page 1

• soweli li suli.
• ona li lili.
• mi suli.
• ona li soweli.
• sina ike.

page 2

• My wife is good.
• Your husband is (big/important).
• My dad is strong.
• All animals are good.
• Fruits are important food.

• meli mi li suwi.
• jan utala ale li ike.
• jan pona mi li jan pona sina.
• jan lili mije sina li wawa.
• kili lili li suwi.

page 3

• A child is crying (emitting eye water).
• (He/she/they) look at a document.
• The bad animal is attacking a woman.
• The warrior is eating a big (fruit/vegetable/mushroom).
• Little animals are drinking water.
• I am (watering/cleaning) something big.

• ona li olin e jan ale.
• tomo telo li pona.
• mi pana e lipu.
• jan utala ike li lukin e tomo sina.
• ilo mi li pali pona.

page 4

• I don’t eat animals (i.e. meat).
• Your friend is talking about the land and the water.
• An important person is looking at the city and writing things down.
• The land has weeds (“bad plants”).
• Small bugs are important and good.

• ma tomo sina li jo ala e jan pali.
• mije mi li pali ala, li moku, li utala.
• ma mama mi li suli.
• sitelen sina li pona lukin.
• jan pona mi li jo e kala e kili li pali e moku pona.

page 5

• Your community is very different.
• A bad person broke my tools.
• I built this house.
• The good warriors protect this community.
• The large community endures and grows itself.

• moku seli li pona mute.
• jan lili lape li kalama ala.
• jan pali mute li toki e ni: ona li wawa, li kiwen.
• sina ante lukin.
• tomo ni li awen e seli.

page 6

• They are speaking to their father on a phone.
• I don’t like sweet food / Sweet food is bad for me.
• My homeland is fighting (against) a neighboring country.
• Your sister is my friend.
• A small bug is on your face.

• sina pakala e tomo tawa mi.
• (jan) mije li pana e moku tawa jan lili.
• tomo toki ni li ike tawa mi.
• mi pona e tomo tan sina.
• ona li lukin e lipu lon tomo lipu.

page 7

• Don’t eat this fruit/vegetable/mushroom, Lisa!
• The Kansas team defeated all other teams.
• Don’t think that workers are lowly before the leaders.
• Why did you do this?
• My (stomach / internal organs) are hurt. Help me!

• mi toki insa e ni: jan sewi li lon ala.
• o kalama ala lon tomo lipu.
• jan lawa mi li toki e ni: o lape ala lon tomo pali.
• jan sama mije sina li sama mute lukin sina.
• o tawa ala lon ma.

page 8

• I like the color red.
• Give me the yellow juice.
• I like how your flowers look.
• I don’t drink alcohol.
• Don’t kill them!

• tomo sina li suli. tomo mi li lili.
• kasi kule laso li pona mute tawa mi. kasi kule loje li pona lili tawa mi.
• jaki a! moku ni li ike mute a!
• mi lon tomo loje.
• jan nasa li kute ala e mi.

page 9

• I don’t like communities with lots of people.
• In this house, I speak toki pona and English.
• If you eat raw meat, it will be bad for your body.
• Their music (“entertaining sounds”) is very good.
• If you misuse (“use badly”) the tools, they will break (“be broken”).

• sewi laso li pona mute tawa mi. sewi pi pimeja walo li pona lili tawa mi.
• sewi li pimeja la o awen lon tomo.
• ona li lon tomo pi telo nasa.
• jan pi kalama suli li toki e ijo nasa.
• meli ni pi linja walo li pona lukin.
• sina toki ala tawa jan la sina jo ala e jan pona.

page 10

• Open the door.
• In a moment, I’ll head towards you.
• I want to go to other countries.
• Can you come to my house?
• If you’re coming to my house, use Lincoln Street.
• If you’re on a hill, you can see many things.

• sina sona ala sona pali e ona? / sina sona pali e ona anu seme?
• ale li ken.
• sina ken ala ken open e lupa? / sina ken open e lupa anu seme?
• sina kute ala e jan sona la pali sina li ike.
• tenpo suli la mi pali e ni. / mi pali e ni lon tenpo suli.
• mi awen kama sona e toki pona.

page 11

• I would like to trade these three large animals.
• Yesterday, I was in school/college/university (“house of knowledge”).
• One month ago, it was cold.
• I like you the most.
• The rain continued for 40 days.

• mi lon tomo nanpa mute luka tu pi nasin Wasintan.
• ilo pi sitelen tawa li toki e ni: tenpo suno kama la suno li lon.
• tenpo pimeja ni la lete li lon.
• (tenpo mun / tenpo sike mun) nanpa luka li (pona / suwi).
• sina jo e ilo mute pi kalama musi a!

page 12

• If you want to learn toki pona, the official book is the best way to do so.
• Today I feel very good.
• Would you want to eat some pizza?
• My bed (“sleeping surface”) is broken. I can’t sleep because of it.
• Marie Kondo says: get rid of unnecessary things.
• There are three types of matter. These are: solids, liquids and gases.
• But the princess is in another castle.

• mi lukin e akesi seli laso suli a!
• toki! sina pilin seme?
• jan alasa li pana e moku soweli mute e kili mute tawa mi mute.
• mi lukin e lipu. tenpo lili la ona li pini.
• mi ken toki pi pona mute kepeken toki pona.

page 13

• The raccoon is an amazing animal.
• The (trans / non-binary) community is fearless.
• The doctor gave me medicine.
• If you want to know more (“increase your knowledge”), read the Toki Pona Dictionary.
• This movie / TV show (“moving picture”) is mediocre.

• seli li monsuta e mi. / seli li monsuta tawa mi. / mi pilin monsuta tan seli. / mi pilin ike tan seli.
• sina kokosila tan seme? / sina toki kepeken toki pona ala tan seme?
• sina wile ala e ni: oko sina li pakala. o pana e len oko tawa sina. / sina wile ala e ni: lukin sina li pakala. o pana e len lukin tawa sina.
• o pana e namako walo suwi tawa mi. / o pana e sin moku walo suwi tawa mi.
• sina wile e ni: mi kipisi e sike pan kepeken nasin seme? / sina wile e ni: mi tu e sike pan kepeken nasin seme?

the sitelen pona page

This part of this document is written using sitelen pona. Can you understand it?

toki pona has a small number of words. Because of this, it’s possible to make a writing system where one character means one word, but all characters look related to their meanings.

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