toki pona daily

a new toki pona word every day

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lon

noun: truth; life, existence

adjective: real, present; true

verb: is, exists

preposition: is in/at/on [something]; during, in the context of [something]

Examples:

lon a! ("Yes!")

waso li lon. ("There is a bird.")

lon mi li ike mute. ("My life is so bad.")

lon li seme? ("What is life [alt. 'the truth']?")

mi wile e moku lon. ("I want real food.")

jan sitelen li sitelen lon lipu. ("The author [lit. 'text person'] writes on the page.")

soweli pimeja li olin e lape lon tenpo lete. ("The black bear [lit. 'animal'] likes to sleep during winter [lit. 'the cold time'].")

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sin

noun: something new or novel, an update; an addition

adjective: new or fresh; extra

verb: to add or update

Examples:

moku ni li sin! ("This food is new [alt. 'fresh']!")

o sin ni e kulupu. ("Add it to the rest [lit. 'the group'].")

sin pi musi sitelen li ike. ("The video game update [lit. 'the image-fun new'] is bad.")

ni li sin ala. ("It's not new.")

mi alasa e soweli sin. ("I'm searching for a new animal.")

moku li jo e ijo sin. ("The food has something extra.")

jan sitelen li sin e lipu ona. ("The author [lit. 'text person'] updates their page.")

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anu

particle: equivalent to english "or"

Examples:

sina wile e moku anu lape? ("Do you want to eat or sleep?")

mi anu ona li pana e mani tawa jan pali. ("We or they will pay [lit. 'give money to'] the worker.")

jan li loje anu laso e sitelen. ("The person colors the art red or blue.")

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tawa

noun: movement, motion

adjective: moving

verb: to move; to cause an object to move

preposition: to, towards; for, on behalf of; from the perspective of

Examples:

kiwen ni li tawa! ("That rock is moving!")

sina ale o tawa e sijelo sina! ("All of you, move your body!")

o lukin e soweli tawa. ("Watch the moving animals.")

waso li tawa sewi tawa ma anpa lon tenpo lete. ("Birds fly [lit. 'move high'] south [lit. 'toward the low land'] in winter [lit. 'at the cold time'].")

ni li pona tawa mi. ("It's good to me [alt. 'from my perspective'].")

moku li pona mute tawa uta. ("The food tastes really good [lit. 'is very good to the mouth'].")

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uta

noun: the mouth; the lips

adjective: oral [lit. 'mouth-y']

verb: to bite; to put in one's mouth

Examples:

sina o kepeken ala e luka, o kepeken e uta. ("You shouldn't use your hand, use your mouth.")

soweli ni li jo e uta pi suli mute! ("This animal has a very big mouth!")

mi kute e ni tan uta ona. ("I heard it from his mouth.")

jan utala li uta e ilo pi uta awen. ("The fighter [lit. 'battle person'] bit his mouth guard [lit. 'tool of safe mouth'].")

o pona e kiwen uta. ("Clean [lit. 'improve'] [your] teeth [lit. 'mouth rocks'].")

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e

particle: specifies where the predicate (the object/target of a verb phrase) begins in a sentence

Examples:

mi moku e kili suwi lili. ("I'm eating sweet little fruits.")

jan pona sina li alasa sona e lipu ni. ("Your friend [lit. 'your good person'] is trying to understand that book.")

jan pali li luka e ilo pi suli mute. ("The worker handles the heavy machinery [lit. very big/important tools].")

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toki

noun: speech, language, communication, conversation

adjective: verbal, talking, related to speech or language

verb: to speak, to use language, [more generally] to think

Examples:

toki! ("Hello!")

ona li toki e jan pali suli ona. ("They are talking to their boss [lit. 'their important work person']")

soweli ni li toki, ni li nasa. ("This animal is talking, that's weird")

mi sona ala e toki pi jan ni. ("I don't know this person's language")

o pana e palisa toki. ("Give [me] the microphone [lit. 'stick of speech']")

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ma

noun: dirt, earth; land, territory, country; [more generally] place

Examples:

jan pi mama kasi li tawa tawa ma kasi. ("The gardener [lit. 'person of plant growing'] went to the garden [lit. 'plant land'].")

sina wile tawa tawa ma musi? ("Do you want to go to the arcade [lit. 'fun place']?")

waso li tawa sewi tawa ma pi weka mute lon tenpo lete. ("Birds fly [lit. 'move high'] to far away lands in winter [lit. 'at the cold time'].")

mi moku e kili ma. ("I eat potatoes [lit. 'dirt fruit'].")

o pakala e ma ni. ("Dig here [lit. 'Break this ground'].")

