#'sina jo e seme' mi jo e ijo

[theconceptofkidney]

It's called an ijo because mi jo. e ona

[kmesons]

a toki pona translation of the post-"kick my head" paulkins scene from 'the guy who didn't like musicals'

(i.e., the sequel to this post)

again, please feel free to provide feedback on my toki pona! this was merely a fun exercise, as I haven't practiced in a while.

the characters & places

(names have been tokiponized for completeness)

jan Pa = Paul Matthews

jan Ema = Emma Perkins

ma Ansipi = Hatchetfield

jan Jeni = Jane Perkins

ma Kilewatale = Clivesdale

esun Pini = Beanies

the translated scene

jan Ema: a. mi kama tawa lon tan seme?

jan Pa: sina wile… moku anu seme?

jan Ema: tawa ma Ansipi. tenpo luka luka tu wan pini la mi lukin weka e ma ni. mi o awen e ma Katemala. ona li jo e ma suli seli e kijetesantakalu. taso, ona li—

jan Pa [li pakala e toki jan Ema]: kijetesantakalu li seme?

jan Ema: a, ni li toki suli. ona li alasa e ijo, jan mute li olin ala e ona. taso, ona li kalama musi ala li tawa musi ala.

jan Pa: sina kama tawa ma Ansipi tan ni anu seme? kijetesantakalu li alasa e ijo sina?

jan Ema: ala, ala. tan jan sama meli mi. jan Jeni. ona li meli sama pona.

jan Ema: tenpo mute weka la ona li jo e lipu Lisa Panken, ona li pana e nasin ali ona tawa lon ni. mi pilin e ni: ona li awen e nasin ni. ijo ali li pini. pali, mije, tomo, jan lili… ali li nasin e ni: meli sama wan li pona la meli sama ante li pakala, a?

jan Pa: ali li kepeken ala e ala li seme?

jan Ema: mi toki e ni!

jan Ema: a, ona li pali e ali. mi pali e… ijo ante. mi tawa mute. ona li kepeken e ilo toki li toki e mi. ona li jo e ijo suli mute, musi olin, musi pi jan lili; ona li wile e kama mi. tenpo ali la mi toki e ni: mi pakala, mi kama e ijo kama. kama la mi jo kama e toki tawa moli ona. tenpo ni la mi kama sona e ni: ijo kama li kama ala. 

jan Pa: a. mi pakala.

jan Ema: o, sina pakala ala e ilo ma ona.

jan Ema: lon pi nasin ali. sina kama suli lon pimeja jan ante la kama suli li nasa tan ni: ona li weka la ali sina li suno. ni li pona lukin ala. nasin ni la mi lon. tenpo luka luka luka luka luka luka la mi sike e suno, mi jo taso e ma Ansipi. mi wile pali e mi, sina sona anu seme? mi wile pali e ijo pona tawa jan sama meli mi. mi kama tawa e tomo sona kulupu li kama sona e sona kasi.

jan Ema: tenpo kama la mi open e ma pi kasi nasa. 

jan Pa: a.

jan Pa: jan sama meli sina li… kon ala kon mute e kasi nasa?

jan Ema [li kalama musi]: kon ala. taso, kasi nasa li tenpo sin. tenpo kama la ni li ken pi ma tomo ali, o kama lukin. 

jan Ema: tenpo ni la… ni li ala. a, tenpo ali la wile mi li moli ala lon ma Ansipi. taso, mi lon.

jan Pa: o. ali li ken ike sin. sina ken moli lon ma Kilewatale.

jan Ema: o pakala e ma Kilewatale.

jan Pa: o pakala e ona!

jan Pa: poka ni la, ma Ansipi li pona tawa mi. tenpo ali mi la mi awen lon ma ni. tenpo ala la mi wile tawa. tenpo ni la ni li awen.

jan Ema: mi nanpa jan sama. tenpo pi tomo sona sewi la mi sona ala e sina tan seme?

jan Pa: sina tawa ken e tomo suwi Ansipi. mi tawa tomo e tomo Sikamo.

jan Ema: a kulupu Soweli Mun! mi olin ala e sina.

jan Pa: mi olin ala e mi!

jan Pa: lon esun Pinin la sina toki e ni: sina musi ala musi e musi Pikatun tomo sona sewi sina?

jan Ema: musi, mi jan Poni-Jen.

jan Pa: ni li sike suno pi tu ali suli tu wan anu seme? lon musi Pikatun la mi lukin e sina.

jan Ema: lon ala!

jan Pa: lon a! tomo sona mi li jo ala e sona musi. mi pilin, ona li wile ike e mi la mi tawa e musi sina. ni li musi kalama mi nanpa wan. mi olin ala e ni.

jan Pa: ni li open ken e ijo ali mi. sina tan e olin ala mi pi musi kalama.

jan Ema: o, ni li toki tenpo pini open sina. mi jan ike suli anu seme?

jan Pa: mi pilin ala e ni, jan Ema o.

