Toki Pona presentation slides

toki pona
A presentation by
Christopher Huff
Polyglot Gathering Berlin 2014
open
v. to begin, start, open, turn on
—  120 words
—  Born in 2001
—  jan Sonja
—  Online community
nasin
n. way, doctrine, road, custom
—  Lexicon
—  Grammar
—  Through community discussion
pona
adj. good, positive, useful
—  Philosophical benefits
—  Life benefits
—  Rewarding and fun
—  Tool for self-knowledge
pona
adj. good, positive, useful
mu
particle (animal noise or communication)
—  No nuance?
—  “too strong a word”
—  pana kon vs. kalama sijelo
—  Sex
—  Counting
—  Forgiving pronunciation (e.g. sijelo)
—  Expressing tense
sitelen
n. image, writing, picture, symbol
sitelen
n. image, writing, picture, symbol
toki
v. to communicate, say, speak, use language
—  14 ~ a, e, I, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, s, t, u, w
—  No plural marker, no articles
—  mi - I, me
sina – you, your
—  jan – person
pona – good, simple, friendly
—  mi jan
ike – bad, negative, non-essential
—  jan pona
—  jan pona mi
—  sina jan pona mi
—  mi jan pona sina
jan Kolisu li jan pona mi.
toki
v. to communicate, say, speak, use language
—  li (between subject and verb/adjective; introduces new verb
for same subject)
—  ona - 3rd person pronoun
—  ona li pona. ona li jan pona mi.
—  ona li pona li jan pona mi.
—  ala (negation, used in yes/no questions)
—  sina pona ala pona? mi pona. mi pona ala.
—  seme (“what,” used in content questions)
—  jan seme (“who”), ona li seme (“what is he/she/it like?”)
toki
v. to communicate, say, speak, use language
—  moku – eat, food, drink, swallow, consume
—  mi moku.
—  wile – to want, need, should, wish, must, require
—  mi wile moku.
—  sina wile ala wile moku?
—  wile.
—  wile ala.
kama sona
v.phr. to learn about (lit.
come to know)
Twitter: @thechuff
FB: Christopher Huff
Web: LanguageFan.com
e mi
me!