This was recently on a textbin, glad I backed it up:
A More Refined Minimal Language Inspired by Toki Pona & SpamTec & Ytcracker
Basic Vocabulary:
suno - sun, light, day moku - food, eat tomo - shelter, place, structure telo - drink, water, fluid jan - individual, person soweli - creature, animal kama - future, approach, event tawa - move, direction, towards ni - this, present mi - self, I sina - other, you ona - they, he, she, it Grammar:
Basic Structure: Subject + Verb (or Predicate)
mi moku. - I eat. sina suno. - You shine or You are sunny. Direct Objects are introduced with "e":
mi moku e telo. - I consume water. (I drink water.) sina tawa e tomo. - You move towards the shelter. (You go to the house.) Questions:
For yes/no questions, use "seme" after the verb. mi moku seme? - Do I eat? sina tawa seme? - Are you moving? For open-ended questions, place "seme" where the unknown is. seme li moku? - Who eats? sina tawa e seme? - Where are you going? Tense Indication:
Past: Use pini before the verb. Future: Use kama before the verb. mi pini moku. - I previously ate. (I ate.) mi kama moku. - I will eat soon. (I will eat.) Negation: Use ala after the verb.
mi moku ala. - I don't eat. Possession: Use pi between the possessor and the thing possessed.
mi pi tomo. - My house. sina pi moku. - Your food.
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If anyone is interested in practicing with me, let me know!
this was circulating on usenet in early 2000s for a while, id love to see it official:
# Toki Pona: Snoufax II Advanced
## Basic Particles
- *a* - particle
- *e* - object marker
- *en* - and
- *la* - used for conditions and time
- *li* - links subject and predicate
- *o* - vocative particle
- *pi* - of
## Tense and Aspect Modifiers
- *sili* - Continuous or ongoing.
"mi sili toki" – I am speaking.
## Moods and Modality
- *kin* - Potentiality (can/might).
"mi kin toki" – I might speak.
## Technical and Scientific Terms
- *ilo sona* - Computer (knowledge tool).
"mi kepeken ilo sona" – I use a computer.
## Abstract Concepts
- *pona nasin* - Justice (right way/path).
"pona nasin li tawa mi" – Justice is important to me.
## Idiomatic Expressions
- *pakala luka* - Break a limb (good luck).
"pakala luka tawa sina!" – Break a leg (Good luck)!
## Politeness Levels
- *sewi* - To elevate the status of the person being spoken to.
"sewi jan Lisa, mi toki tawa sina" – Honorable Lisa, I speak to you.
## Detailed Descriptors
- *jelo pimeja* - Dark yellow (like mustard).
"mi jo e tomo jelo pimeja" – I have a mustard-colored house.
## Complex Syntax
- *seme* - Universally before a statement to make it interrogative.
"seme sina toki?" – Are you speaking?
## Pronouns
- *ono* - Neutral pronoun (they/them).
"ono li toki tawa mi" – They are speaking to me.
## Numerical System
- *ten* - Ten.
"mi jo e ten tomo" – I have ten houses.
## Prefixes/Suffixes for Intensifiers
- *suli-* - A prefix to mean "very/big".
"suli-pona" – Very good.
## Passive Voice
- *palisa* - Passive.
"mi palisa toki" – I am spoken to.
## Directional Particles
- *noka* - Toward.
"mi tawa noka tomo" – I am going towards the house.
- *monsi* - Away from.
"mi tawa monsi tomo" – I am moving away from the house.
## Negation of Modality
- *ala kin* - Cannot, impossible.
"mi ala kin toki" – I can't speak.
## Temporal Phrases
- *tenpo pini* - Previously, before.
"tenpo pini la, mi toki" – I spoke before.
- *tenpo kama* - Soon, later.
"tenpo kama la, mi toki" – I will speak later.
## Comparison and Superlatives
- *sama lili* - Less like, lesser.
"mi sama lili jan Lisa" – I am less like Lisa.
- *sama suli* - More like, greater.
"mi sama suli jan Lisa" – I am more like Lisa.
## Conditional Statements
- *sama... la* - If... then...
"sama toki pona li pona tawa sina la, sina toki kepeken ona" – If you like Toki Pona, then you speak using it.
## Reflexive Actions
- *sama mi* - Myself.
"mi toki tawa sama mi" – I talk to myself.
## Possession
- *pi mi* - Mine.
"tomo ni li pi mi" – This house is mine.
## Emphasis Particle
- *kin li* - Emphasizes the action or state.
"mi kin li toki!" – I really am speaking!
## Uncertainty or Hesitation
- *...anu...* - Either... or...
"mi toki anu toki ala" – I either speak or don't.
## Verb Structures
- *li... e* - Direct object indicator.
"mi li toki e toki" – I speak the language.
- *tan... tawa* - Cause and effect.
"mi tan tomo tawa tomo sona" – I go from home to school.
## Adjectives and Adverbs
- *sama sona* - Intelligently, knowledgeably.
"ona li toki sama sona" – He speaks intelligently.
- *pona mute* - Very well.
"mi toki pona mute" – I speak very well.
As an experienced toki pona speaker, this list is amusing because most of this is either a pointless terrible idea or already valid and accepted - somehow with very little in between. I'll leave it to the next commenter to go point by point.
Basic Vocabulary:
suno - sun, light, day moku - food, eat tomo - shelter, place, structure telo - drink, water, fluid jan - individual, person soweli - creature, animal kama - future, approach, event tawa - move, direction, towards ni - this, present mi - self, I sina - other, you ona - they, he, she, it Grammar:
Basic Structure: Subject + Verb (or Predicate)
mi moku. - I eat. sina suno. - You shine or You are sunny. Direct Objects are introduced with "e":
mi moku e telo. - I consume water. (I drink water.) sina tawa e tomo. - You move towards the shelter. (You go to the house.) Questions:
For yes/no questions, use "seme" after the verb. mi moku seme? - Do I eat? sina tawa seme? - Are you moving? For open-ended questions, place "seme" where the unknown is. seme li moku? - Who eats? sina tawa e seme? - Where are you going? Tense Indication:
Past: Use pini before the verb. Future: Use kama before the verb. mi pini moku. - I previously ate. (I ate.) mi kama moku. - I will eat soon. (I will eat.) Negation: Use ala after the verb.
mi moku ala. - I don't eat. Possession: Use pi between the possessor and the thing possessed.
mi pi tomo. - My house. sina pi moku. - Your food.
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If anyone is interested in practicing with me, let me know!