Toki Pona quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   Which philosophy partly inspired Toki Pona's minimalism?

   Answer: Taoism

   Why: Sonja Lang began Toki Pona in 2001 to simplify her thoughts, reducing complex ideas to a few basic elements.

2. 2 Medium

   How is the word "computer" typically expressed in Toki Pona?

   Answer: Knowledge tool

   Why: Ilo sona can name any tool for knowledge, and the ku dictionary logged speakers' choices in surveys run from November 2020 to April 2021.

3. 3 Hard

   Which Toki Pona word refers to raccoons or procyonids?

   Answer: kijetesantakalu

   Why: Sonja Lang coined this seven syllable word as a 2009 April Fools joke, and speakers used it so much that her 2021 dictionary listed it as essential.

4. 4 Easy

   How does Toki Pona express the concept of a friend using basic vocabulary?

   Answer: Good person

   Why: Pona is also in the language's own name: toki pona means "good language", from a vocabulary of only about 120 to 137 words.

5. 5 Medium

   Which word is used to negate a statement in Toki Pona?

   Answer: ala

   Why: It follows whatever it cancels, as in mi lape ala for I do not sleep, and the same little word also means zero.

6. 6 Hard

   What does the Toki Pona compound "tomo tawa" literally mean?

   Answer: Moving room

   Why: The modifier follows the noun, so the phrase reads as a room characterised by going rather than as two separate ideas.