Toki Pona: la preceded by one word
- ken la ona li lape.
- Maybe he is sleeping.
- ken la mi nasa.
- Maybe I am crazy.
- ken la mi ken pali e ni
- Maybe I can do this.
- jan sewi o weka e ike mi. sama la mi weka e ike ante.
- God forgive my sins. Likewise I forgive the sins of others.
- mama sina li moli. sama la sina moli.
- Your parents died. Likewise you will die.
- ken la me tawa tomo mi. ante la mi tawa sona.
- Maybe I will go to my house. Otherwise I will go to school
- mi wile jo e mani. ante la mi ken ala moku.
- I need to have money. Otherwise I will not eat.
The trick is to be flexible and use the alternate meanings of ken, sama and ante
- ken
- can, power to do, be able to
- (alternate) maybe, possibly, perhaps
- sama
- equal similar
- (alternate) equally, likewise
- ante
- other, different
- (alternate) otherwise
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