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GENDER 6 INTERJECTIONS


a - ahh, ha!, umm, hmm, ooh, etc.
awen - to wait, to pause, to stay; remaining      
mama - parent
mije - man, husband, boyfriend, male
meli - woman, wife, girlfriend, female
mu - woof, meow, moo, any animal sound

nimi - name, word
o - used for vocative and imperative
pona - good, to fix, yay!, cool,

toki - language; hey!

Genders in toki pona

Genders in toki pona are extremely simple.Toki Pona doesn't have any grammatical gender.
Some words in Toki Pona (such as mama) don't tell you which gender a person is, and so we use mije and meli to distinguish.

      mama -- a parent in general; doesn't tell whether it's mother or father
      mama meli -- mother
      mama mije -- father

In Toki Pona it's usually best not to specify whether the person you're talking about is male or female unless there's a special reason for doing so.


toki Inli li pona. -- The English language is good.
   toki Kanse -- French language
   toki Epelanto -- Esperanto

If you want to talk about a person who is from a certain place, you just say jan and then attach the unofficial word at the end, like this:
   jan Kanata -- Canadian person
   jan Mesiko -- Mexican person
   meli Italija -- Italian woman
   mije Epanja -- Spanish man

If you want to talk about someone using their name. For example,

jan Ingrid li pona - Ingrid is cool .

jan Irina li musi. -- Irina is funny.

mi jan Francisco. -- I am Francisco.

nimi mi li Alice. -- My name is Alice.


Interjections

   toki is used to mean hello.
      toki! -- Hello!, Hi!, etc.
      jan Lisa o, toki. -- Hello, Lisa.

   pona is what you say when something good happens.
      pona! -- Yay! Good! Hoorah!

   ike is what you say when something bad happens.
      ike! -- Oh no!, Uh oh!, etc.

   pakala essentially covers all the curse words.
      pakala! -- f-ck! d-mn!

   mu is for sounds made by animals.
      mu. -- Meow. Woof. Grrr. Moo.

   a is a word that expresses emotion or laughter.
      a. -- Ooh, ahh, unh, oh, etc.
      a a a! -- Hahaha! (laughter)


   suno pona! -- Good sun! Good day!
   lape pona! -- Sleep well! Have a good night!
   moku pona! -- Good food! Enjoy your meal!
   mi tawa -- I'm going. Bye!
   tawa pona! -- (in reply) Go well! Good bye!
   kama pona! -- Come well! Welcome!
   musi pona! -- Good fun! Have fun!



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toki pona li toki pona Toki Pona is a good language.

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Bibliography: http://kisa.ca/
http://en.tokipona.org/wiki/What_is_Toki_Pona%3F
http://rowa.giso.de/languages/toki-pona/english/latex/Contents.html
http://bknight0.myweb.uga.edu/toki/

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