Mnemonic Techniques for Learning Toki Pona
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This page contains Mnemonic techniques for learning Toki Pona.
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Toki Pona Vocabulary
Here are some of the words in the Toki Pona language. Anki has downloadable flashcards.
Animals
- akesi — reptile, amphibian
- pipi — bug, insect, spider
Yes/No
- [verb] — confirms
- [verb] ala — negates
People, Things
- mi — I, me
- sina — you
- ona — he, she, it
- ni — this, that
- ijo — something, anything, stuff, thing
- jan — person, somebody, anybody
Location
- ma — land, country, region, outside area
- lon — in, at, on
- anpa — low, ground, to lower, to defeat
- insa — inside, stomach
- poka — nearby, side, beside, with
- monsi — back, rear, behind
Verbs
These are verbs and also nouns.
- jo — to have ownership, possession of
- lukin — to see, look, vision, sight
- pakala — mess up, destroy, accident
- unpa — have sex with, sex, sexual
- wile — to want, need, desire
- moku — eat
- pona — fix, repair, good, simple
- lawa — to lead, leading, main
- utala — to fight, war, battle
- kama — to come, happen, cause
- kepeken — to use, with, using
- pana — to give, send, release, emit
- toki — to talk, speak, language
- tawa — to move, to go to, to, for
Adjective-like
- suli — big, tall, important
- lili — small
- pona — good, simple
- ike — bad, evil, complicated
- jaki — dirty, trash
- mute — many
- nasa — crazy, stupid, silly
- seli — warm, hot
- sewi — high, above, top, superior, sky
- tomo — house, building
- sama — same, similar
- ale/ali — all
Grammatical Words
- li — separates 3rd person subject from its verb. E.g., telo li pona (“water is good”)
- e — introduces direct object except
Things
- suno — sun, light
- telo — water, liquid
- moku — food
- len — clothing, cloth
- ilo — tool
- kiwen — stone, hard
- kon — air, wind, spirit
- poki — container, bowl, glass
- ilo — tool, device, machine
- kili — fruit, vegetable
