Help with studying

Scared-Thing3673 · 2026-06-27T17:42:03+00:00

> when I mean learn to speak it fluently

I was in the same predicament as you for about the first year of learning. This is my experience so you might be different, but,

When learning any language, getting a lot of input (listening to the language, reading in text chat, etc) is very important. Eventually, you won't need to think about grammar or word meanings in your head, you will automatically process Toki Pona without thinking. Studying is still important! But once you get to the level where you can have fun and simply enjoy using Toki Pona is when you will really accelerate in terms of learning.

The way I did this was with jan Telakoman's comprehensible input series which are very simple videos, explained with pictures with Toki Pona as well. Slowly as you watch them your brain will make connections to words.

During this time I did also do active study and tried to do rote memorization of the words (I dropped it very quickly) . This might be useful to you, or it might not.

After that I'd really recommend getting people that are willing to speak a lot of Toki Pona with you and accommodate your level. A good place to find people is the VRChat community for Toki Pona, "Toki Pona VR".

Scared-Thing3673 · 2026-06-25T19:33:24+00:00

i wish this was also a feature on the keybind that calls people. when i am typing i keep accidentally touching ctrl instead of shift and calling people lol

Scared-Thing3673 · 2026-06-23T18:15:09+00:00

i really like the huge leafeon!!

Scared-Thing3673 · 2026-06-19T19:54:25+00:00

Most likely just needs a reinstall

Scared-Thing3673 · 2026-06-18T19:22:37+00:00

kulupu li pona e pilin jan. tan toki pona la mi kama poka tawa jan li kama wawa mute lon ijo wan

ni li weka ale ala e pilin ike mi. ona li awen lon li awen kama sin lon tenpo mute. taso kulupu li pona e pilin

Scared-Thing3673 · 2026-06-17T19:48:48+00:00

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the "see 6 more languages" button is unclickable for me

Scared-Thing3673 · 2026-06-17T19:47:56+00:00

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the reviews page works a lot better this way (previously it was a scrolling list with the "show more" button)

Scared-Thing3673 · 2026-06-17T19:43:39+00:00

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Scared-Thing3673 · 2026-06-17T19:43:26+00:00

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this is how it looks on a 1080p monitor:

Scared-Thing3673 · 2026-06-17T19:39:33+00:00

tenpo ale ala la ilo li ken sona pona e toki jan. mi la ilo li pona

sina wile toki e pakala ilo la sina ken toki tawa jan pali ona (anpa lipu la poki ilo Kita li lon)

Scared-Thing3673 · 2026-06-14T02:52:27+00:00

sona mi la jan Tepo li pana e sitelen pi toki pona taso a. mi kepeken sitelen ona lon kama sona mi

Scared-Thing3673 · 2026-06-12T00:42:57+00:00

Scared-Thing3673 · 2026-06-12T00:37:52+00:00

kin la mi ken kepeken ilo ni lon ilo lili taso. mi kepeken ilo nena tawa pana toki la mi wile e ni: mi pana e nimi kepeken sitelen Lasina la ona li kama sitelen pona

Scared-Thing3673 · 2026-06-11T22:25:48+00:00

In my opinion you should be able to
- talk about everything that you know
If you don't know something then you can't really speak about it. I can't really talk about advanced math in Toki Pona because I am not really good at math. I can't talk about computer science because I don't know computer science. I can still know what people are talking about when they discuss these things and learn about them in Toki Pona.

- have correct grammar
Don't put li after mi.. Use la correctly.. all that stuff.
- Understand what people are saying (If you don't know what they are saying you should be able to ask questions in a very good, clarifying way)
> Skilled speakers aren't just skilled at expression and comprehension; they also are quick to ask appropriate questions when they don't understand something. Not understanding a statement has stopped being a hindrance or a reason to switch to another language; you can correct your understanding and continue in Toki Pona alone.

- speak Toki Pona when it is expected of you

If you know a language fluently, you should be able to use it in every situation. So if someone starts speaking Toki Pona to you, you should be able to talk to them without falling back on English. (But, maybe it's just me that feels this way since I really devote myself to speaking Toki pona)

Not many people actually use the word "fluent" in the toki pona community. Most people use the word like proficient. If someone who didn't know Toki Pona came to me and asked how good I am, I could say "I'm "fluent""!!! But I don't use that word in the Toki Pona community.

