
pona! jan li toki mute e nimi "awen tawa". taso ona li toki ala e nimi "awen tan".

"awen ala tan me". Ni li pona mute tawa me.

o awen ala tawa mi -> o awen ala e mi [?]

Ĉu "mi awen e sina" ne povas signifi "Mi atendas vin"?

ala. "mi awen e sina." means "I keep you." (I make you stay, I protect you etc.)
"mi estas fidela al vi." could be "mi kute e sina.", "mi pali tawa sina." or "mi awen pona tawa sina." or even "mi awen tawa sina." But the last sounds a bit off. It's not "I keep for you." (awen is a verb, like "I remain for you." hence "I stay for you.") but "I keep going for you." (awen is a pre-verb and tawa acts as a verb, as in "mi tawa tomo.")
mi awen tawa sina. = I wait/stay/keep (where/as I am) for you (I'm doing this for you, I stay here for you, You're the purpose of my waiting).
mi awen tan sina. = I wait because of you (You're the cause of my waiting, you make me wait).
While both sound good to me, "awen tan" sounds a bit better for me, but I haven't seen it documented, I've only seen "awen tawa". That's why I changed. And only if you all agree I will revert to the original.

pona! nimi "awen tan" en nimi "awen tawa" li pona sama tawa mi.

toki ni li nasa mute kin! tawa mi la toki pona li ni:
telo sewi li kama anpa la o tawa poka ala mi.
nimi "telo li anpa" li pona lili. taso nimi "telo sewi li kama anpa" li pona mute. ona li suli. taso ona li pona mute kin.
nimi "poka" li nasa lon ni tawa sina la mi kepeken nimi "tan".
@soweli_Elepanto o toki e pilin sina.

a! tenpo ni la mi sona e toki ni. ona li toki e ni: mi tawa ala tan telo sewi.

ken:
... la mi tawa ala poka sina.
... la mi awen.
... la o wile ala e mi.

By the way
o tawa poka ala mi = go without me. (you go, but I don't)
o tawa ala poka mi = don't go with me. (I go, but you don't)
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