[pini.]

the original scene (starting at approximately 54:37 and ending at 58:44)

as with my previous translation, in case you're seeing this post and have not seen or heard of the guy who didn't like musicals (which could be likely, seeing as I'm posting this under the toki pona tag), the scene I've translated above is in the video linked below for reference.

[towersofviolet]

v's sfth toki pona translation #1

i decided to smoosh two hyperfixations together and translated one of shoot from the hip's improvised sketches into toki pona. this is "heinous crimes of treason" from "completely improvised sketches #11", a.k.a. luke as a draconian monarch sending people down into the crocodile-infested waters below. it's literally just a transcript so won't make much sense without the accompanying video.

musi sin nanpa 11: ike a tawa lawa

jan Ton: tenpo ni la mi pali e musi tawa sina. musi nanpa wan la mi wile e toki open. ken la ni li kama tan ma ni. ni li toki open.

jan mute: [kalama mute]

jan Ton: ni li seme?

jan: a! mun li len e suno. ni li suno a!

jan Ton: a! mun li len e suno. ni li suno a! pona a. o pana e ijo tan ma ni.

jan ante nanpa wan: mi moli e waso.

jan ante nanpa tu: o tawa e ona lon anpa.

jan ante nanpa tu wan: mi kama mama.

jan Ton: “o tawa e ona lon anpa.” ni li toki sina anu seme? lukin sina li pana e suno. ni li nasa a. “o tawa e ona lon anpa.” ni li pona tawa mi. ni la jan ante li jo e nasin ante mute. mi open kepeken ni:  “o tawa e ona lon anpa.” jan ale o kalama luka suli tawa open!

jan mute: [mu]

jan Lu: o tawa e ona lon anpa!

jan San: [mu]

jan Lu: [kalama musi nasa]

jan San: ona li anpa, lawa mi o. jan sin li tawa lon lupa pi akesi suli.

jan Lu: [kalama musi nasa] ni li pona tawa mi. ona li pali ike a.

jan San: jan ni li seme, lawa mi o?

jan Lu: mu… ona li kalama musi tawa mi.

jan San: lon.

jan Lu: sina pana e sona seme kepeken nimi “lon”?

jan San: taso… mi kute e toki sina. ni li lon.

jan Lu: mi lukin e ni: sina sewi e linja pi sewi lukin sina.

jan San: [kalama musi]

jan Lu: sina kalama musi tawa mi. ni li tan seme?

jan San: mi kalama musi ala tawa sina. mi pilin ike tan ni. mi-

jan Lu: o tawa e ona lon anpa!

jan San: a! o tawa ala e mi lon anpa! o tawa ala e mi lon anpa! o tawa ala e mi lon anpa!

jan Ese: [mu]

jan San: [mu]

jan Lu: [kalama musi nasa]

jan Ese: jan sin li moli, lawa sina- mi o.

jan mute: [kalama musi]

jan Lu: sina toki e seme?

jan Ese: mi pilin ike tan ni. tenpo mute la nasin toki mi li kama… nimi ante. mi toki e ni: jan sin li moli, lawa si- mi o. ma mama mi la…

jan Lu: o tawa e ona lon anpa!

jan Ese: ala, ala! o awen! o awen! o awen! ala!

jan Ton: [mu]

jan Ese: [mu]

jan Lu: [kalama musi nasa]

jan Ese: [mu]

jan Ton: ona li moli, lawa mi o.

jan Lu: lon! ni li pona tawa mi. ona li pali ike a.

jan Ton: lon, lawa mi o.

jan Lu: sina lukin e mi tan seme?

jan Ton: mi kute taso e sina, lawa mi o.

jan Lu: ni li pona tawa mi lon tenpo ni.

jan Ton: ni li wowa* ala tawa mi, lawa mi o.

jan Lu: ni li seme tawa sina?

jan Ton: ni li wawo* ala tawa mi, lawa mi o.

jan Lu: wowo*?

jan Ton: ni li ike tawa mi. mi wile e ni: mi ante e ijo. taso, mi sona e ni: mi pakala!

jan Lu: o tawa e ona lon anpa a!

