CONJUNCTIONS
ante - other, different
anu - or
en - and
kin - indeed, still, too
lete - cold; to freeze
lipu - paper, sheet, page, ticket, etc.
mani - money, currency
pilin - feel, think
taso - but, only The use of anu This word is used to make questions when there is a choice between two different options. For example: jan Susan anu jan Lisa li moku e suwi?
In a semi-literal way, this sentence says Susan or Lisa ate the cookies? Here are some more examples: sina jo e kili anu telo nasa? -- Do you have the fruit, or is it the wine that you have?
sina toki tawa mi anu ona? -- Are you talking to me, or are you talking to him?
ona anu jan ante li ike? -- Is he bad, or is it the other person who's bad?
sina toki pi mama anu jan lili? -- Are you talking about the parent, or is the child that you're talking about? sina kama anu seme? -- Are you coming or what? (lit: You come or what?)
sina wile moku anu seme? -- Do you want to eat or what?
sina wile e mani anu seme? -- Do you want the money or what?
The use of en
This word simply means and. It is used like in English to join two nouns in the subject of a sentence together: mi en sina li jan pona. -- You and I are friends.
jan lili en jan suli li toki. -- The child and the adult are talking. kalama musi en meli li pona tawa mi. -- I like music and girls.
Note that en is not intended to connect two direct objects. For that, use the multiple-e
Correct: mi wile e moku e telo. -- I want food and water.
Incorrect: mi wile e moku en telo.
Also note that en is not used to connect two whole sentences, Instead, use the multiple-li technique
I'm eating fruit, and I'm speaking in/using Toki Pona.
mi moku e kili li toki kepeken toki pona.
OR
mi moku e kili. mi toki kepeken toki pona. en can also be used with pi if two people own something together:
tomo pi jan Keli en mije ona li suli. -- The house of Keli and her boyfriend is big.
jan lili pi jan Ken en jan Lisa li suwi. -- Ken and Lisa's baby is sweet. The use of taso
taso has two uses: as an adjective, and as a conjunction.
mi wile moku. taso mi jo ala e moku. -- I want to eat. But I don't have food.
mi wile lukin e tomo mi. taso mi lon ma ante. -- I want to see my house. But I'm in a different country.
The only thing you need to remember is to start a new sentence when you want to use taso.
Correct: mi pona. taso meli mi li pakala. -- I'm okay. But my girlfriend is injured.
Incorrect: mi pona, taso meli mi li pakala.
Incorrect: mi pona taso meli mi li pakala.
taso can be used as an adjective. It goes after the noun, just like all other adjectives in Toki Pona.
jan Lisa taso li kama. -- Only Lisa came.
mi sona e ni taso. -- I know only that. (or, in everyday English, That's all I know.)
And since it can be used as an adjective, of course it can be used as an adverb.
mi musi taso. -- I'm just joking.
mi pali taso. -- I just work. (in everyday English, we might say, All I ever do is work.)
mi lukin taso e meli ni! ali li pona. -- I only looked at that girl! Everything's okay. The use of kin
kin is used to mean also, still, or indeed. For example: mi tawa ma Elopa. -- I went to Europe.
pona! mi tawa kin. -- Cool! I went too.
mi mute o tawa. -- Let's go.
mi ken ala. mi moku kin. -- I can't. I'm still eating.
a! sina lukin ala lukin e ijo nasa ni? -- Whoa! Do you see that weird thing?
mi lukin kin e ona. -- I see it indeed.
Temperature and pilin seli means hot or heat. lete means cold. We can use these words to describe the temperature:
seli li lon. -- Heat is present. It's hot.
lete li lon. -- Cold is present. It's cold.
You can also use lili and mute to be more specific.
seli mute li lon. -- Much heat is present. It's very hot.
seli lili li lon. -- A little heat is present. It's warm.
lete mute li lon. -- Much cold is present. It's very cold.
lete lili li lon. -- A little cold is present. It's cool.
Now the thing about these phrases is that they're only used to talk about the temperature of the surroundings in general. . However, if you're referring to a certain object that is cold, irregardless of the surrounding environment, you use pilin...
ilo ni li lete pilin. -- This axe is cold to-touch.
This structure is just like pona lukin.
pilin is actually acting as an adverb here. A strict translation of the sentence above would be This axe is touchily cold. -- You also see that pilin is used to describe the temperature of specific objects, while lon is used to describe the general the pilin phrases can use mute and lili to intensify the descriptions:
ni li lete pilin mute. -- This feels cold a lot. This is very cold.
ni li seli pilin lili. -- This feels hot a little. This feels warm. Other uses of pilin
You also use pilin to describe how you're feeling.
mi pilin pona. -- I feel good. I feel happy.
mi pilin ike. -- I feel bad. I feel sad.
sina pilin seme? -- How do you feel? It can also mean to think:
mi pilin e ni: sina ike. -- I think this: You're bad. I think that you're bad.
sina pilin e seme? -- What are you thinking?
mi pilin ijo. -- I'm thinking (about) something.
mi pilin pi meli ni. -- I'm thinking about that woman.
PROVERB
wawa li lon insa Energy comes from inside.
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