo mute a. a a a! “taso mi lo veo” li nasa lon, taso ona li nasa pilin ala tawa mi.
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tan pi pakala ona li ilo pakala pi wawa mute. mi la, ona li ike mute. ona li pona ala e ijo. jan li toki e ni tawa mi: ona li pini e utala. taso mi pilin ala e ni. ona li ike tawa jan ale. jan o jo ala e wawa pi mute ni. jan li ni la, ike a.
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ken la, ona li lon len.
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sina sona ala sona e ni?
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jan Wolapu a
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pilin mi li sama ala.
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Don't worry. I didn't know it had anything to do with Native Americans, or even America in general. Thanks for the article, I'll keep it in mind.
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you are my spirit animal
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nasin mi la, ona li ken nimi “yes”. nasin pi jan mute la, ona li sama.
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It could be future: Tomorrow, I will have eaten. (The action has not been completed as of yet. In relation to tomorrow (time in consideration) it will have been completed.) Or past: When you arrived, I had already eaten. (Action was completed at a point prior to the actual time of the sentence.)
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This could be present: I have eaten. (The sentence is in the present tense, but the aspect is perfect as it's an action that in relation to **now** has already been completed.)
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Worth noting where the word "perfect" comes from. The latin word perfectus means something like "finished, completed, achieved". When we talk about the perfect aspect we generally talk about an action that has been completed at the actual time of the utterance.
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This is fair, it was not clear that the entire thing was a joke. At least not to me.
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I mean yeah, good, but that feels like a different thing again lol
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^·` 𝅏 ´·^
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Would you say this about a group of people using a word in any other language? I don’t think I would.
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You need a font to read that. Here’s a pic instead
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ウタラ・ア
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ken la, “kama wan! kama wan! kama wan!”
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len ni la, sina pona mute lukin a
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nasin lape mi li pona ala a. mi sona e pilin ni.
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I agree that (mi la) corn on the cob is not pan, it’s kili to me.
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But is it wrong?
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Remember that the first word will be what that thing actually fundamentally is. I used “ante” to signify that it’s a kind of change. What kind of a change is it? Well it’s a change related to language! A translation! (The context of our conversation does a lot of heavy lifting here)
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Almost! toki - language, communication, speaking etc. ante - change, changing, different etc. toki ante - a different/changing language ante toki - changing of language, translation
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Yes! See? You’re awesome at translating! ante toki sina li wawa mute a!