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Description: Loose Toki Pona translation of Memory by H. P. Lovecraft

Original: Memory by Howard Phillips Lovecraft

Notes: Originally presented and recorded at ma toki pona vr meetup #176 on the 25th of October 2025, published to Youtube on the 31st of October 2025.

tenpo weka

jan Tekinowi Oct 25, 2025

{"/":{"prev":{"id":"2025/10/nasin-nanpa-tuwan-nasin-nanpa-mi-pi-toki-pona","data":{"title":"nasin nanpa Tuwan: nasin nanpa mi pi toki pona","description":"jan Awa li pali e nasin nanpa","authors":["jan Awa"],"proofreaders":null,"date":"2025-10-26T00:00:00.000Z","date-precision":"day","original":null,"tags":["nasin nanpa"],"license":null,"sources":["https://janawa.bearblog.dev/nasin-nanpa-tuwan/"],"archives":null,"preprocessing":null,"accessibility-notes":null,"notes":null},"body":"nasin nanpa mute li lon toki pona. ken la nasin nanpa pi toki mi li lon, taso mi sona ala e ona.\n\nni la, mi open.\n\nnasin nanpa pu la, nanpa li open sama ni:\n\n0: ala\\\n1: wan\\\n2: tu\\\n3: tu wan\n\no awen! tu wan la tu en wan li kama wan anu seme? ken la, sina pilin e ni: tan la tu en wan li tu wan. taso mi pilin ante. tu wan li tu wan tan ni: jan li weka e wan tan tu wan la, nanpa li tu. jan li weka e tu tan tu wan la, nanpa li wan. ni tu li poka la tu wan li lon. ni la nasin pi pali nanpa li ni:\n\n1. o weka e wan tan nanpa\n2. o weka e tu tan nanpa\n3. o poka e ijo tu ni\n\nnasin ni la, 4 la 'tu wan' en 'tu' li lon poka la tu wan tu.\n\nmi o awen e nasin ni li pana e nanpa mute:\n\n0: ala\\\n1: wan\\\n2: tu\\\n3: tu wan\\\n4: tu wan tu\\\n5: tu wan tu tu wan\\\n6: tu wan tu tu wan tu wan tu\\\n7: tu wan tu tu wan tu wan tu tu wan tu tu wan\\\n8: tu wan tu tu wan tu wan tu tu wan tu tu wan tu wan tu tu wan tu wan tu\\\n9: tu wan tu tu wan tu wan tu tu wan tu tu wan tu wan tu tu wan tu wan tu tu wan tu tu wan tu wan tu tu wan tu tu wan\\\n10: tu wan tu tu wan tu wan tu tu wan tu tu wan tu wan tu tu wan tu wan tu tu wan tu tu wan tu wan tu tu wan tu tu wan tu wan tu tu wan tu wan tu tu wan tu tu wan tu wan tu tu wan tu wan tu\n\nken suli la sina sona e ni: mute nimi nanpa li suli sama kulupu nanpa Piponasi.\n\nkin la, nimi pi nasin ni li Tuwan tan ni: ona li kama tan pilin mi tawa nimi 'tu 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tu wan \n8: tu wan tu tu wan tu wan tu tu wan tu tu wan tu wan tu tu wan tu wan tu \n9: tu wan tu tu wan tu wan tu tu wan tu tu wan tu wan tu tu wan tu wan tu tu wan tu tu wan tu wan tu tu wan tu tu wan \n10: tu wan tu tu wan tu wan tu tu wan tu tu wan tu wan tu tu wan tu wan tu tu wan tu tu wan tu wan tu tu wan tu tu wan tu wan tu tu wan tu wan tu tu wan tu tu wan tu wan tu tu wan tu wan tu\nken suli la sina sona e ni: mute nimi nanpa li suli sama kulupu nanpa Piponasi.\nkin la, nimi pi nasin ni li Tuwan tan ni: ona li kama tan pilin mi tawa nimi ‘tu wan’.","metadata":{"headings":[],"localImagePaths":[],"remoteImagePaths":[],"frontmatter":{"title":"nasin nanpa Tuwan: nasin nanpa mi pi toki pona","description":"jan Awa li pali e nasin nanpa","authors":["jan Awa"],"proofreaders":null,"date":"2025-10-26","date-precision":"day","original":null,"tags":["nasin 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ona li wile suli nanpa wan a! jan ante o anpa. ona li wile utala e jan lili.\n\npimeja la, ona li pakala lili e tomo pi jan lili. suno la, jan lili li open pali la, ale tomo li pakala. jan lili li sona ala e tan pakala. taso mun li lukin e ike pi jan suli. sewi li lon e ni: pakala ale lon tomo pi jan lili li kama tawa tomo pi jan suli kin. jan suli li lukin e pakala lon tomo ona. pilin ona la, jan lili li lon e pakala ni. pimeja la, jan suli li utala a e jan lili. “o tawa ma ante! o kama sin ala!” jan lili li weka.