jan San: [mu]

jan Lu: [kalama musi nasa]

jan San: [kalama musi sama] lawa mi o, mi pali tawa sina. ni li pona tawa mi.

jan Lu: jan sama weka o!

jan San: lon! mi lon! tenpo sike mute pini la sina tawa e mi lon anpa. sina sona ala sona e ni? [kalama musi nasa]

jan Lu: [kalama monsuta]

jan San: [kalama nasa]

jan Lu: sina li lon sin tan seme?

jan San: weka la mi pilin ike, jan sama o. ni la mi en akesi suli en jan meli mute en jan lili mute en jan awen mute li lon. ona li lon tan ni: sina tawa e ona lon anpa. mi pilin ike tan ni: mi ken ala toki tawa jan.

jan Lu: a! sina walo tawa mi. sina monsuta tawa mi, jan sama o.

jan San: ni li tan ni: mi monsuta.

jan Lu: [mu monsuta] a! ala!

jan San: mi la sina sona e wile sina.

jan Lu: o tawa e ona lon anpa!

jan San: sina ken ala tawa e monsuta lon anpa. mi tawa sewi. [mu]

jan Lu: lon.

jan San: sina ken taso weka e mi tan ni: sina lukin e sijelo mi. sina kama jo e… sijelo moli mi.

jan Lu: o tawa e mi lon anpa!

jan San: … mi monsuta.

jan Ton: ni li tenpo pini! o kalama luka tawa ona!

jan ale: [kalama luka a]

[sitelen-musi-lon-toki-pona]

lupa ma monsuta, kipisi nanpa tu tu:

akesi monsuta li pini lape. kalama noka li lili. taso akesi monsuta li ken kute e ni. akesi li pilin monsuta. jan li ike tawa akesi. ken la jan ni li wile pakala e akesi. akesi li pana e mu monsuta lili li tawa monsi lili. ona li kute e mu nasa ni: "jan seme li lon ni?". akesi ken ala sona e nimi ni. mu ni li monsuta e akesi. akesi li pali e mu suli. jan li weka. akesi li pini mu li kama lape.

jan akesi li pini lape. lupa ma ona li pimeja lili. kin la suno li lon ete pi lupa ona. jan akesi li wile moku li kama tawa weka tan lupa ona, taso ona li lukin e suno tan leko kiwen pimeja nasa. ni li ike tawa oko ona.

jan akesi li alasa weka e suno li lanpan e leko ni li lukin e sinpin pi leko nasa ni. ni li jo e kule wawa li jo e sitelen nasa li pana e suno lili. jan akesi li pilin pi lawa nasa. ona li tawa poka pi ete lupa.

kon li namako suwi. jan akesi li lukin e tan pi kon suwi. tan pi kon suwi li poki len lon anpa. jan akesi li lukin insa e poka ni li lukin e pan sike suwi. ona li tawa e ni poka sinpin ona li moku e kon tan ni. tenpo pini la jan akesi li lukin ala e ijo sama ni.

jan akesi li moku lili e pan sike suwi li pilin pona. ona li moku e pan sike suwi ali li pilin pona mute a. moku ni li pona tawa jan akesi.

jan akesi li kute e kalama noka li weka e leko kiwen nasa li tawa li insa lupa ona. ona li pilin pona suli.

kipisi pi jan pali:

sina pona! akesi monsuta ni li ken toki kepeken toki Esperanto. tan ni la mi kama sona e toki ni. tawa pona!

[jan-luwisa]

tenpo mute la mi wile sona e ni: nimi nasin suli pi toki pona li seme?

nasin suno open (anu nasin open) en nasin suno pini (anu nasin pini) li nimi pona pi kon sama e toki mute · nimi ante la ijo li ante

nasin sewi (N) en nasin anpa (S) li kama wawa tawa jan mute taso mun li jo ala e sewi e anpa (kin la ni li ken tawa e toki ni: ma ni li sewi li pona la ma ni li sewi ala li ike)

taso la mi kute kin e "nasin lete" e "nasin suli"

nimi ni li ante tawa jan ante, mi lon ma Oselija la nasin ni li ante tawa jan ma Asija tawa jan ma Elopa tawa jan ma Amelika (lete)

sina tawa ma pini pi mun ni la sina kama lete · sina tawa ma meso li kama seli · nasin toki ni li ante tawa toki mute

tawa mi la nasin ni li pona a

[relevant-wikipedia-articles]

seme li toki e toki pona? sina li nimi e "jan Aki" la mi toki e ni.

tenpo mute la mi toki pona ala. mi wile ala e ni. taso lawa mi li jo e ijo mute li pali e ijo ala

mi wile toki pona la mi tawa ma pona pi toki pona. ona li lon ma Discord. ma Tumblr la mi sona e nanpa jan lili. pilin mi la sina o tawa #toki pona

[jan-lape]

tenpo ale anu weka anu seme la sina kepeken lipu Linku? tenpo ale la mi kepeken ona.

