toki pona wowowowo

mi

i, me, us

sina

you

ona

he, she, they, it

li

(between subject and verb/adjective)

pona

good, simple, to improve, to fix

ike

bad, evil, complex, unnecessary

suli

big, great, important, to grow

(think of suni lee she’s great)

lili

small, few, young, to shrink

(lily is the baby of modern family)

kili

fruit, vegetable, mushroom

(sounds like kiwi)

soweli

land animal, mammal

(weli…beef wellington) (sow is like cow in korean)

ala vs. ale/ali

no, not, zero

all, everything, universe

remember A comes before E/I and zero comes before any other number

utala

fight, battle, challenge

wawa

strong, powerful

(wowow so strong so powerful)

suwi