\n\njan pi len jelo li kama sona e weka la, ona li toki: “sewi li pana e ken wile tawa mi mute. tan sewi taso la mi wile pali. pali ale li pona sama. sina weka e wile pali tan jan ante la, sina ike sama pimeja. o toki ala e ‘mi pona nanpa wan’. mi ale li pona sama a!”\n\njan suli li pilin ike, li tawa alasa e jan lili. ona li weka tan ma nena, li tawa lon ma supa pi kasi ala lon suno mute lon pimeja mute, li kama lon ma tomo pi jan suno. jan utala li awen e ma tomo. jan suli li toki: “mi jan suno tan ma nena. mi alasa e jan weka.” jan utala li ken e kama. jan lili li lon ala ma tomo ni; taso, jan suno li wile e sona pi ma nena. jan suli li toki e suno mun, e jan pi len jelo, e pali tomo e utala. ale li pona lon ma nena la, sin la jan suno pi ma tomo li wile tawa ma nena. jan pali li tan ma tomo la ona li wile ala tawa. jan lawa pi len laso li toki:\n\n“kulupu ni li wawa. mi o alasa e jan lili pi ma nena lon ma jan ante. jan suno ale o wan sin. jan pali o! sina taso lon ma tomo la, jan ike li moli e sina. mi o weka e ike ale tan ma. ike li lon ala la, jan suno li ken lon ma ale. o utala!”\n\njan suno pi ma tomo li open e utala tawa ma pi jan utala. ona li utala e ma lili mute, li alasa e jan lili. jan suli li lawa e kulupu utala, li kama utala e ma tomo lon poka pi telo suli. ma ni la, jan lili li lon. taso ona en jan pi suno ala li mama e jan sin. jan lili li olin e jan pi suno ala, li wile ala weka. jan suli li pilin pakala. ona o seme? taso ona li awen 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lili e tomo pi jan lili. suno la, jan lili li open pali la, ale tomo li pakala. jan lili li sona ala e tan pakala. taso mun li lukin e ike pi jan suli. sewi li lon e ni: pakala ale lon tomo pi jan lili li kama tawa tomo pi jan suli kin. jan suli li lukin e pakala lon tomo ona. pilin ona la, jan lili li lon e pakala ni. pimeja la, jan suli li utala a e jan lili. “o tawa ma ante! o kama sin ala!” jan lili li weka.\njan pi len jelo li kama sona e weka la, ona li toki: “sewi li pana e ken wile tawa mi mute. tan sewi taso la mi wile pali. pali ale li pona sama. sina weka e wile pali tan jan ante la, sina ike sama pimeja. o toki ala e ‘mi pona nanpa wan’. mi ale li pona sama a!”\njan suli li pilin ike, li tawa alasa e jan lili. ona li weka tan ma nena, li tawa lon ma supa pi kasi ala lon suno mute lon pimeja mute, li kama lon ma tomo pi jan suno. jan utala li awen e ma tomo. jan suli li toki: “mi jan suno tan ma nena. mi alasa e jan weka.” jan utala li ken e kama. jan lili li lon ala ma tomo ni; taso, jan suno li wile e sona pi ma nena. jan suli li toki e suno mun, e jan pi len jelo, e pali tomo e utala. ale li pona lon ma nena la, sin la jan suno pi ma tomo li wile tawa ma nena. jan pali li tan ma tomo la ona li wile ala tawa. jan lawa pi len laso li toki:\n“kulupu ni li wawa. mi o alasa e jan lili pi ma nena lon ma jan ante. jan suno ale o wan sin. jan pali o! sina taso lon ma tomo la, jan ike li moli e sina. mi o weka e ike ale tan ma. ike li lon ala la, jan suno li ken lon ma ale. o utala!”\njan suno pi ma tomo li open e utala tawa ma pi jan utala. ona li utala e ma lili mute, li alasa e jan lili. jan suli li lawa e kulupu utala, li kama utala e ma tomo lon poka pi telo suli. ma ni la, jan lili li lon. taso ona en jan pi suno ala li mama e jan sin. jan lili li olin e jan pi suno ala, li wile ala weka. jan suli li pilin pakala. ona o seme? taso ona li awen sona e toki tan jan pi len jelo: “mi ale li pona sama.” pini la, ona li moli ala e jan olin, li toki: “o tawa o len lon ma ante suli. jan suno pi ma tomo li utala ala e lawa suli.”