(how often do you use lipu Linku? i use it all the time.)

lon la ala la mi kepeken. mi sona e lon ona. mi kama sona e toki pona la mi kepeken ilo Glosbe, taso nasin pi ilo ni li ike tawa jan ante. ilo li poki e kon pi nimi ale, taso ni li lon ala nasin pi toki pona. sama ni: nimi "tomo tawa" li ken ijo mute lon toki Inli: tomo tawa telo anu tomo tawa linja anu sama. taso la ilo Glosbe li toki taso e tomo tawa pi sike tu tu lon nasin. ni li pona tawa lawa mi. lawa mi o poki sona e kon wan la pona mute. sina jo e nasin lawa pi tomo tawa linja la sina ken sona pona e tan. lawa jan mi li lukin poki e kon pi ijo ale.

mi awen toki tan seme la msa xD. o nasin sina. ilo Linku li pona la o kepeken.

(sina sona pakala e ijo lili la o mu tawa mi. pona o tawa sina :3)

[ranboo5]

EN: I've been told there's a formalized method for submitting propaganda to this bracket and because this has awakened a vicious instinct within me I will participate

Techno and Wilbur are not nothing Pogtopia did slay and the Techno+Ghostbur interactions are excellent. In many circumstances I would vote this. In many circumstances I would campaign or this. And in general I tend to vote cTechno over cRanboo. So it is not lightly that I say

VOTE BURGERDUO

The lame ass 5D chess game we got to see during burger arc was a highlight of the otherwise dismal prolonged petering out of the SMP and also was fantastic

Common foil dynamic W

They have separate c and cc duo names because of how influential the cduo is

Man this shit just drives me insane. Each sees himself in the other and for cWilbur this is initially a second chance a validation and for cRanboo this is a condemnation and the culmination of this w/ cRanboo fucking killing itself in front of cWilbur to change the trajectory of his life forever irreversibly changed my brain chemistry

This dynamic GAVE US cbee resolution, GAVE US cTechno apology stream and apology arc in general. The largely-unspoken spectre of cRanboo hanging in the air in Bust is unparalleled in cinema.

Even outside of burger arc, cWilbur's legacy impacted cRanboo's ideological development more directly than it did cTechno's, bc cTechno had more grounds to worry about direct manifest troubles and cRanboo had primarily to deal with dread, anticipation, and understanding how to navigate the social context it found itself in, which had been shaped by Wilbur's legacy

And finally

If you vote cRanboo and send me a screenie of you doing so I will doodle you something of your request

TOK: mi kama sona e ni: toki pi ante wile la nasin suli pi pana toki li lon. utala ni li kama e pilin utala WAWA a lon lawa mi la mi o pana

jan Tekuno pi lon ala en jan Wipa pi lon ala li lon poka la ni li ken suli, li ken musi, li ken toki e ijo mute. ni li lon. tenpo pi ma Patopija la toki ona li suli. toki ona pi jan Wipa moli kin li suli. mute la mi wile wawa e nimi pi kulupu ni, e nimi pi jan Tekuno. mi la ijo ale pi jan Tekuno li suli tawa ijo ale pi jan Lanpu. ni la sina ken sona pona e ni: mi toki e ni la mi toki WAWA, li toki e ijo SULI A:

O WAWA E NIMI PI KULUPU PAKATU

ona tu li utala toki la ni li wawa a e musi Simesenpi lon tenpo pi kama moli

ona tu li sama la musi wawa

jan lon tu ni en jan tu ni pi lon ala li jo e nimi tu ante a. kulupu pi lon ala la sina ken sona pona e suli ona tan ni

ONA! TU! LI SAMA! LA! MUSI! WAWA! ona tu li lukin sama la ona tu li toki insa e sama ni: "jan ante ni li sama mi." jan Wipa la ni li pona, li toki e ni: "mi awen ken pona, mi awen ken ante; lon mi li pakala ala! jan pi sama mi li ken lon li ken pona!" taso jan Lanpu la ni li ike, li toki e ike ona e ike pi jan Wipa. nasin ni li kama suli ike li kama wawa; jan Lanpu li moli tan ona la ni li wawa ike tawa jan Wipa. ni li wawa tawa pilin mi kin a ona li ante wawa e nasin pi lawa mi lon tenpo ale

