toki pona li pona wawa tan seme?

What makes Toki Pona awesome?

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

You can learn Toki Pona very quickly

sina ken kama sona e toki pona kepeken tenpo lili

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

bit.ly/40vBLvM

There is lots to watch and read, and many communities

sitelen mute en kulupu mute a li lon

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

Toki Pona can be a tool for exploring linguistics

toki pona li ken ilo pi alasa sona pi nasin toki

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

Toki Pona is a way to discover true meaning

toki pona li nasin alasa pi kon sona

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!

Toki Pona can be therapeutic

toki pona li ken pona e pilin nasa

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

Conclusion

toki pini

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!

discord.gg/mapona

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

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