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A funny game I saw Toki Pona speakers play: make an appointment to meet somewhere in Toki Pona, and then the next time you meet for other reasons, compare notes

by fhars 3y ago

A funny game I saw Toki Pona speakers play: make an appointment to meet somewhere in Toki Pona, and then the next time you meet for other reasons, compare notes when you were where, and for what reason, as a result of that appointment.

anyfoo 3y ago
I might be dumb, but I don’t get it? Can you elaborate?
- ajkjk 3y ago
  Presumably nobody managed to successfully communicate the time and place of the appointment so it becomes funny to figure out how everyone misunderstood it.
  - albert_e 3y ago
    so ..the meetings never happened? /s
    - pseudalopex 3y ago
      Yes.
- Karrot_Kream 3y ago
  Numbers and locations are abstract in Toki Pona so it's difficult to communicate exact times and meeting locations. Only the numbers 1, 2, 5, and 100 are officially in the language. Though you can always chain "1" and "2" together and render a place name into Toki Pona-ish phonology and add "ma" ("place/location" in Toki Pona) to it to make it work.
  - jaza 3y ago
    No zero? Same mistake the Romans made!
    - OJFord 3y ago
      I suppose you would use 'ala' (nothing). (I skimmed the dictionary just now as a result of this submission, not an expert, never heard of it before.)