Toki Pona is a very unique language!
toki pona li toki ante a!
In this talk I will talk about why Toki Pona is so awesome
toki ni la mi toki e ni: toki pona li pona wawa tan seme?
Toki Pona brings you some unique benefits
toki pona li pana e pona ante tawa sina
Other languages don't have these features
toki ante li pana ala e pona ni tawa sina
So I'm here to tell you, you need to know about the benefits of Toki Pona!
ni la mi toki e ni tawa sina: o sona e pona pi toki pona!
When you find out, maybe you'll decide you want these benefits too
sina sona la ken la sina toki e ni: "a! mi wile e pona ni!"
So I'm going to talk about five good things from Toki Pona:
tenpo ni la mi o toki e pona luka pi toki pona:
You can learn Toki Pona very quickly
sina ken kama sona e toki pona kepeken tenpo lili
There is lots to watch and read, and many communities
sitelen mute en kulupu mute a li lon
Toki Pona can be a tool for exploring linguistics
toki pona li ken ilo pi alasa sona pi nasin toki
Toki Pona is a way to discover true meaning
toki pona li nasin alasa pi kon sona
Toki Pona can be therapeutic
toki pona li ken pona e pilin nasa
Toki Pona uses a very small number of words
toki pona la nimi pi mute lili li lon
In the official book, there are only 123 words
nasin pu la nimi ale mute tu wan taso li lon
There are new words, but in the community you only need 14 new words
nimi sin li lon, taso kulupu la nimi sin luka luka tu tu taso li wile tawa sina
You heard me right!
sina kute pona e mi!
If you learn just 137 words you will have a full vocabulary in Toki Pona!
sina kama sona e nimi ale mute luka luka luka tu la sina sona e nimi suli ale pi toki pona!
Many have learned all the words in a very short time
jan mute li kama sona e nimi ale lon tenpo lili a
In addition Toki Pona has a simple grammar
ante la toki pona li kepeken nimi lon nasin pona
Words don’t change or behave strangely
nimi li ante ala li nasa ala
Other languages can be frustrating
toki ante li ken nasa e sina tan ni:
You learn a structure, but this structure can be incorrect in many cases
sina kama sona e nasin, taso nasin ni li ken ike lon tenpo mute
When you use this structure at the wrong time you can make people laugh
sina kepeken nasin ni lon tenpo ike la jan li musi tan sina
There's nothing like that in Toki Pona
toki pona la nasin sama ni li lon ala
There are many ways to learn
nasin mute pi kama sona li lon
You can use the official book
sina ken pu
You can buy the book electronically
sina ken esun e lipu pu lon ilo sona sina
You can use learning pages on the internet
sina ken kepeken lipu sona lon ilo sona pi ma ale
Many have set up very good info pages. You can learn from these pages for free
jan mute li pali e lipu sona pona. sina ken kama sona tan lipu ni kepeken ala mani
lipu-sona.pona.la
You can learn by talking to people in the community
sina ken kama sona tan toki lon kulupu
There are several big communities on Discord
ilo Siko la kulupu suli mute li lon
Everyone in these communities will be very happy to teach you
jan ale lon kulupu ni li pilin pona tan ni: ona li pana e sona tawa sina
discord.gg/mapona
You can use comprehensible materials
sina ken kepeken sitelen pi kon pona
On YouTube there is a video playlist
ma Jutu la kulupu pi sitelen tawa li lon
bit.ly/40vBLvM
The videos are all in Toki Pona but you can understand the meaning from the pictures
sitelen tawa ni li lon toki pona taso, taso sina sona e kon tan sitelen lukin
Your brain works out Toki Pona without using any effort
lawa sina li kama sona e toki pona tan ni kepeken ala wawa lawa
There are many books and songs in Toki Pona
toki pona la lipu mute en kalama musi mute li lon
There are many videos on YouTube
ma Jutu la sitelen tawa mute li lon
lipukule.org
liputenpo.org
In this playlist all the videos use Toki Pona
kulupu ni pi sitelen tawa la sitelen ale li kepeken toki pona
Even if you watched non-stop for a week, you couldn’t finish them all!
