@RussSharek tenpo ni mi moku e telo nasa wawa

@ckeen

mi moku ala e telo nasa.
taso mi moku mute e telo wawa.
ni li moku taso pimeja.

@RussSharek

telo nasa mi li telo nasa pan tan ma Inli lete.

@ckeen

I had a grammar breakdown there. Restate in smaller sentences?

@RussSharek
a.
mi telo nasa tawa.
telo ni li lon tan ma Inli lete.

Is that easier to understand?

@ckeen

http://tilde.town/~nullctrl/toki-seme/?t=a.\nmi%20telo%20nasa%20tawa.\ntelo%20ni%20li%20lon%20tan%20ma%20Inli%20lete.

I think so...

You're drinking because it is cold in ma Inli?

If so, I might be consuming "telo seli" instead.

@RussSharek No, I thought lete is the prevalent notion of 'north'

@ckeen

lete is cold, I think. I've not seen it used as a direction before.

Interesting! It is cold there, but it is also cold to the South.

nasin tawa sewi = way towards up, like on a map, perhaps? Ambiguous to me, but I'm as new to this as you are. :)

@RussSharek I got the idea from ma Merika lete vs ma Merika seli. Confirmation seems to be http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?t=703

@ckeen

I see it. I think I lacked context to parse it though.

Was also thinking we may want to start tagging these conversations with #tokipona for others to find. :)

@RussSharek Also I understood 'tan' as meaning 'from' also

@ckeen

It's funny, there's a fine line in context between "wordy to the point of confusing" and "not enough information"

I think it's a little more critical in online conversations, where body language and situational context doesn't come as easily into play.

@RussSharek I agree. Also typos...

@ckeen

You think typos are killing our understanding of direction. Try and figure out how to parse the difference between stage left and house left in #tokipona. :)

@RussSharek poka li poka :)

@ckeen

a a a. https://mastodon.art/media/3hW-erxYwVmVzyzrcho

@ckeen

Yes.

I may have also had a failure to translate. :)

@ckeen

This seems to corroborate your directional nonsense. :)

http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?t=2561

@RussSharek Yeah it is not a good choice imho. As for the directions I would spend 4 more words...

@RussSharek A. telo nasa *wawa* silly me.

@ckeen

ni li pakala ala. ;)

@RussSharek You know that I am really impressed how far I got after mulling over toki pona for three days...

This little language is so much fun and it does affect your thoughts actually.

@ckeen

I'm in a couple of weeks now and am noticing exactly that.

It's good stuff, and I'm happy to have a new internet friend to practice with.

@RussSharek

telo nasa wawa li nimi pona mute e ni: a telo ale!

@ckeen

ni li pona tawa mi en kulupu pi tomo mi.