lesson 19 - and...

vocab

󱥇 openbegin, start, open, turn on; beginning

󱥊 palisalong and hard thing; branch, pole, rod, stick, spine, mast

󱥯 unpasex, to have sex with

󱥃 nokafoot, leg, organ of locomotion, roots

󱤚 kilifruit, vegetable, seed, mushroom

󱤊 en particlebetween additional subjects

lesson

how to say and

to say and, you repeat the particle. for additional subjects you use the particle 󱤊 en.

this means you repeat 󱤊 en for subjects, 󱤧 li for predicates, 󱤉 e for direct objects, and repeat the preposition for multiple prepositional phrases.

subject 󱤊 subject 󱤧 predicate 󱤧 predicate 󱤉 object 󱤉 object preposition phrase prepositian phrase
subject en subject li predicate li predicate e object e object preposition phrase preposition phrase

examples

󱤑󱤊󱥢󱤧󱥩󱤧󱥉󱤙󱥃󱤙󱤎
jan en soweli li tawa li pali kepeken noka kepeken ilo

the person and the dog are walking and working using legs and tools

󱤴󱤊󱥞󱥄󱥩󱥵󱥄󱥉󱥵󱤀
mi en sina o tawa wawa o pali wawa a

me and you have to move quickly and work hard!

exercises

translate from toki pona to english

mi en sina li ken ale

me and you can do anything

ona li tawa suli kepeken noka

they are going far with their legs

waso o · o pana e palisa ni tawa mi

hey bird, give me that stick

a kon li lete mute

oh the wind is cold

translate from english to toki pona

this community does not need a leader

kulupu ni li wile ala e lawa

what are you and lisa up to?

sina en waso Lisa li seme

what's the meaning of this word?

kon pi nimi ni li seme

they are very strong and tall

ona li wawa mute li suli mute

read sitelen pona

󱥞󱥷󱥇󱤉󱤎󱥞󱤡󱥄󱤭󱤉󱥀󱥆

sina wile open e ilo sina la o luka e nena ona
to turn on your device, push its button

󱤚󱤄󱤊󱤗󱤄󱤧󱤖󱤣

kili ale en kasi ale li kama laso
all the fruits and plants turned green

󱥟󱥆󱤧󱤾󱥩󱤮󱥑󱥩󱤮󱤁

sinpin ona li nasa tawa lukin pipi tawa lukin akesi
their face looks weird to bugs and lizards

󱥄󱤈󱦜󱥐󱥍󱤪󱥡󱥁󱤧󱤖󱤇󱥙

o awen · pini pi lipu sona li kama anu seme
hold on. is this almost the end of the course?