I'm translating my current videogame project into Toki Pona! It's delightful fun, but also a bit tricky at times. The tiny vocabulary makes it difficult to come up with unambiguous ways to refer to in-game mechanics. The lack of pronounceable numbers is also a minor pain, but the community seems to mostly be okay with using arabic numerals as an escape valve, and letting the reader choose which pronunciation system they prefer.
nim-ka · 4h ago
do you know toki pona? the sentences i'm getting in this practice thing have basic grammatical errors, as does the title of the site itself; plus, the way you categorize words is just totally wrong (there are 6 preverbs not 2). did you just vibe code out this entire site? also your text-to-speech for the sentences mispronounces everything
bw86 · 3h ago
I second this. This seems to be a good way to learn wrong things.
I recommend https://wasona.com/ as a better alternative.
jan_nan · 3h ago
mi wile e ni: jan ante li lon ni li toki kepeken toki pona anu seme? me kama awen e sona.
jan pali li sitelen e toki sitelen tenpo pini. jan ali li sama. tan la, mi sona ala!
English:
I wonder if there are other people on Hacker News who know toki pona? I myself am still learning it.
I see the author of this site is using the old sitelen (glyphs), as is usual for most in the toki pona community. I don't understand why the new glyphs aren't used more.
bw86 · 3h ago
mi ken toki kepeken toki pona. o pona tawa sina tan ni: sina kama sona e toki pona la mi ken toki tawa sina kepeken toki pona. ni li musi tawa mi.
lipu ni li ike mute. ona li lipu pi sona ala li pakala e kulupu nimi. sina wile kama sona e toki pona la o lukin e lipu ante a!
jan_nan · 3h ago
toki! sina toki pona tawa mi. mi musi mute a!
mi kama sona pi toki pona kepeken lipu mute. ilo YouTube li suli tan ni. mi ken toki lili, taso mi ken ala sona e sona suli. mi wile e tenpo mute tan kama sona.
mi toki insa e ni: mi toki kepeken toki pona anu toki kepeken toki Inli kama toki pona.
bw86 · 2h ago
sina lukin ala lukin e sitelen pi jan Misali? mi open e kama sona kepeken sitelen ni.
sina wile pona e toki pona sina la o kepeken kulupu nimi mute. toki ante la jan li ken toki kepeken kulupu nimi suli. taso toki pona la kulupu nimi o suli ala.
mi wile toki e kulupu nimi pini sina la mi toki sama ni:
"mi toki kepeken toki pona anu seme? toki mi li toki Inli taso li kama nimi pi toki pona taso anu seme?"
nasin mute li lon. toki pona li toki lon li wile ante.
My only problem is that the main reference book is not public domain but paid.
nim-ka · 3h ago
the community actively maintains public domain resources and teaching materials online; the book is way outdated anyway, and is not considered a reference
aap_ · 4h ago
If Toki Pona has too many words for you, try Tuki Tiki, it only has 39 words.
jan pali li sitelen e toki sitelen tenpo pini. jan ali li sama. tan la, mi sona ala!
English: I wonder if there are other people on Hacker News who know toki pona? I myself am still learning it.
I see the author of this site is using the old sitelen (glyphs), as is usual for most in the toki pona community. I don't understand why the new glyphs aren't used more.
lipu ni li ike mute. ona li lipu pi sona ala li pakala e kulupu nimi. sina wile kama sona e toki pona la o lukin e lipu ante a!
mi kama sona pi toki pona kepeken lipu mute. ilo YouTube li suli tan ni. mi ken toki lili, taso mi ken ala sona e sona suli. mi wile e tenpo mute tan kama sona.
mi toki insa e ni: mi toki kepeken toki pona anu toki kepeken toki Inli kama toki pona.
mi wile toki e kulupu nimi pini sina la mi toki sama ni: "mi toki kepeken toki pona anu seme? toki mi li toki Inli taso li kama nimi pi toki pona taso anu seme?"
nasin mute li lon. toki pona li toki lon li wile ante.
sine wile la o kepeken e ni o toki tawa jan ante kepeken toki pona: https://discord.gg/ChC6qtVsSE
Sapir-Worf taken to the extreme.