jo is not the same as english's general to have
-"i have a lot of work" is not "mi jo e pali mute"
i have a lot of work
++ i have a lot of work +
~ mi wile pali mute
- to ask yes or no questions, you repeat the first word in the predicate - or preverb by saying word ala word + to ask yes or no questions, you repeat the first word in the + predicate or preverb by saying word ala word
- to answer a question like this you repeat the word for yes, and say ala - or word ala for no. + to answer a question like this you repeat the word for yes, and + say ala or word ala for no.
sina wile ala wile pali?
++ sina wile ala wile pali? +
~ do you want to work?
wile / ala
~ yes / no
jan ni li suwi ala suwi tawa sina?
++ jan ni li suwi ala suwi tawa sina? +
~ is this person cute in your opinion?
suwi / suwi ala
~ yes / no
+ it can also be possible to use the word ala word method on other + parts of speech than the preverb or predicate. this is sometimes done + for emphasis. +
+ ++ sina ala sina moku e moku mi? +
+~ did you eat my food?
+sina seme?
+sina seme?
~ what are you doing? / who are you?
-mi pakala e ijo / mi soweli Tesa
++ mi pakala e ijo / mi + soweli Tesa +
~ i break things / i'm tess
seme li lon supa?
+seme li lon supa?
~ what's on the table?
-len jaki
+len jaki
~ dirty clothes
soweli Sijala li lon seme?
++ soweli Sijala li lon seme +
~ where is tiara?
-ona li lon insa pi poki kala!
++ ona li lon insa pi poki kala +
~ she is inside the aquarium!
the particle anu isn't defined very well. - lipu pu documents it barely, and many - other courses gloss over really trying to explain anu. + lipu pu documents it barely, and many other courses gloss over + really trying to explain anu.
i'm gonna do my best to give a good explanation
anu is a conjunction meaning "or", both inclusive and exclusive. it works a lot like how li and e work, but instead of defining a new part - of speech, it defines an or to the current part of speech. + of speech, it adds alternatives to the current part of speech. when you + add anu, you're saying that either one (or perhaps both) of these things + could be.
@@ -56,25 +58,33 @@- ona li jan - anu soweli -
-~ they're a person or a dog
-- waso li ken tawa lon ma - anu sewi + ona li jan anu + soweli
- ~ birds can move on the ground or in the sky + ~ they're a person or + a dog
- kasi anu suwi li ken moku + waso li ken tawa lon ma anu + sewi +
++ ~ birds can move on the ground or + in the sky +
++ kasi anu + suwi li ken moku +
++ ~ plants or + sweets can be food
-~ plants or sweets can be food
i try to build good tools
-lukin is a preverb meaning "to try to"
-ijo pona mute
-~ many good things
++ ijo pona + mute +
++ ~ many + good many +
ijo pi pona mute
-~ very good thing
++ ijo pi pona + mute +
++ ~ very + good thing +
- in the first example, mute modifies ijo pona, while in - the second example, pona mute modifies ijo + in the first example, mute modifies ijo pona, while in the + second example, pona mute modifies ijo
@@ -79,16 +91,37 @@mi toki e ijo pi pona mute
-~ i talk about very good things
++ mi toki e ijo pi + pona mute +
++ ~ i talk about very + good things +
mi toki e ijo pona mute
-~ i talk about many good things
++ mi toki e ijo + pona mute +
++ ~ i talk about many + good + things +
mi toki e ijo mute pi pona mute
-~ i talk about many very good things
++ mi toki e ijo + mute pi + pona mute +
++ ~ i talk about many + good + good +
pipi li pali e tomo lili pi pipi moli
+pipi li pali e tomo pi lipu pipi
- mi pali + mi pali lon tomo moku
- ~ i work + ~ i work at a restaurant
@@ -67,24 +67,18 @@the preposition can also be the predicate
- ona li lon + ona li lon tomo mi
- ~ they are at + ~ they are at my house
prepositions can also be used as regular words
- tawa sina li - musi -
-- ~ your movements - are amusing -
+tawa sina li musi
+~ your movements are amusing
- mani mute li + mani mute li lon tomo mani
-~ there's lots of money at the bank
++ ~ there's lots of money at + the bank +
- jan li tawa + jan li tawa tomo sina
- ~ a person - comes over to + ~ a person + goes to your house
- mi pali e - ijo mute + mi pali e ijo mute kepeken ilo
- ~ i make - lots of things + ~ i make lots of things with tools
- mi tawa e - tomo sina -
-- ~ i move - your house -
+mi tawa e tomo sina
+~ i move your house
to express relative location, use the locative words.
you can combine them with the preposition lon to say "at (place)
lon sewi
-~ up, above, in the sky
++ (...) lon + sewi +
++ ~ up / + above / in + the sky +
waso li tawa sewi lon tenpo ale
-~ birds always move in the sky
+~ birds always fly
diff --git a/9/index.html b/9/index.html index b55487d..9014089 100644 --- a/9/index.html +++ b/9/index.html @@ -106,10 +106,6 @@ the r in her name turns into an l because i tap my r's, and the ti turns into si. -- a person named Elizabeth could be - jan Elisape -