TAN NI TASO LA musi pi kulupu Pitu li ken pini. NI TASO LA toki pini pi jan Tekuno li ken lon. NI TASO LA jan Wipa li open e nasin pi toki pakala mute. ona li wawa tawa toki suli pi musi Simesenpi. kon pi jan Lanpu li lon toki musi "pakala"; jan ale li toki lili e ona lon toki, taso kon ona li awen lon. ni li wawa a. pilin li wawa. kon li wawa.

tenpo ante la kon pi jan Wipa li suli seme tawa jan Lanpu tawa jan Tekuno? tenpo pi ma Nulemanpe la jan Tekuno li lukin e ijo ante. ona tu li wile sama, li wile awen tan ken pakala, taso jan Tekuno li wile awen tan ken lon. jan li lon, li wile lon e moli ona; ona li sona e tan, li sona e ken. taso jan Lanpu la, tan ni en ken ni li len lili. ona li sin tawa ma Simesenpi la ona li sona ala e nasin – ona li wile sona e ken pakala la ona o kama sona e nasin kulupu. jan Wipa li suli tawa pali ni. la pali pi jan Wipa li suli tawa jan Lanpu lon tenpo ni, li suli sama ala tawa jan Tekuno lon tenpo ni

ni ale li ante ala e wile sina la o sona e ni:

sina wawa e nimi pi jan Lanpu li pana e sona pi pali ni tawa mi la mi sitelen e ijo pi wile sina

[kon-lin]

tenpo kule li lon. ma tomo mi la, tomo mute li jo e len kule. ni li pona a! taso, ijo wan li pana e pilin pi pona ala tawa mi.

tenpo 1978 la, len kule pi ma tomo Pilitapija li kama lon. ona li pana pona tawa jan mute pi selo pi kule ante. ni li pona! len kule ni li lukin sama ni:

taso tenpo 2018 la, len kule sin li kama lon. len ni li pana pona tawa jan ale sama, li pana pona kin tawa jan tonsi. ni li pona mute! ona li lukin sama ni:

ijo ike li ni: tomo pi mute lili lon ma tomo mi li jo e len kule nanpa wan, li jo ala e len kule nanpa tu....ni li pona ala tawa mi. mi lukin e ona li isipin e ni: ken la jan tonsi li pona ala tawa jan lon tomo ni. len kule ni li pana pona ala tawa jan sama mi. ni li lon tan seme? sina jan tonsi la, sina pilin seme lon ni? mi wile sona. o toki tawa mi.

jan tonsi en jan kule, o pona <3

[gaydryad]

tenpo pini la mi open toki ante e sitelen pi musi Ma Telo Sewi [toki Inli: Rain World] , ni la, mi pilin pona e toki ante ni:

wile wawa a! awen tawa wawa a! ale ni li tawa e ni: sina tawa lon ma weka kin jan ala! ale ni li tawa alasa e mi anu seme? nasin tawa li pana ala pana tawa sina e wawa? wile la pilin wawa ni li lanpan e ijo pana! sina soweli lili wawa kin a!

Such drive! Such tenacity! All to come to such a lonely forsaken place! Was it all to find me, or did the idea of such a journey itself spark the fire within you? Such enthusiasm should be rewarded! What an amazing little beast you are!

taso la. mi sona ala wile pilin e ni: nimi “lanpan” li jo e ... li toki e seme ... Connotations a, en la, nimi “rewarded” li jo ala e Connotations ni. nnn...

[itranslatepostsintotokipona]

ijo li wile sona e ni: pan pilin pi kule ale li jo e kule ni tan ala tan wile: ona li lon lipu pi kule olin pi kule kon? tan la ni li pona e pilin mi, sina pona a. tan ala la, ona li awen pona e pilin mi tan ni: ona li kule mute

orteil42 li toki e ni: ni anu seme? tan a! ona li lipu ni - ona li jo e kule pimeja, taso mi pali e sitelen ni lon sike nanpa 2017 (MALLLT) la ona li jo ala e kule pi lipu tonsi (mi awen sona ala e lipu tan taso sona mi la ona li ni pi ma Pilitepija?). tenpo kama la mi wile tonsi e pan ni, anu pali e pan pilin namako ni: ona li sama pan pi kule ale li jo kin e kule pi lipu tonsi!

was the prism heart cookie for the valentines event supposed to look like the progress pride flag? if yes, genuinely thank you for that, it brightened my day. if no, still thanks for putting a rainbow cookie because it made me smile

this one? yes! specifically it's one of the intersectional variants - it includes the brown and black stripes, but was added to the game too early for Daniel Quasar's 2018 version that added the transgender stripes. (i can't recall for sure but judging from dates and designs the 2017 Philadelphia eight-stripe may have been the one i was going for?) it's been slipping my mind but i'd like to either update that one or add a new heart biscuit with proper trans stripes one day!