sina kepeken tenpo suno en tenpo pimeja ale lon tenpo esun la sina ken ala lukin e sitelen ale ni!
bit.ly/40s7IoI
There are also many publications
ante la lipu mute li lon
Many books from English or other languages exist in Toki Pona
lipu suli mute pi toki Inli anu toki ante li lon toki pona
Additionally many new works are available only in Toki Pona
ante la lipu sin mute li lon toki pona taso
There's a lot of very good music in Toki Pona
kalama musi mute pi toki pona taso li lon li pona a
The Toki Pona community has a lot of creative people
kulupu pi toki pona la jan mute li pali e ijo mute sin
spoti.fi/3N168af
There are many questions in linguistics
Why do words carry meaning?
How do groups of words give information?
sona pi nasin toki la alasa mute li lon
nimi li pana e kon tan seme?
kulupu nimi li pana e sona kepeken nasin seme?
What is the best way to teach a language?
What does the brain need to learn language?
nasin pona pi pana sona pi nasin toki li seme?
lawa jan li wile e seme tawa kama sona pi nasin toki
You can use Toki Pona to research such questions quickly
sina ken alasa e sona ni kepeken toki pona lon tenpo lili
Maybe you never heard of Toki Pona before
ken la sina kute ala e nasin toki sama toki pona
If I told you before about a language with as few words as Toki Pona, you might have said,
tenpo pini la mi toki e nasin toki pi nimi lili sama toki pona la ken la sina toki e ni:
Such a language is impossible!
toki sama ni li ken ala lon!
But Toki Pona exists, and can express the full range of meaning
taso toki pona li lon li ken pana e kon ale
When you learn Toki Pona you discover just what human language is capable of
sina kama sona e toki pona la sina kama sona e wawa ante pi toki jan
Feynman said that if you can’t explain something simply, maybe you don’t actually know it
jan Penman li toki e ni: "o pana e sona lon nasin pona. sina ken ala pona e sona sina la ken la sina sona ala"
With Toki Pona, you can’t hide problems in your knowledge with big words
toki pona la sina ken ala len e sona pakala sina kepeken nimi suli
If you want to explain something in Toki Pona, you have to keep it simple
sina wile pana e sona kepeken toki pona la sina wile kepeken nasin pona
You have to find all the simple elements inside the concept
sina wile alasa e sona lili ale lon insa pi sona suli sina
Then you can convey this information in Toki Pona
ni la sina ken pana e sona ni lon toki pona
When you use this method, you can learn something new too!
kepeken nasin ni la sina ken kama sona e sona sin!
When the creator of Toki Pona was designing the language, she was trying to heal disturbed thoughts
mama pi toki pona li pali e toki pona la ona li lukin pona e pilin nasa ona
If your thoughts are disturbed or hurt, you can use this method:
pilin sina li nasa anu pakala la sina ken kepeken nasin ni:
You talk to yourself about your thoughts in Toki Pona
sina toki e pilin sina kepeken toki pona tawa sina
You start with a feeling that is simple
ni la sina open lon pilin pi nasa ala
You don’t use a complex term, you use simple words
sina kepeken ala nimi suli nasa, sina kepeken nimi pona
As a result, you can see your negative emotions clearly
pini la sina ken lukin pona e pilin ike sina
Maybe all you want to learn a new language as easily as possible
ken la sina wile e ni taso: sina kama sona e toki sin wan kepeken wawa lili
Maybe you want to uncover all the secrets of human language
ken la sina wile alasa e sona len pi nasin toki jan
In any case, learn Toki Pona!
ale ni la o kama sona e toki pona!
Come to Discord, Reddit, or Facebook
o kama tawa ma Siko, tawa ma Wesi, tawa ma Pepu
The Toki Pona community will be happy to have you!
kulupu pi toki pona li pilin pona tan kama sina!
reddit.com/r/tokipona
facebook.com/groups/sitelen
tokipona.org
nimi li tan jan Telakoman
words by Joel Thomas
lipu li tan jan Kekan San
slides by Gregory Danielson III
