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Hello, everybody! My name is Wyatt!
I created this website because I wanted a place to store my creations (all of which are at least tangentially related to toki pona)!
I hope you all like these!
I am learning toki pona right now, so feel free to correct me as pedantically as you wish!

lipu sona pi nasin kijetesantakalu nanpa wan

tenpo kijetesantakalu la, jan Sonja li lon e nasin pi nimi "en." ona li toki e ni:"On this blessed anniversary of kijetesantakalu, I would like to formally clarify that en is a subject marker that is omitted at the beginning of a sentence. The default and recommended word order in Toki Pona has always been subject–verb–object, but other structures are possible for stylistic effect."ni li musi pi tenpo kijetesantakalu. taso, ni li nasin pona tawa mi. taso, sina o, toki ala kepeken nasin ni tan ni: jan ala li sona e toki sina.ni la, sitelen lukin li lon anpa.

Lesson one of nasin kijetesantakalu

On April Fools' Day, Sonja Lang created a way to use the word "en." She said:"On this blessed anniversary of kijetesantakalu, I would like to formally clarify that en is a subject marker that is omitted at the beginning of a sentence. The default and recommended word order in Toki Pona has always been subject–verb–object, but other structures are possible for stylistic effect."This was, fairly obviously, an April Fools' joke. However, I think this is a system that has some merit. But, please don't actually use this system to speak toki pona because literally nobody will understand you.With that, here are some examples.

lipu sona pi nasin kijetesantakalu nanpa tu

lipu sona pi nasin kijetesantakalu nanpa wan li pana sona pi nimi "en." nimi ni li ken kama wan e kulupu nimi kepeken nasin kijetesantakalu! ni li nasin:[nimi ijo nanpa wan] li [nimi pali nanpa wan] e [nimi kama nanpa wan] en [nimi ijo nanpa tu] li [nimi pali nanpa tu] e [nimi kama nanpa tu]sitelen lukin li lon anpa:

Lesson Two of nasin kijetesantakalu

The first lesson of nasin kijetesantakalu described the usage of the word "en." As an extension of this definition, it can also be used to connect sentences to eachother (ultimately coming from the free order of particles). The format is described below:[Subject 1] li [Verb 1] e [Object 1] en [Subject 2] li [Verb 2] e [Object 2]Here are some examples:

nimi en kon

toki a! toki Inli la, ijo li jo e kon la, nimi ijo li ken ante tawa ni: ijo ante li jo ala e kon. toki pona la, ni li lon ala! sitelen ni li pana e sona pi toki pona tawa sina. kepeken nimi mu, kepeken nimi moli/pakala, kepeken nimi kalama/mu la, mi pana sona e kepeken pona pi nimi ni.nimi nanpa wan li nimi mama. ijo pi jo kon ala la, jan mute li kepeken ala e nimi mama. taso, ni li kepeken pona e nimi mama! sina toki e "Coffee Maker" la, sina toki e "ilo pi telo wawa!" taso, "mama pi telo wawa" li kulupu nimi pona! jan mute li sona e ni tan ni: lipu nimi suli li toki e ni: nimi mama li "parent."nimi nanpa tu en nimi nanpa tu wan li nimi pakala li nimi moli. lipu nimi suli li toki e ni: nimi pakala li "broken." nimi suli li toki e ni: nimi moli li "dead." ni li ante pi jo kon ala. taso, ni li ante ike. ijo li pakala lon tenpo lili. ijo li moli lon tenpo ale.nimi nanpa tu tu en nimi nanpa luka li nimi kalama li nimi mu. mi la, ni li lon. taso, sina la, ni li lon ala. ante ni li ante mute. mu li lon mute. kalama li lon lili.o sona e ni: ante pi jo kon li lon ala! o toki insa e ni: toki sina nanpa wan en toki pona li jo e ante!sina pona tan ni: sina lukin e sitelen ni!mi tawa!

Animacy Distinction

When speaking toki pona, many, without realizing it, may exclude using certain words due to animacy distinctions present in their native language. In this essay, we'll review mu, pakala/moli, and kalama/muA very big victim of this is the word mama. In two of the most popular online toki pona dictionaries, lipu Linku and nimi.li, mama is defined as "parent, ancestor; creator, originator, caretaker, or sustainer." This leads to people either forgetting about or intentionally excluding the word because its defined closer to animate objects than inanimate ones. For example, "ilo pi telo wawa" is often the first thing people think of when they want to say coffee maker. However, an equally good way to say coffee maker could be "mama pi telo wawa." However, because of mama's associastion with living things, people often disregard "mama" as a headnoun. This is what I mean by animacy distinction.Another perceived difference in animacy is pakala versus moli. pakala is defined as "botched, broken, damaged, harmed, or messed up" and moli is defined as "dead, or dying" (There is an extended definition of "to kill" that is neglected here). Many people will refrain from using moli for inanimate objects because "you can't die if you never were living in the first place," but this isn't what the word is going for. It is not an animacy distinction, but a severity distinction. If you break (pakala) something, you can fix it. However, if you kill (moli) something, it is permanent and cannot be undone. There is no specific word in English to irrecoverably break something, and so "to die" was the closest word to describe it as.Lastly, the distinction between kalama, and mu. Now, this is more of a personal preference but I feel like there is an extended nuance to the words kalama and mu. To me, the distinction isn't animacy but frequency. A fire crackling is mu, but a fire dying out is kalama. A toaster making a "ding!" noise is a mu, but a toaster making a scraping noise is a kalama. A cow moo-ing is a mu, but a cow falling over onto the ground is a kalama.Overall, The purpose of this essay is to try to get you to think about how you use toki pona, and trying to get you to remember that you have linguistic biases in surprising places.And with that, I bid farewell.