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Proverbs |
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A collection of useful phrases in Toki Pona, a simple pidgin-like language invented by Sonja Elen Kisa in 2001 and based on universal human experience designed to express as much as possible with relatively few sounds and words.
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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