toki!
I've been learning toki pona (again) for the past few days and I think I'm getting it. I joined the "ma pona pi toki pona" discord and lurking there has helped an awful lot.
Today I read the translation of little red riding hood "meli lili pi len loje".
I forgot how fucked up that fairy tale is. My memory of it was hazy and re-reading it in toki pona made me do a few double takes. They cut the wolf open and fill him with rocks?
Anyawy it's funny seeing how direct some of the sentences are:
soweli ike li moli lon telo.
"the wolf (bad animal) died in the water."
And a quote from the hunter/woodcuuter:
“tenpo suli la mi wile moli e sina!”
I've wanted to kill you for a long time!
If you're learning toki pona I'd recommend that story, it's a fun read.
mi tawa!
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toki pona translation:
toki!
tenpi pini lili la mi kama sona e toki pona. mi kama jo e sona mute pi toki pona. mi kama lon ma pona pi toki pona. ni li pona tawa mi.
tenpo suno ni la mi lukin e toki musi pi "meli lili pi len loje". ni li toki musi tan toki Inli.
mi weka e sona ni: toki musi ni li ike a! mi lukin ni lon toki pona la mi pilin monsuta. ona li kipisi e soweli ike anu seme? ona li pana e kiwen tawa insa pi soweli ike anu seme? ike a!
taso mi lukin e toki musi ni la mi pilin pona.
sina kama sona e toki pona la toki musi ni li pona.
mi tawa!