nanpa - (ordinal number particle); numbers
lupa - door, hole, orifice, window
namako - embellishment, spice; extra, additional
linja - long and flexible thing; cord, hair, rope, thread, yarn
akesi - reptile, amphibian
don't feel like the main counting system is okay, huh?
that's okay. i'll give you the forbidden knowledge of more advanced counting systems.
(but be aware that the reason they're overcomplicated is still because toki pona is fundamentally anti-nanpa)
this counting system uses 5 words:
wan - one
tu - two
luka - five
mute - twenty
ale - one hundred
this counting system is additive, meaning you chain together the words to create bigger numbers
luka luka tu
~ five + five + two
= 12
ale ale ale ale ale ale ale ale ale ale ale ale ale ale ale ale ale ale ale ale mute tu
~ 2022
as you can see, it's still not very convenient for big numbers - this is the point!
there is yet another system, for extra big numbers. it's the same as the previous system, except you can multiply ale by putting numbers before it.
mute ale mute tu
~ 20 times 100 plus 20 plus 2
= 2022
translate each of these numbers to both pu extended (pe) and nasin nanpa pona (nnp)
ale tu (nnp & pu)
ale ale ale ale ale ale ale ale ale ale mute tu tu (pe)
luka luka ale mute tu tu
mute mute luka luka tu wan (nnp & pe)
ale ale ale ale mute (pe)
tu tu ale mute (nnp)