[kamasona]

tenpo ni pi utala pi mun lili

mi toki lon sitelen tawa pi utala pi mun lili. mi lili e nimi: utala mun. mi sona ala e ni: mi o kepeken nimi "sitelen tawa"; taso mi kepeken ala ni tan ni: lon la jan li sona e toki.

lon la mi toki lon toki open pi sitelen tawa ni. open la nimi ni li lon: "tenpo pini suli la..." taso jan ale sona e ni: ale pi utala mun li jo e ijo pi tenpo tawa suli e ilo pi tenpo tawa suli! taso utala mun li lon tenpo pini suli! ni li musi nimi pona a; taso toki mi li ante. tan ni la mi wile sona e ni: ni li tenpo pini suli la ijo pi tenpo ni li seme li sama seme?! tenpo la wile sona ni li kama ala kama tawa lawa sina?

mi alasa lon linluwi. mi lukin e toki pona. ona li toki e ni: utala mun pi nanpa wan li lon; taso pali mute sama li lon poka sitelen tawa ni. pali wan li lon; utala mun pi nanpa wan la pali ni li lon tenpo pini suli; taso ilo pi pali ni li sama ilo pi utala mun pi nanpa wan. toki ante la tenpo li tawa; taso ilo li ante ala. toki pona li toki e ni: ale pi utala mun la pilin li lon jan wawa li lon nasin li lon kama suli; ni li ijo suli pi utala mun; ilo lon utala mun li ijo suli ala. tan ni la wile sona lon tenpo ni pi utala mun li suli ala. jan ale o lukin e toki; jan ale o lukin ala lon ilo.

ni li pona tawa mi; taso toki ante li lon. pilin suli pi utala mun li ni ala; taso toki li pona tawa mi. ilo ChatGPT li toki. ona li toki e toki pi nanpa tu wan.

nanpa wan la tenpo ni la ijo li tawa wawa; taso lukin li lon ijo ante: tenpo ni la jan ale li tawa kepeken ala ilo; tenpo ni la jan ale li tawa kepeken kon li ijo ala. ken la jan ale li jo ala e sijelo!

nanpa tu la tenpo ni la ale li ike tan utala. toki pi utala mun li toki lon tenpo pi ilo suli li toki lon jan suli li toki lon ma lawa

nanpa tu wan la mi mute li tenpo ni! tenpo la jan li kama jo e ma sike mun ni; taso ni weka sona e open mi. tan ni la toki pi utala mun li awen lon tenpo pini! tenpo ni pi utala mun li tenpo ni pi mi mute!

toki pi nanpa tu wan li pona tawa mi; taso toki pi nanpa wan li pona wawa. toki pi nanpa seme li pona tawa sina? sina jo ala jo e toki ante? o toki tawa mi!

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tenpo open pi toki mi la mi pilin e ni: toki ni li ike; mi toki e ni kepeken seme? tenpo ni la mi pilin e ni: "taso ni li pona!"

[kmesons]

a toki pona translation of the "kick my head" scene from 'the guy who didn't like musicals'

(i.e., something nobody needs or asked for but I did it anyway)

please provide feedback on my toki pona if you spot a mistake! I am certainly not an expert and this was just something fun I did for practice.

the characters

(names have been tokiponized for completeness)

jan Pili = Bill Woodward

jan Tete = Ted Spankoffski

jan Pa = Paul Matthews

the translated scene

jan Pili: ona li toki e tomo pi telo nasa ni li jo ali. mi jo ala e kili loje lili. mi pali e telo pi jan Sali Tanpo tan seme?

jan Tete: a jan Pili, ali li tawa pini. taso sina tawa telo la sina tawa alasa pali e telo pi jan Suli Tanpo?

jan Pili: a, ali li ike mute la mi toki e ni: mi ken wile e jan pona tawa!

jan Tete: pona. mi pilin e ni: jan lawa li lukin e sina la sina ken pona e ilo kon ona. ni la ona li jaki e sina kepeken ijo jaki laso ona. o lon!

jan Pili: sina awen toki ike e mi la mi tawa... pali ijo e sina!

jan Tete: a, jan Pili? sina tawa pali e seme?

jan Pili: mi tawa... noka e... lawa sina!

jan Tete: a. lawa mi.

jan Pili: lon!

jan Tete: sina tawa noka ala e monsi mi?

