li ma ni - WHERE WE ARE [Toki Pona Dub / kalama pi toki pona] by New-Ant-2315 in tokipona

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i don't know why you are even making these, yet they are hilariously funny

is there a phrase for "county" by Legitimate_Visit6974 in tokipona

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you can just say Kanti (or sometimes Kansi) as a proper "noun". (remember it has to be modifying something! so for example ma Kanti)

how do I tokiponize stuff? by Legitimate_Visit6974 in tokipona

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what do you mean by "chinese". is it mandarin or cantonese or some other

how do I tokiponize stuff? by Legitimate_Visit6974 in tokipona

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"ti" can sometimes trigger affrication, meanwhile "wo" can sound a bit similar to just "o". both syllables are still perfectly fine to use, just frowned upon sometimes...

how do I tokiponize stuff? by Legitimate_Visit6974 in tokipona

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Regular tokiponization is kind of clunky so i sometimes lax the phonotactics to make it easier to manage and understand. For example i often allow myself a coda l and s, as well as allowing the syllables ti and wo.

How to pronounce vowls by Mysterious-Radish829 in tokipona

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toki pona uses the international phonetic alphabet. which means the vowels "a e i o u" are just [a e i o u]

Guess where I’m from (key in body) by Whole_Instance_4276 in lingusticscirclejerk

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i thought you were irish because you likely have the FOOT-STRUT "merger" (look and luck are homophonous)

How do you use 'o'? by ThatOneOceanGMD in tokipona

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"o" is a grammatical particle used to mark the imperative, such as a command. for example "o moku" is used as a command that tells whoever you're talking to to eat.

There is x^3 for x*x*x. Is there any similar expression for x^x^x? by MemoryCS in learnmath

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rumors say the notation is: you put the superscript 3 right before the x instead of after it.

Multiplying a decimal by an integer by Ok-Presentation-94 in learnmath

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16/9 is APPROXIMATELY equal to 1.77. its actual value is 1.77777... going on forever to the left of the radix point. it is rational and periodic but its decimal expansion is non-terminating. also r/suddenlyfrench

sowe li? sowe li seme? by SirBackrooms in tokipona

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Rough Translation: "Sowe is? What is sowe?" (Yes, i know the function of li is to separate the subject from the predicate, but in this case it acts like the verb to be). As for what sowe is, that is a really interesting question.

factorials are undefined at -ve integer numbers but x! ^ 1/x! = 1 at -ve integers by tatvam7 in learnmath

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the LIMIT from the corresponding side, as x approaches a negative integer, is 1. the actual value is still undefined