LESSON 4: ÍŦ’Ś ĠŘÄṂḾÅɌ ₮ÌḾɆ!

symbol	word	meaning in English	etymology
󱤡	la	[separates the context clause/sentence from the main sentence]	Acadian French: la the
󱥍	pi	[used to describe a clause with two or more words]	Tok Pisin: bilong of
󱥄	o	[imperative before pred., vocative after name]	Georgian: -ო [vocative suffix]
󱤊	en	[between 2+ subjects]	Dutch: en and
󱤀	a	[emphasis particle, compare multilingual "!"]	Onomatopoeia: ah!
󱥹	kin	also, too, even	Finnish: -kin too, also
󱦆	n	um, hmm, uhh, errr; [humming]	Onomatopoeia: mmm
󱥨	taso	but, however, although; only	Tok Pisin: tasol but, only
󱥫	tenpo	time, duration, event	Esperanto: tempo time
󱥷	wile	want, need, wish, desire	Dutch: willen want, desire

GRAMMAR LESSON - this lesson is the grammar.

examples:

o toki e ijo pi wile sina a! 󱥄󱥬󱤉󱤌󱥍󱦗󱥷‍󱥞󱦘󱤀! = Say the things you desire!
mi en sina li wile moku la mi tawa tomo moku, taso tenpo ni la ona li wile ala e jan. 󱤴󱤊󱥞󱤧󱥷‍󱤶󱤡󱤴󱥩󱦗󱥭‍󱤶，󱥨󱥫‍󱥁󱤡󱥆󱤧󱥷‍󱤂󱤉󱤑󱦜 = If you and I want to eat I'll go to the restaurant, but currently they aren’t accepting anyone.
nnn, sina wile ala wile moku e ni? // wile. ni, kin. 󱦆󱦆󱦆，󱥞󱦚󱥷󱦛󱤂󱦗󱥷󱦘󱤶󱤉󱥁?　//　󱥷󱦜　󱥁，󱥹󱦜 = Uhh, do you want to eat this? // Yes. This, too.

now it’s your turn!

You and I speak toki pona. =

Speak! =

You! Do you want a restaurant? =

please go back table of contents next lesson!