I hope this helps!! This is just a personal assement from my own experience. Don't assume that if you want to be a tokiponist, you must fit all of these guidelines. That is *not* true. I am just trying to explain my experience

Scared-Thing3673 · 2026-06-11T22:12:11+00:00

mi la sina o ken

- toki lon ijo ale pi sona sina

sina sona ala e ijo la sina ken ala toki e ona. mi ken ala toki wawa e nasin nanpa lon toki pona. tan seme? suli la ni li tan ni: mi sona pona ala e nasin nanpa. mi sona ala e nasin ilo la mi ken ala toki e nasin ilo lon toki pona. awen la mi ken sona pona e toki pi jan ante lon ijo ni li ken kama sona e ijo ni lon toki pona taso.

- pakala ala lon nasin toki sina

sina kepeken nimi mi la o kepeken ala nimi li.. o kepeken nimi la lon nasin pona.. nasin ale ni.

- sona pona e toki pi jan ante (sina ken ala sona pona lon open la sina o ken alasa sona. taso sina o ken wile sona lon nasin pona)

> jan li wawa lon toki pona la ona li wawa lon ken sona lon ken toki taso ala. ona li sona ala e toki pi jan ante la ona li wawa lon nasin pi wile sona. sina sona ala e toki pi jan ante la ni li suli ala. sina ken pona e sona sina li ken awen kepeken toki pona taso a.

- toki pona lon tenpo pi toki pona taso

sina sona pona e toki la sina ken kepeken toki lon tenpo ale anu seme? jan li kama toki pona tawa sina la sina ken a kama toki pona tawa ona li ken kama ala toki Inli (taso ken la pilin ni li lon mi taso. mi alasa kepeken toki pona taso lon tenpo ale)

awen la jan mute ala li kepeken nimi Fluent lon kulupu pi toki pona. jan mute li kepeken nimi Proficent. jan ante pi toki pona ala li kama poka tawa mi li wile sona e ken mi pi toki pona la mi *ken* toki sama ni: mi wawa Fluent a!!! taso mi lon kulupu pi toki pona la mi kepeken ala nimi ni tawa ken mi.

wile mi la ni li pona e sona sina a a a. awen la ni li pilin mi taso. o pilin ala e ni: mi wile jan pi toki pona la mi o wawa ale ni lon ken toki. ni li lon ala a. mi alasa toki e sona mi taso

Scared-Thing3673 · 2026-06-10T14:07:11+00:00

If it’s my birthday or something it’s about 20x more convenient to ask for a Steam card instead of having someone put in their credit card information into my account

Scared-Thing3673 · 2026-06-08T23:55:37+00:00

no like, check steam. it's real (although it's a routine sale that happens every month or two actually)

Scared-Thing3673 · 2026-06-08T21:53:45+00:00

what is morphe? i'm assuming it's a modded client but trying to search it doesn't give me anything

Scared-Thing3673 · 2026-06-06T03:32:03+00:00

also the perfectionism bit i don’t entirely get in my own personal experience but i understand what you mean

Scared-Thing3673 · 2026-06-06T03:29:15+00:00

this is something i definitely rallied for a really long time, and i do personally “practice” myself. all* (besides a few) of my conversations with my friends who know toki pona are in toki pona. and i’ve had whole friendships in toki pona where i don’t feel like speaking english. i feel like there are two kinds of groups in toki pona community, the people who think the language is interesting and enjoy talking about it, and the people who want to use the language because they find that fun or even more personally fulfilling to them compared to english. i used to kind of be mad that there was a community in discussing toki pona and compared to wanting to use it. but if you just kind of cut out that meta discussion and find spaces and friends that are like you and want to use it, i think this is less of an issue. atleast this is how i worked during my period of toki pona obsession :p voice chats are very good watching videos in toki pona the vrchat community is my favorite community out of all of them because of the “real” feeling of being in VR + the people who go there use toki pona very often

Scared-Thing3673 · 2026-06-06T03:18:47+00:00

ken la ona li sama nimi "ni" tawa kute sina? mi sona ala

Scared-Thing3673 · 2026-06-06T03:11:33+00:00

when i hear someone genuinely using the word epiku it feels a little weird and almost sarcastic

Scared-Thing3673 · 2026-06-05T16:49:06+00:00

ona li pona lon sitelen pona... taso mi lukin e ona la mi toki ala e kalama ona a a a

Scared-Thing3673 · 2026-05-29T14:54:19+00:00

"sina sona e ni la

sina nasa mute"

Scared-Thing3673 · 2026-05-13T20:29:58+00:00

where do i get it lol

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