tasoonly, exclusively particlebut
wansingular, united; combine, join, mix, fuse
tuseparate, divide, split
puto interact with the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good by Sonja Lang
seloouter layer; skin, peel, shell, bark; boundary
pangrains, starchy foods, baked goods; rice, sorghum, bread, noodles, masa, porridge, injera
taso can be used at the start of a sentence to mark it as qualifying or contradictory to the previous sentence, similar to english "but" or "however".
mi la mi pali pona · taso jan ante la mi pali ike
i think i work well. however, other people think i work poorly
you can also use taso as a regular word.
mi wile e mani taso
i want only money
ona li taso
they are alone
tenpo pini la ma li wan · taso ike la ona li kama tu
in the past, the country was united. however, unfortunately it became divided
suno li kama weka · tenpo ni taso la mi wile esun e pan sina
i only want to buy your bread in the evening
nasin sina li pakala e ale a
your methods are ruining everything!
mi ken ala toki tawa jan ike · taso sina pona la mi ken toki
i can't talk to bad people. but you're good, so we can talk
mi wile tu e pan ni la mi o seme
what should i do to split this bread?
i only want to read the official toki pona book
mi wile pu taso
if you wanna meow at the moon during bad times, i'll meow right beside you
sina wile mu tawa mun lon tenpo ike la mi mu lon poka sina
my parents are very nice, but i didn't like when they got me uncool clothes
mama mi li pona · taso ona li pana e len pi pona ala tawa mi la ni li ike
i feel like you underestimate your strength
pilin mi la sina lili e wawa sina
mi pona e selo mi kepeken ko
i take care of my skin using lotion
sina taso li wile ala pu lon mun
you're the only one who doesn't want to interact with Toki Pona: The Language of Good by Sonja Lang on the moon
mi wile ala tawa nena tan ni · suno li weka
i don't want to go to the mountains because the sun is gone
sina taso li ken wan e pipi
only you can unite the bugs