\njan suli li tawa ma tomo, li wile pini e utala. tan ni la, jan pi len laso li wile moli e ona. taso jan suli li weka tawa ma nena, li utala sin ala.","metadata":{"headings":[],"localImagePaths":[],"remoteImagePaths":[],"frontmatter":{"title":"pona sama","description":null,"authors":["soko Sijeni"],"proofreaders":null,"date":"2025-08-30","date-precision":"day","original":null,"tags":["story","original","short story"],"license":null,"sources":["https://sijeni.li.pona.la/tp/pona-sama"],"archives":["https://web.archive.org/web/0/https://sijeni.li.pona.la/tp/pona-sama"],"preprocessing":null,"accessibility-notes":null,"notes":null},"imagePaths":[]}},"collection":"poki"}},"t/horror":{},"a/jan_Tekinowi":{"next":{"id":"2021/05/monsuta-lon-ma-pi-kasi-suli","data":{"title":"monsuta lon ma pi kasi suli","description":null,"authors":["jan 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Wewesinja (West Virginia) la sina ken lukin e sitelen monsuta<a href=\"#user-content-fn-1\" id=\"user-content-fnref-1\" data-footnote-ref=\"\" aria-describedby=\"footnote-label\">1</a> lon ijo mute. nimi ona li monsuta Patu. jan ale pi tomo ni li kute e nimi ona. ni li toki jan pi ma tomo.\ntenpo pimeja wan la jan lili tu wan li lukin e ni: ijo suno li tawa lon sewi. ona li lukin sama tomo tawa pi jan mun. ona li kama anpa tawa ma pi jan kasi. jan lili li tawa tomo ona li toki e lukin ona. jan lili en jan ante tu tu li tawa li wile lukin e ijo suno nasa ni.\nkulupu li lukin e suno loje lon nena. ona li tawa nena. jan pi ilo suno li suno e ma pi kasi suli. tenpo lili la jan li ken lukin e ni: monsuta li lon sinpin ona!\nmonsuta li lukin sama jan li jo e lawa loje e len lawa. lukin la len lawa li sama ilo sike pi tawa ma. oko monsuta li suno pi laso loje. sijelo li pimeja anu laso pimeja. monsuta li jo e luka lili tu.\nmonsuta li lukin e jan la ona li tawa kulupu li mu. jan pi ilo suno li ken ala jo e ilo. ilo li kama lon ma. tenpo lili la jan ale li tawa monsi. jan ale li tawa la monsuta li pana e kon jaki. kon jaki li pali e ni: jan li pilin nasa li pilin ike.\nsuno li kama lon sewi la jan lawa li kama tawa ma monsuta. jan lawa li ken ala kute e ijo nasa li ken ala lukin e ijo nasa li ken ala pilin kepeken nena e ijo nasa.. monsuta li weka.\njan li pilin e ni: monsuta li jan mun. jan ante li pilin e ni: monsuta li waso li wile awen e sike mama ona. mi ale li kama ala sona e lon pi tenpo ni lon ma tomo Patu.\n<section data-footnotes=\"\" class=\"footnotes\"><h2 class=\"sr-only\" id=\"footnote-label\">Footnotes</h2>\n<ol>\n<li id=\"user-content-fn-1\">\nmonsuta li soweli ike anu jan ike <a href=\"#user-content-fnref-1\" data-footnote-backref=\"\" aria-label=\"Back to reference 1\" class=\"data-footnote-backref\">↩</a>\n</li>\n</ol>\n</section>","metadata":{"headings":[{"depth":2,"slug":"footnote-label","text":"Footnotes"}],"localImagePaths":[],"remoteImagePaths":[],"frontmatter":{"title":"monsuta lon ma pi kasi suli","description":null,"authors":["jan Tekinowi"],"proofreaders":null,"date":"2021-05-07T00:00:00.000Z","date-precision":"day","tags":null,"original":null,"license":"CC-BY-SA 4.0","sources":["https://liputenpo.org/pdfs/0004kasi.pdf","https://liputenpo.org/lipu/nanpa-kasi/"],"archives":null,"preprocessing":null,"accessibility-notes":null,"notes":null},"imagePaths":[]}},"collection":"poki"}},"o/Memory":{}}

