But the whole point is that English and Toki Pona are totally different languages and Toki Pona has a property which makes it harder than English to understand

But the whole point is that English and Toki Pona are totally different languages and Toki Pona has a property which makes it harder than English to understand at speed. You can't treat all languages the same. Just because you struggled with English doesn't mean that English is as hard to understand as speed as Toki Pona