Post #1659008
2026-04-24 17:34 UTC
toki pona has this thing where names are always treated as adjectives that modify a noun, so like my name is "jan Niki" because Niki modifies jan, the noun for "a person". minecraft is "musi Minecraft" or "musi Manka" because musi is the noun for "thing you do for fun".
I've started doing this in english, for instance "friend Kelly" or "website Critters dot gay" or so on. it's fun and convenient.
#tokipona #english #language
Replies (4)
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@puppyfag@mk.absturztau.be 2026-04-30 12:26
@nycki@critters.gay toki pona is such a curious language :neodog_aww:
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@flesh@transfem.social 2026-04-25 18:33
@nycki@critters.gay musi Niki
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@viscountexx@goblin.technology 2026-04-25 16:23
@nycki i have a friend who's never spoken toki pona who will greet me like "friend Many, hi!!" all the time, and now i'm really fascinated by where/how she picked that up
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@nycki@critters.gay 2026-04-25 16:07
incidentally Klay would be "mani Kale" (mani = livestock) which is funny because it looks like the english word "kale" but in toki pona the e is not silent