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pan

noun: bread; any grain based food, such as corn, rice, or bread based products

Examples:

mi wile e palisa pan. ("I want breadsticks.")

ona li moku e pan kala. ("He is eating a fish sandwich [lit. 'fish bread'].")

jan suli mi li moku e pan lili taso. ("My parents [lit. 'my important people'] eat only rice [lit. 'little grains'].")

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jan

noun: person, people; someone; humanity

adjective: related to people

Examples:

mi jan Lusi. ("My name is Lucy.")

ona li jan moku. ("She is a chef [lit. 'food person']

sina li ken sitelen ala e jan. ("You can't draw people.")

ni li moku jan, li moku soweli ala. ("This is people food, not animal food.")

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nena

noun: a hill or mountain; a bump; your nose

adjective: hilly; bumpy

Examples:

o pilin ala e nena mi. ("Don't touch my nose.")

soweli li jo e nena suli lon sinpin ona. ("The animal has a big nose on its face.")

sewi pi nena suli li lete mute. ("The top of the mountain [lit. 'big hill'] is very cold.")

ma li nena. ("The land is hilly.")

sike pi musi sijelo li jo e nena mute. ("The sports ball [lit. 'ball of physical fun'] has a lot of bumps.")

mi jo e nena lon selo mi. ("I have a bump on my skin.")

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nanpa

noun: number; mathematics

adjective: relating to numbers

particle: before a number word [e.g., 'wan' (1), 'tu' (2), 'luka' (5), 'mute' (20)], indicates that the number is being used as an ordinal; equivalent to english "-th"

Examples:

mi jan nanpa. ("I'm a mathematician [lit. 'a number person'].")

nanpa ni li seme? ("What number is this?")

o pana e telo nasa nanpa tu wan. ("Give [me] a third drink [lit. 'strange water number two+one'].")

waso nanpa wan li jo e pipi linja, taso, soweli lili nanpa tu li jo e moku jelo. ("The first bird [lit. 'bird number one'] has the worm [lit. 'string-bug'], but the second mouse [lit. 'little animal number two'] has the cheese [lit. 'yellow food'].")

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lili

adjective: small, little; young

verb: to make smaller

Examples:

jan lili li musi lon selo tomo. ("The children [lit. 'little/young people] are playing outside the house.")

mi moku e kili lili loje. ("I'm eating little red berries.")

ona lil lape lili lon ma kasi. ("She took a nap [lit. 'little sleep'] in the garden [lit. 'the plant land'].")

sina ken lili e sitelen ni? ("Can you make this text smaller?")

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lon

noun: truth; life, existence

adjective: real, present; true

verb: is, exists

preposition: is in/at/on [something]; during, in the context of [something]

Examples:

lon a! ("Yes!")

waso li lon. ("There is a bird.")

lon mi li ike mute. ("My life is so bad.")

lon li seme? ("What is life [alt. 'the truth']?")

mi wile e moku lon. ("I want real food.")

jan sitelen li sitelen lon lipu. ("The author [lit. 'text person'] writes on the page.")

soweli pimeja li olin e lape lon tenpo lete. ("The black bear [lit. 'animal'] likes to sleep during winter [lit. 'the cold time'].")

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ko

noun: any semi-solid substance, wet or dry; clay, paste; dust, powder, sand

Examples:

ko li seli! ("The sand is hot!")

mi jo ala e ko musi. ("I don't have any play-dough [lit. 'fun clay'].")

o weka e ko lon supa. ("Clean the dust off the floor [lit. 'Away the dust '].")

jan moku li sewi e moku kepeken ko sewi. ("The chef [lit. 'food person'] sweetens the food using sugar [lit. 'sweet dust'].")

jan pali li ko e ilo. ("The worker greases the tool.")

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sijelo

noun: the torso, more generally the body; your physicality or physical state

adjective: relating to the body; physical

Examples:

mi pakala e mi, sijelo mi li pilin e pona ala. ("I hurt [lit. 'broke'] myself, my body doesn't feel good.")

sijelo pi soweli suli li wawa mute. ("The body of the big animal is very powerful.")

mi tawa tawa jan pi sijelo pona. ("I went to the doctor [lit. 'person of good body/physicality'].")

mi wile e sijelo sina. ("I want your body.")

ona li jo e nasa sijelo. "He's sick [lit. 'he has a physical strangeness'].")

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li

particle: used to separate the subject and predicate of a sentence. Not necessary when the subject is mi ['I', 'we'] or sina ['you'].

Examples:

mi [li] lape. ("I'm sleeping.")

ona li moku. ("He eats.")

jan pona mi li seli e moku. ("My friend [lit. 'my good person'] is heating the food.")

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