[tenpo lili la jan Pili li awen.]

jan Pili: lon!

jan Tete: a, mi tawa lukin e ni! a? o noka e lawa mi! jan utala Kalate suli o tawa! mi wile lukin e ni: sina noka e ijo pi sewi sijelo sina. o pana lukin e noka sike ni tawa mi! o pana lukin e noka sewi tawa mi, jan utala sewi li pana sona e ni tawa sina!

jan Pa: a, sina tu o pona! jan Tete o sona e ni: jan Pili li noka ala e lawa sina.

jan Tete: ona li noka ala tan seme? lawa li ijo sijelo wawa lili! jan sewi Pili li pana sona e ni tawa mi.

jan Pa: ona li toki ike pakala, o awen toki ala e ona. mi sona a ni: ona li ken toki sin la ona li toki e "monsi".

jan Tete: ala, ala, sina wile moli e akesi linja la sina pali e seme? a? sina kipisi e lawa ona. sijelo kala li kama jaki lon seme? lawa ona. sina weka e lawa la sijelo ali li moli! tan ni la jan alasa pi kala li alasa... e lawa!

[jan Pili li utala e luka jan Tete.]

jan Tete: a! o tawa ala, jan Pili o tawa ala!

jan Pa: o pana e ni tawa mi...

[jan Pa li jo e telo nasa tan jan Tete.]

jan Pa: ni li wile pona e mi, ni li kama ala e pilin ike insa mi.

jan Tete: suli ala!

[pini.]

the original scene (starting at 52:47 and ending at 54:33)

just in case you're seeing this post and have not seen the guy who didn't like musicals (which could be likely, seeing as I'm posting this under the toki pona tag), the scene I've translated above is in the video linked below for reference.

[janwasopimeja]

sama kiwen sike

For mun pi ante toki, here's a toki pona translation of Like a Rolling Stone (might do more of these who knows)

tenpo pini la, lukin la, sina pona.

sina pana e mani lili tawa jan pi pona lili anu seme?

jan li toki tawa sina: "o awen a.

sina kama pakala." taso sina kute ala. ni li musi.

tenpo pini la, sina kuntu

tan jan li pali e ni: ona li kulupu.

tenpo ni la, sina toki lili

tenpo ni la, sina wawa ala.

sina o alasa e moku sina!

sina pilin e seme?

sina pilin e seme?

sina lete.

ale li powe.

sina wile

li sama pi kiwen sike.

sina tawa tomo sona pona, jan wan o.

taso sina sona e ala a.

jan ala li pana e sona ma tawa sina.

taso tenpo mute la, sina lon ma.

tenpo pini la, sina toki e ni a:

"mi en jan pi sona ala li ken ala lon poka."

taso ona li esun e toki kana ala.

sina lukin e ona li toki e ni:

"sina wile lon poka anu seme?"

sina pilin e seme?

sina pilin e seme?

sina lete.

ale li powe.

sina wile

li sama pi kiwen sike.

sina lukin ala e pilin ike pi jan musi.

ona li musi tan sina.

sina sona ala e ni: ale li ike.

sina o jo e ijo sina.

tenpo pini la, sina lon soweli kiwen lon poka jan pi

utala ala. ona li jo e soweli.

ona li ike a.

ni li ike a.

ona li lanpan e ale tan sina!

sina pilin e seme?

sina pilin e seme?

sina lete.

ale li powe.

sina wile

li sama pi kiwen sike.

jan lawa li lon tomo lawa. jan pona ale li lon a. ona li moku li pilin e ni:

ale li pona.

ona li esun e ijo pi mani mute. taso sina o lanpan e sike.

o esun e ona.

tenpo pini la, ni li musi:

jan Napolejon pi len ike. ona li kepeken e toki.

o tawa ona. ona li wile e ni.

sina jo ala e ijo. sina ken ala pana.

jan li ken ala lukin e sina. sina len e ala.

sina pilin e seme?

sina pilin e seme?

sina lete.

ale li powe.

sina wile

li sama pi kiwen sike.