insa pi nena tu la, mun li pana e suno pi wawa ala lon kasi suli.
anpa kasi la, suno li ken ala lon. anpa kasi la, ijo nasa li lon pimeja ni. kasi ale li jaki tawa nena, li lon kiwen ale. ona li linja, li poki a e tomo pakala li len e nasin noka majuna.

pakala ale ni la, soweli lili li tawa lon sewi kasi.

tenpo weka la, tomo ni li sewi a. taso tenpo ni la, akesi monsuta nasa li lon ona. tenpo weka la, ijo li pali mute e tomo ale ni. tenpo li alasa pakala a e tomo. taso, ona li awen tomo. akesi lili en soweli suwi en kasi ale la, ona li tomo pona.

nasin telo li lon. nimi ona li telo Lan. telo li tawa lon anpa pi pakala ale. ko mute en kasi mute li lon telo Lan. telo li kama tan anpa ma, li tawa, li kama anpa sin. ni la, kijetesantakalu li ken ala sona e tan ona, li ken ala sona e pini ona, li ken ala sona e ni: telo li loje tan seme

mun li pana e suno la, ijo sewi li kama tan mun. ona li wile toki tawa kijetesantakalu. ona li toki e ni:

mi majuna la, mi ken ala sona pona e tenpo pini. ijo seme li pali e kiwen ale ni, e tomo ale ni? nimi ona li seme?

kijetesantakalu li toki: mi sona pona e tenpo pini. taso mi kin li majuna a. ijo pi pali tomo li sama telo Lan. mi ken ala sona pona e ona. mi sona pona ala e pali ona tan ni: tenpo ona li lili a. ona li weka sama telo ni. mi sona lili e sijelo ona. lili la, ona li sama soweli lon kasi. taso, mi sona pona e nimi ona tan ni: nimi ona li sama nimi pi telo Lan. sona mi la, nimi ona li nimi jan.

sewi li kute e ale ni, li weka, li kama sin lon mun ona. kijetesantakalu li lukin e soweli lili. poka pi tomo pakala la, ona li tawa sewi lon kasi.