sitelen-ale.md

Punctuation

In my dialect, a coordinating comma between two _{^{GENITIVE PHRASE}}s can't be safely removed.

ona li sona e tomo pi telo nasa, pi ma ante.
She knows a foreign bar.

Sitelen Pona

Cartouche

• soweli mani · loje · lili · = soweli Maloli
• soweli noka · wawa · = soweli Nowa
• soweli wile · nimi · pu · = soweli Wini Pu

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In my nasin, a slight pause is indicated by an elipsis (...).

	But I was playing.
pona pona	taso... mi musi.	TEPAN
pona ike	taso, mi musi.	MA PONA

In my nasin, a _{^{SUBORDINATE CLAUSE}} starts with a colon and ends with a comma, unless the _{^{SUBORDINATE CLAUSE}} comes at the end of the _^SENTENCE, which is pona enough (pona pona).

	I was happy that you were there.
pona ala	tan ni: sina lon, la mi pilin pona.	X
pona pona	mi pilin pona tan ni: sina lon.	PU

In my nasin, one can omit the comma between two _^PHRASE of same kind and rank...

	I was happy that you were there.
pona pona	ona li pali, li musi.	PU
→	ona li pali li musi.	PU

...however one cannot omit the comma between two pi-_^PHRASEs of same kind and rank, in order to avoid confusion with one pi-_^PHRASE nested in another pi-_^PHRASE. In my nasin, both cases of putting two pi-_^PHRASEs adjacent to one another is un-pona (pona ala).

	music of a very friendly foreign country
pona ala	kalama musi pi ma ante pi pona mute	X

	very good foreign music
pona ala	kalama musi pi ma ante, pi pona mute	X
pona ike	kalama musi pi ma ante pi pona mute	X

In my nasin, one can use ASCII characters instead of sitelen pona mid-sentence.

	one apple
pona pona	kili wan	PU
→	kili 1	TEPAN

	the first language
pona pona	toki nanpa wan	PU
→	toki #1	TEPAN

	At first, say your name.
pona pona	nanpa wan la o toki e nimi sina.	PU
→	#1) o toki e nimi sina.	TEPAN

Playful Hieroglyphs

(sitelen pona musi)

toki pona	sitelen pona musi	sina suli a!	ma Kanata	toki nanpa wan

_^CORRELATIVEs, _^NUMBERs, _^PRONOUNs and simple _^NOUNs don't become part of another _^NOUN in general. They can only become part of another simple _^NOUN.

mi weka e ike jan, la mi weka e ike mi.

Click here for more examples.

Content Words

_^PREPOSITIONs are written above.

mi lon tomo.	wawa li lon insa.	mi pana e kala tawa ona lon tomo.	tan seme la soweli wawa pimeja li moku e ona?

_^PRE-VERBs are written above.

mi kama sona e toki pona.

_{^{SUBORDINATE CLAUSE}}s after a colon are written below.

mi sona e ni: mi anpa.

If ni: is missing, the _{^{SUBORDINATE CLAUSE}} is not written below.

lon ni: mi pona tawa jan, la jan li pona tawa mi.*

taso is written above.

taso mije en meli li pali li pilin pona.

Particles

_{^{PHRASE MARKER}}s are written below.

ale li pona.	jan ala li ike.	mi o moku e ijo pona.	o kute e mama sina.

Emoji

❗	🐊	0️⃣	🏹	♾	⬇️	🔀	✖️	⏸️	⏩	➕	🛒
a	akesi	ala	alasa	ale	anpa	ante	anu	awen	e	en	esun
⚛️	👎	🔨	🎯	💩	👤	🟡	👜	🐟	🔉	⏮️	🌱
ijo	ike	ilo	insa	jaki	jan	jelo	jo	kala	kalama	kama	kasi
🇰	🔧	🍏	💎	🧹	💨	🌈	👥	👂	◀️	😴	🔵
ken	kepeken	kili	kiwen	ko	kon	kule	kulupu	kute	la	lape	laso
🗿	👗	❄️	▶️	👶	🧵	📄	🔴	↕️	🖐️	👁️	🕳️
lawa	len	lete	li	lili	linja	lipu	loje	lon	luka	lukin	lupa
🏝	👪	💰	👩	👈	👨	🍽	💀	⬅️	😹	🌜	🃏
ma	mama	mani	meli	mi	mije	moku	moli	monsi	mu	mun	musi
3️⃣	#️⃣	🌀	⛖	🗻	👇	💬	🦶	⏺	💕️	👆	🔓
mute	nanpa	nasa	nasin	nena	ni	nimi	noka	o	olin	ona	open
💥	✊	📏	🍞	🎁	⏹️	💗	⚫	⏭	🦟	↔️	📦
pakala	pali	palisa	pan	pana	pi	pilin	pimeja	pini	pipi	poka	poki
👍	📖	🔁	🔥	🔲	❓	⬆️	🏃	⭕	🌟	👉	➡️
pona	pu	sama	seli	selo	seme	sewi	sijelo	sike	sin	sina	sinpin
🖼	ℹ️	🐈	🧓	🌞️	🛏	🍭	↩️	⏪	↪️	💧	🕒
sitelen	sona	soweli	suli	suno	supa	suwi	tan	taso	tawa	telo	tenpo
🗣	🏠	2️⃣	💏	👄	⚔️	⚪	1️⃣	🐤	⚡	➖	🇼
toki	tomo	tu	unpa	uta	utala	walo	wan	waso	wawa	weka	wile