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Description: utala ale li wile pini. jan pona ale li wile tawa anpa. jan ale li wile toki e ni lon tenpo kama: "mi tawa." soweli Mile Powe (Miles Prower) li ante ala.

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palisa monsi pi soweli lon tenpo ale: pini pi musi

Hopeful_Student
Sep 10, 2024

!!! note

A translation of Eternal Tails: Game Over by Pantalion

I have a love hate relationship with Toki Pona, largely because, while I respect its minimalistic goals, I feel like it is absolutely useless in its current form. This whole story, or even most of the stories in this series could be translated in a single word: mu.

That being said, I do want to showcase the fact that I spent far too much time invested in this language. The result is not some half-hearted scramble to boost my own published stories count on this site but an effort of meticulously trying to hammer an English-sized peg into a Toki Pona-sized hole.

Ku lili words are utilized, as well as any words found on nimi.li. I did not create any new words to translate this story. I have no interest in translating the other stories of this series, or any other story, into Toki Pona after this.

  • konwe - life
  • oko - eye
  • peto - tears, crying, sorrow
  • powe - to lie, deceive
  • puwa - fluffy, soft
  • taki - bond, attach
  • tuli - three

mi ken ala moli tan seme?

kon seli pi linja soweli li taki lon poka ale. ona li suli li telo jaki lon ni. ilo pi pakala seli li pakala e kiwen insa sijelo.

pilin li ike mute a tawa mi.

taso mi pilin e sina taso.

luka sina li lon sewi luka mi. luka sina li awen e wawa. len pi luka sina li pakala mute. mi ken lukin e selo anpa.

taso, sina weka e luka lon tenpo ala.

tenpo ni kin la, mi ken ala moli.

mi en sina li supa lon ni lon tenpo seme? tenpo lili ala lili? tenpo mute ala mute? tenpo suno mute anu seme? utala li pini, taso mi awen utala tan ni: mi alasa kon.

taso, mi wile kon ala.

taso, mi ken ala.

tenpo ale la, mi alasa e sina. tenpo pi lape ala la, mi alasa suli e mi tawa sina. taki ni pi wawa lili li lili tawa mi. mi ken ala toki pi ni: mi wile mute e sina.

ni la, mi kama sama sike. linja en selo li weka tan monsi mi. ona li awen lon anpa seli. taso, mi pilin e wile taso.

luka ante mi li ken tawa. len luka li walo lon tenpo pini. tenpo ni la, len luka li walo pimeja tan ko pimeja.

luka i li alasa lanpan e kiwen pakala lon anpa. tenpo ni la, mi kama tawa sina kepeken wwawa ale mi.

linja ale li pilin suli.

sina jan wawa tawa mi.

mi pali pona lon tenpo pini anu seme?

sina ken ala kute e toki mi. mi ken ala toki. mi jo e pilin ike e ko pimeja taso. taso, mi wile e ni: sina toki tawa mi. tenpo ni la, mi kama tawa sina kepeken wawa ale. mi pilin ike. mi pilin e luka sina.

sina weka e luka lon tenpo ala.

mi ken ala moli.

mi pali ike anu seme?

mi ken toki la, mi toki e ni ala. mi pali ike la, sina powe.

mi sona e ni: mi pali ike ala la, mi kute e ni: mi pali ike.

pini la, luka ante mi li lukin li kama pilin e sina. mi kama pilin e sijelo sina. uta pakala mi li pilin e sina la, linja sina li puwa ala.

mi pilin e ni: mi lili. sina suli.

awen la, mi ken ala moli.

peto li kama tan oko mi lon tenpo wan. mi pilin e ni: mi soweli lili. mi lon taso. mi sona ala. ma ale li nasa. ale li ike. mi ike.

tenpo pini la, sina awen tawa kepeken tenpo lili. mi awen tawa sina tan ni: sina li ale tawa mi. sina li mama mi. sina li jan pona mi.

pini la, mi kama tawa sina tan ni: sina awen.

ni la, mi supa. mi kute tan ni: mi wile sona e ni: sina jo ala jo e konwe.

sina awen poka mi tan seme?

sina kute ala tan seme?

mi ken ala moli tan seme?

mi ken ala toki. sina ken ala toki.

tenpo wan la, mi wile e ni: ale pona li weka tan mi. tenpo wan la, mi ken ala alasa e sina la, sina awen lon poka mi.

sina lon ala la, mi awen.

mi ken ala peto lon tenpo seme?

awen la, mi ken ala moli e mi.

ni la, mi lon noka.

pini la, mi jo e sina. mi tawa e sina. luka mi li pilin e luka sina. luka sina li awen lon poka luka mi.

pini la, mi en sina li tawa kepeken tenpo lili. ma pakala li ale.

mi lukin e ni: jan li moli e sina. ona li weka kepeken nasin.

taso, mi tawa kepeken nasin ante. mi weka e mi tan utala. mi weka e mi tan moli. mi weka e mi tan ona.

mi kama tawa seli. mi kama tawa utala ala. mi kama tawa ma pi tenpo pini. tawa tomo mi.

lon ni la, sina lape. sina lape anpa kasi suli. ona li pona tawa sina. pini la, sina pilin pona.

luka sina li awen jo e luka mi.

mi peto sin. mi pakala e luka palisa sina tan ni: mi weka. mi toki e toki tuli tawa sina.

mi wile e ni: tenpo pini la, mi toki mute tawa sina. mi peto sin.

sina lape.

ni la, mi weka e mi tan ni: utala li awen.