lesson 14 - interjections

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vocab

󱤹 mu - animal noise or communication; non-speech vocalization

󱥹 kin - indeed, too, also, as well

󱤢 lape - sleeping, resting

󱤭 luka - arm, hand, tactile organ

󱥣 suli - big, heavy, large, long, tall; important; adult

lesson

~ interjections!

interjections are sentence fragments which convey a meaning.

any phrase can be used on its own as an interjection indicating the presence of said word.

ike a

~ (that's) really bad

wawa mute

so powerful!

jaki!

gross!

commands with o can often be turned into interjections with more-or-less identical meaning by removing the o.

moku pona

~ eat well!

~ have a nice meal!

kama pona

~ welcome

exercises

~ translate from toki pona to english

ni li pona tawa mi kin

i like this too

kin

indeed

soweli li mu lon lape ona

the dog snores in its sleep

waso a

birds!

suwi

cute

~ translate from english to toki pona

i pet my cat

mi luka e soweli mi

i like to make things using my hands

mi pali e ijo kepeken luka mi · ni li pona tawa mi

sleep well!

(o) lape pona

i'm sorry to hear that

ike a

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