[sitelen-musi-lon-toki-pona]

lupa ma monsuta, kipisi nanpa luka:

jan Alupe li pini telo e kasi li toki e ni: "mi ken ala awen weka e lupa. mi wile toki tawa jan pona mi." tan ni la jan Alupe li kama tawa lupa. taso ona li lukin e ni. poki len li weka. taso ilo toki li lon ni. jan Alupe li lanpan e ilo toki li toki insa e ni: "ni li nasa..."

ona li alasa lukin e insa lupa ma. taso ni li pimeja. ona li toki e ni: "jan seme li lon ni?" ona li kute e toki ala. tan ni la ona awen toki. "sina pana e ilo toki tawa mi. tan ni la sina pona"

jan Alupe li lanpan e ijo ona li tawa tomo ona. ona kute ala e toki akesi ni: "...bona?"

jan Alupe li lon tomo ona la ona li kepeken ilo toki li toki tawa jan pona ona. nanpa wan la jan pona ona li toki.

"jan Alupe o! suno la sina toki ala tawa mi! tan seme!?"

"jan Sepan o! ali li pona. mi weka e ilo toki mi."

"tan seme la ni?"

"tenpo pini la ijo nasa li lon. mi tawa lon lupa ma la mi kute e mu monsuta li weka e ilo mi li tawa e tomo mi li lape. suno open ni la mi weka e pan sike suwi lon lupa ma li tawa weka. mi kama sin la pan ni li weka. ni la ilo toki mi li lon.", tenpo mute li kama. pini la jan Sepan li toki.

"a mi sona. lili la sina pilin monsuta. ken la mu monsuta li kama tan lawa sina."

"ni la tan seme la mi ken jo e ilo toki?"

"n... ken la ni li.... kon?"

"musi a jan Sepan o. mi sona e ni: mi kute e mu ni."

"mi la tan ante li lon. taso sina ken pilin e ni"

"mi pilin ala e ni. mi sona!"

"oke. ni li toki ali sina la mi weka"

"tawa pona jan Sepan o"

"tawa pona" ilo toki li pali e mu kiki lili.

jan Alupe li pali e telo kasi seli li toki insa e ni:

"ken la jan pi insa lupa li wile e suwi"

jan Alupe li tawa lape

...

"bona?" jan akesi li toki insa ni "Kiu lingvo estis tiu?"

toki ante:

bona = pona

Kiu lingvo estas tiu = toki ni li seme

kipisi pi jan pali lon toki Inli:

Well, that was the last that I had backed up, expect longer delays between updates. But this also means that whatever suggestions or feedback of the story you have could directly affect it! well that's all I have to say, see you in the next chapter!

[vague-humanoid]

PALi PiNi

tenpo sike ni la ijo ike suli li lon. mi lon insa pi pilin ike. mi ken weka ala tan ni.

taso ijo pona wan li ni: mi kama sona e toki pona! mi toki insa kepeken toki ni la, mi ken sona pona e pilin mi.

lawa mi li kepeken toki pona la, mi pali e kalama musi kepeken ona.

mi wile e ni: kalama musi ni li pona tawa sina!

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This has been a hellish year, and in the particular depths of a bad situation I coped by hyperfixating on learning toki pona. As the circumstances were complex and confusing, the simplicity of the language was helpful for emotional processing. This combined with the fact that I tend to use music as a kind of emotional exorcism to result in this incredibly obscure gothy EBM darkwave type song. Enjoy (?).

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written by Shonalika

produced by Shonalika and Will Fox

mastered by Will Fox

Videography and direction by Vesper Morningstar/Venom Visuals (IG: @vespermorningstar)

pona tawa jan Lute

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nimi:

sina lon insa lawa mi

mi pilin pona suli

ni li tan seme?

ni li tan seme?

sina jo e nasin suwi

sina pona lukin tawa mi, taso

ni li open taso

ni li open taso

mi o toki tawa sina anu seme?

mi o pali. taso sina sama lete

mi toki mute, sina kute ala kute?

mi o awen, mi o pona anu seme?

ala, mi pali pini ale

mi wile e ijo sin

o alasa e ante

mi pali pini kin

mi pali pini

sina lon insa lawa mi

mi pilin ike tan ni

ni li tan seme?

ni li tan seme? mi toki

sina pakala

sina tawa wawa

sina monsuta

tan mi utala

tan ni: sina toki ala

sina toki ala

a, sina pakala?

sina sona e pona?

ni li lon?

taso tenpo kama la sina ken ala ken e nasin ante a?

mi ken sona e ni kepeken nasin seme?

mi wile e sina, taso

mi wile mama ala e sina, tenpo

ni la, mi wile toki sin ala

sina ken kama suli, anu weka

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