About Sitelen Pona sitelen pona li seme sitelen pona li seme

In Sitelen Pona, each word can be represented by one simple pictogram or ‘glyph' that often looks like the thing it describes. Here are the symbols for tomo (house), pipi (bug), and sike (circle).

sitelen+pona la nimi wan li sitelen nimi wan
tenpo mute la sina sona ala e nasin pi(sitelen+pona) la
zz sina awen ken sona e toki tan lukin tan selo sitelen
zz sitelen nimi li sitelen e ijo nimi
tomo en pipi en sike li sitelen e tomo e pipi e sike

sitelen pona la nimi wan li sitelen wan. tenpo mute la sina sona ala e nasin pi sitelen pona la, sina awen ken sona e nimi sitelen tan lukin taso, tan selo sitelen. selo la sitelen li sitelen e ijo nimi. sitelen pona la 'tomo' en 'pipi' en 'sike' li sitelen e tomo e pipi e sike.

Sitelen Pona is usually written from left to right, from top to bottom. Glyphs can be combined. To say a bug’s house, tomo pipi, we might place the pipi glyph into the empty space in the tomo glyph. To talk about a circular bug or pipi sike, like ladybug, we might put the sike glyph above the pipi glyph.

nasin tawa pi(sitelen+pona) li sama sitelen [la:sina:] lon tenpo mute
lukin o open lon sewi o pini lon anpa
sitelen tu li ken kama sama sitelen wan
tomo pipi la sitelen pipi li ken lon insa pi(sitelen tomo)
zz o lukin pona e tomo+pipi
pipi sike la sitelen sike li ken lon sewi pi(sitelen pipi)
zz o lukin pona e pipi-sike

nasin tawa pi sitelen pona li sama sitelen Lasina lon tenpo mute. lukin o open lon sewi o pini lon anpa. sitelen tu li ken kama sama sitelen wan. 'tomo pipi' la sitelen pipi li ken lon insa pi sitelen tomo. lon sitelen anpa la, o lukin pona e tomo pipi. 'pipi sike' la sitelen sike li ken lon sewi pi sitelen pipi. lon sitelen anpa la, o lukin pona e pipi sike.

The majority of Toki Pona speakers can read and write Sitelen Pona, and many love to do so. Because Toki Pona has less than 150 words, many people find that writing it with pictographs is natural, efficient, and even fun.

Because it’s such a visual script, some people find a text written with Sitelen Pona more intuitive to understand than the same text in the Latin alphabet.

jan li sona toki+pona la tenpo mute la ona li sona sitelen+pona kin
sitelen+pona li pona mute tawa jan mute kulupu
nimi pi(toki+pona )li mute lili la sitelen pi(toki+pona) li ken mute lili kin
kepeken palisa sitelen la luka li ken sitelen+pona kepeken tenpo lili
tan ni taso ala la sitelen+pona li musi pilin li pona pilin tawa jan mute

sitelen pona li ken pona sona tawa lukin la jan pi mute lili li toki e ni
te mi lukin e toki kepeken sitelen+pona la ken lukin mi li pona
zz mi kepeken sitelen [la:sina:] la ken lukin mi li pona sama ala to

jan li sona toki pona la tenpo mute la ona li sona sitelen pona kin. sitelen pona li pona mute tawa jan mute kulupu. nimi pi toki pona li mute lili la sitelen pona pi toki pona li ken mute lili kin. kepeken palisa sitelen la luka li ken sitelen pona kepeken tenpo lili. tan ni taso ala la, sitelen pona li musi pilin li pona pilin tawa jan mute.

sitelen pona li ken pona sona tawa lukin la jan pi mute lili li toki e ni: "mi lukin e toki kepeken sitelen pona la ken lukin mi li pona. mi kepeken sitelen Lasina la ken lukin mi li pona sama ala."