We are two thirds of the way through! Now you know 79 Toki Pona words, plus some names.
Toki Pona isn’t just a language people write stories in. Many people speak it online, chatting with one another. To wrap up Part 2 of this course, let’s try to read a casual conversation:
toki hello
toki a! hii!
sina pilin ala pilin pona? are you feeling good?
pilin ala no :(
tan seme? why?
mi o pali suli a i need to do a lot of work!
wawa mi li lili i don't have the energy...
mi ken ala ken pana e pona? can i help you?
ken a! yes, you can!
o toki tawa mi talk to me!
pona okay!
sina o pali seme? what kind of work do you need to do?
ijo mute li lon supa mi there is a lot of stuff on my desk
poki lete mi li jo e ala there is nothing in my fridge
ilo seli mi li pakala and my heater is broken
a, sona! ah, i see!
o lukin e supa sina lon open take a look at your desk, to begin with
seme o weka tan supa? what should be put away from your desk?
seme o awen? what should remain on the desk?
pona okay.
mi lukin e ijo mute i'm looking at a lot of stuff
mi pana e ona tawa poki pona i'm putting it away to the correct drawers
supa li kama pona tawa lukin the desk has become nice to look at
pona a! great!
sina jo ala e moku anu seme? so, you don't have any food, is that right?
jo ala i don't :(
sina jo ala jo e mani? do you have money?
jo i do
pona good!
o tawa esun go to the market
mi tawa i'm going
mi kama jo e moku i've acquired food
wawa awesome!
tomo mi li awen lete a ahh, my room is still cold
sina ken ala ken pona e ilo? can you fix the heater?
ken ala i can't!
ike a oh no!
o lon supa lape get in bed
o kepeken len use a blanket
a pona ah good idea
pona o tawa sina thank you
There is still much to learn, but now you can hold a conversation, ask and answer questions, and ask your partner to help you out. Toki Pona is most pleasant when you have got someone to enjoy it together with. So go out into the community, meet new people, make friends!
If you want to combine listening and talking, join a VRChat meetup, where people can hang out as virtual avatars! Every Saturday some Toki Pona speakers and learners come to enjoy our time together, and talk about things we care about in this nice language.