mi toki ala lon toki Nijon. - Toki Pona example sentence

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tommy_san March 16, 2013 March 16, 2013 at 2:03:35 AM UTC

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Maybe it's better to use "kepeken" instead---or is it a controversial point?
http://forums.tokipona.org/view...php?f=5&t=2157

Vortarulo March 16, 2013 March 16, 2013 at 2:21:19 AM UTC

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I disagree with jan Kipo there. Toki Pona has always been using "toki" as a verb for 'to speak' AND 'to say'. It's quite vague in this regard, and one surely could avoid this vagueness by using "kepeken", but this isn't very common, it seems.
As far as I remember, the inventor used "toki" in this way herself.

tommy_san March 16, 2013 March 16, 2013 at 2:47:41 AM UTC

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I see. Using "e" surely isn't confusing in this case, so I too feel like avoiding the long word "kepeken" here. Only in more ambiguous cases could we turn to "kepeken".
mi wile kute e pilin jan ante.

Tepan February 27, 2019 February 27, 2019 at 4:30:02 AM UTC

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I remember that "lon" is correct, but I still have to check if there really is an example of such a usage in the official Toki Pona book.

"mi toki ala lon toki Nijon."

Tepan September 29, 2020 September 29, 2020 at 11:54:16 AM UTC

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toki e toki -> toki lon toki

Tepan September 29, 2020 September 29, 2020 at 11:55:18 AM UTC

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"toki e" as "to speak" surely works for "to speak the truth", but it doesn't work for languages.

Tepan October 27, 2020 October 27, 2020 at 5:53:40 PM UTC

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sike esun tu la jan li toki sin ala. tan ni la mi ante e nimi mute ni.

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #284Ich spreche kein Japanisch..

mi toki ala e toki Nijon.

added by Vortarulo, December 10, 2010

➜ #284Ich spreche kein Japanisch.

linked by Vortarulo, December 10, 2010

mi toki ala lon toki Nijon.

edited by Tepan, October 27, 2020

➜ #397369Я не размаўляю па-японску.