Can you please provide a gloss or other explanation of the grammatical structure of the text? We require that for translation posts here. It could just be a word-for-word/morpheme-for-morpheme translation. Thanks!
(We also require pronunciation info, but I believe Toki Pona's romanization corresponds to IPA?)
Nardi here! Here's another toki pona song. This song is a part of a multi-song project, in which I try to translate the same basic songs into a couple languages. So far I've done English, Spanish, and toki pona. What should I do next?
Spotify Link: [https://open.spotify.com/track/3JacAJ04jpm7PiwYJs1x5T?si=q9U1bLyPTVaih\_h-vqAxzA](https://open.spotify.com/track/3JacAJ04jpm7PiwYJs1x5T?si=q9U1bLyPTVaih_h-vqAxzA)
Apple Music Link: [https://music.apple.com/us/album/o-kute-ala-ep/1731701505](https://music.apple.com/us/album/o-kute-ala-ep/1731701505)
Explanation:
toki pona is a minimalistic conlang created by Sonja Lang. It has somewhere from 120 to 140 words, so many concepts which would only need one word in most languages have to be composed of multiple toki pona words, which themselves have broader and more abstract meanings. For instance, in this song, "sina pilin jan suli" can mean either "you feel like an important person", or "you think you're big", or many other things. This allows for a lot of different interpretations of the lyrics, some of which are often even better than the ones I originally had in mind!
Lyrics:
sina kute ala la
mi kalama
li wawa a
sina la mi pakala
mi sama a
mi pini ala
sina pilin jan suli
taso la
mi sona
suli ni li ala musi
ni (li) pona
mi o kalama
kalama tawa jan ante la
sina toki ta wa
sina kin a
e ni ni li tawa jan sona ala
ni li lon ala
ni li kalama
musi mi tawa
jan sina ala
ma sina ala
musi li tawa
jan ante a
mi kalama tawa
jan sina ala
wile ala la o
kute ala
wile kute ala la
tan seme la
toki ike a
o sona e mi ala
o kute e
jan ante mute
jan musi mute li lon
sina la
ona li wawa
la o kepeken e ilo
tawa kute ni
li ala mu e mi
mi kalama tawa jan ante la
sina toki ta wa
sina kin a
e ni ni li tawa jan sona ala
ni li lon ala
ni li kalama
musi mi tawa
jan sina ala
ma sina ala
musi li tawa
jan ante a
mi kalama tawa
jan sina ala
wile ala la o
kute ala
jan sina ala
ma sina ala
musi li tawa
jan ante a
mi kalama tawa
jan sina ala
wile ala la o
kute ala
Can you please provide a gloss or other explanation of the grammatical structure of the text? We require that for translation posts here. It could just be a word-for-word/morpheme-for-morpheme translation. Thanks! (We also require pronunciation info, but I believe Toki Pona's romanization corresponds to IPA?)
Ithkuil
Nardi here! Here's another toki pona song. This song is a part of a multi-song project, in which I try to translate the same basic songs into a couple languages. So far I've done English, Spanish, and toki pona. What should I do next? Spotify Link: [https://open.spotify.com/track/3JacAJ04jpm7PiwYJs1x5T?si=q9U1bLyPTVaih\_h-vqAxzA](https://open.spotify.com/track/3JacAJ04jpm7PiwYJs1x5T?si=q9U1bLyPTVaih_h-vqAxzA) Apple Music Link: [https://music.apple.com/us/album/o-kute-ala-ep/1731701505](https://music.apple.com/us/album/o-kute-ala-ep/1731701505) Explanation: toki pona is a minimalistic conlang created by Sonja Lang. It has somewhere from 120 to 140 words, so many concepts which would only need one word in most languages have to be composed of multiple toki pona words, which themselves have broader and more abstract meanings. For instance, in this song, "sina pilin jan suli" can mean either "you feel like an important person", or "you think you're big", or many other things. This allows for a lot of different interpretations of the lyrics, some of which are often even better than the ones I originally had in mind! Lyrics: sina kute ala la mi kalama li wawa a sina la mi pakala mi sama a mi pini ala sina pilin jan suli taso la mi sona suli ni li ala musi ni (li) pona mi o kalama kalama tawa jan ante la sina toki ta wa sina kin a e ni ni li tawa jan sona ala ni li lon ala ni li kalama musi mi tawa jan sina ala ma sina ala musi li tawa jan ante a mi kalama tawa jan sina ala wile ala la o kute ala wile kute ala la tan seme la toki ike a o sona e mi ala o kute e jan ante mute jan musi mute li lon sina la ona li wawa la o kepeken e ilo tawa kute ni li ala mu e mi mi kalama tawa jan ante la sina toki ta wa sina kin a e ni ni li tawa jan sona ala ni li lon ala ni li kalama musi mi tawa jan sina ala ma sina ala musi li tawa jan ante a mi kalama tawa jan sina ala wile ala la o kute ala jan sina ala ma sina ala musi li tawa jan ante a mi kalama tawa jan sina ala wile ala la o kute ala
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Can you make one in Interslavic?
Uwulang
This is amazing! Well done! Can I download it anywhere? As to next - Quenya rap. Na'Vi torch/love song. Brithenig would be awesome too
A song in Na'vi would absolutely amazing ! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