Toki Pona: seme #2

as why along with tan

sina olin e mi tan seme?

Why do you love me?

sina ike tan seme?

Why are you bad?

as what but with a sense of which

sina kama tan ma seme?

Where do you come from?

lipu ni li kule seme?

What color is that sheet?

nasin sewi seme li pona tawa sina?

Which religion do you like?

together with kepeken it means “how” or “with what”

sina tawa kepeken seme?

How are you going?

sina pali e ni kepeken seme?

How do you do that?

seme may seem difficult because you are used to changing the order of the words in the questions. With a bit of practice you will find it becomes much easier.
One good trick to check if you made a good question is to replace seme with ni and think of the question as a statement. If the statement does not make sense it is probably not a good question.

seme in depth #1

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