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Kinship |
Idioms |
Tongue twisters |
Proverbs
A collection of useful phrases in Toki Pona. You can see them in many other languages by clicking on the English versions.
| English | (Toki Pona) |
|---|---|
| Welcome | kama pona |
| Hello | toki! |
| How are you? I'm fine, thanks. And you? |
sina pilin e seme? |
| mi pilin pona. Sina pona ala pona? | |
| Long time no see | |
| What's your name? My name is ... |
nimi sina li seme? |
| nimi mi li ... | |
| Where are you from? I'm from ... |
sina tan ma seme? |
| mi tan ma ... | |
| Pleased to meet you | mi pona tan ni: mi sona e sina. |
| Good morning | |
| Good afternoon | |
| Good evening | |
| Good night | lape pona |
| Goodbye | mi tawa (person leaving) / tawa pona (person staying) |
| Good luck | o pona |
| Cheers/Good health! | nasa pona |
| Have a nice day | musi pona |
| Bon appetit | moku pona |
| Bon voyage | tawa pona |
| I don't understand | mi sona ala |
| I don't know | |
| Please speak more slowly | o toki kepeken tenpo mute |
| Please say that again | o toki e ni sin |
| Please write it down | o sitelen e ni |
| Do you speak Toki Pona? Yes, a little |
sina sona ala sona e toki pona? |
| mi sona lili | |
| How do you say ... in Toki Pona? |
... li seme lon toki pona? |
| Excuse me | o weka e ike mi |
| How much is this? | ni li mani pi mute seme? |
| Sorry | mi pakala |
| Please | mi wile |
| Thank you Response |
pona |
| pona | |
| Where's the toilet? | tomo telo li lon seme? |
| This gentleman/lady will pay for everything |
jan mije ni li pana tan ali / jan meli ni li pana tan ali |
| Would you like to dance with me? |
sina wile ala wile tawa musi poka mi? |
| I love you | mi olin e sina |
| Get well soon | o pona kepeken tenpo lili |
| Leave me alone! | o tawa weka! |
| Help! Fire! Stop! |
o pana pona tawa mi! seli! o awen! |
| Call the police! | |
| Merry Christmas and Happy New Year |
|
| Happy Easter | |
| Happy Birthday | |
| One language is never enough |
toki wan li pona lili. toki mute li pona mute |
| My hovercraft is full of eels |
tomo tawa lon sewi supa telo mi li jo e kala linja lon insa ali |
Toki Pona translations by Aidan Beckley
If you would like to make any corrections or additions to this page, please contact me.
Other collections of Toki Pona phrases
http://en.tokipona.org/wiki/Common_phrases
http://www.pineight.com/tokipona/tpreview.html
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