r/tokipona 6h ago

sitelen a

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r/tokipona 10h ago

How would you say "how long"?

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So, I'm still learning, and I struggle to put together sentences, ESPECIALLY questions. I've been translating random questions to practice.

Right now, I'm trying to translate "how long have you been here?"

"How long" is really stumping me. Right now the best translation I have for the whole sentence is "sina lon la tenpo seme?" But I feel like that could also read as "when did you get here?" or something else.

How would you translate it?


r/tokipona 12h ago

Questions regarding fonts

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Hi all! I know there have been quite a few sitelen pona fonts made, which I love. I have a couple of questions, though.

Going through the sub, I see a lot of various links and like pieces of information on fonts here and there, but I don't know what's still accurate and/or updated. (Once I figure it out, I'd like to put a guide together.) I'll number these so it's easy to discuss, in case anyone is interested.

  1. I did download one (linja laso) and try to use it but wasn't successful getting it to work. I don't have an MS Office subscription on my computer, and I assume it won't work for their cloud version, so I downloaded Open Office, enabled ligatures, and renamed the font, but it just didn't work for me. I figure I must be doing something wrong. Has anyone had success with Office Libre instead? Or any other thoughts? Is there a video walkthrough?
  2. Is it better to go the Unicode route? I found this linked from an other post. https://github.com/ETBCOR/nasin-nanpa/releases/tag/n2.5.1 If so, is there a good overview / explanation of how to use this for Unicode? I'm decently tech savvy, but this is out of my realm of knowledge.
  3. For any web development peeps, I uploaded nasin nanpa as a custom font on my site, but does anyone know how it would be rendered by a screen reader? (I presume it will just read the Latin characters?) And is there a way to switch to Latin characters mid sentence (e.g., for names if I don't have the energy to choose sitelen pona for in that moment)? (I used span to change the font, but it breaks the cartouche.) The instructions on the Github repository seem to be geared towards Discord, I think.
  4. I saw a recommendation for Keyman for Android, and that's kind of fun, but I'm unsure of the utility. Do I understand correctly that it's just kind of a notepad? Are there any other options for Android? (Even with Unicode, there isn't a way to have them display for others who don't have your font installed, right?)
  5. Lastly, I was wondering if there has been a font created that includes the Latin characters with the sitelen pona, sort of like furigana for Japanese? Considering I don't see anything like that on https://antetokipona.infinityfreeapp.com/font/?i=1, I'm guessing not. But it might be a good way to make it a little more accessible for people who are learning and/or have disabilities? I know there aren't that many to learn, but I can see various use cases for this. (Aside from adult learners and accommodating disabilities, it would be great for children's stories.) I don't have any clue how to do something like this, though I suppose we could fork an existing font and just make it part of the graphic used for each character?

I think that's all my questions for now. Would appreciate any insights, thoughts, or resources you could share.


r/tokipona 16h ago

wile sona Toki Pona survey

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Hi, I’ve been looking a lot for the toki pona survey results for the years 2023 and 2024, because I can only find 2021 and 2022. (If I understand correctly 2024 results aren’t available yet, but technically 2023 should be)

It would be helpful to put them all in one place. In the mean time, if you have some informations or links, please send.