First Look at the New Toki Pona Book

Announcing the new official toki pona book and getting an interview from the language creator herself 𓅱
Get the book here! - www.amazon.com/dp/0978292375
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0:00 - how we got here
1:26 - THE NEW BOOK
3:28 - fixing an "issue"
4:25 - Sonja Interview!!!!!!!!!
6:43 - su's toki pona details
7:58 - su's number details
8:36 - pu ku su :)

[@BurritoSings]

Oats you always pass the vibe check.

[@jan_Linaso1178]

I agree! sina li pana e pilin pona tawa jan ale 😊

[@ocallaghanocallaghan7949]

What’s that in English

[@stickad_]

​@@ocallaghanocallaghan7949If you translate it literally, it means "he gives a good feeling towards everybody"

[@Mushrooms683]

@@stickad_ Well, that's one aspect. It also requires a conscious effort on the part of the vibee to see if the viber's tone, body language, and other nonverbal signifiers are up to their standards. EDIT: Non-word signifiers. Tone is verbal lol.

[@jan_Linaso1178]

@@stickad_ thx for the translation 🙂 I didn’t see it fast enough lol

[@OatsJenkins]

thank u for dealing with my even more mistakes i made in this video haha,, i'm still on the learning journey and it's all very fun :)

[@abugidaiguess]

jan Sonja referencing "show me the bibliography" is not something i realised i needed in my life

[@Nerdy1729]

i almost missed it

[@soleildj1572]

Yesssss

[@DanielMemeSmith]

Where did that quote come from i can't find it

[@abugidaiguess]

@@DanielMemeSmith jan Misali's and Anthony McCarthy's argument about toki pona in the comment section of _Conlang Critic: Ido_ that argument has been memed a lot on jan Misali's channel since then (they've made two separate Rhythm Heaven parodies about it) basically, Anthony is arguing that toki pona isn't a language for a few reasons, one of which is its lack of speakers and written works, hence the quote _"Show me the bibliography."_

[@troyhepler4330]

im an esparantist the conlang with the largest

[@PramkLuna]

4:55 giving sonjalang her own chair is such a cute detail

[@JedSlow]

Seems like a language my friends or siblings and I would learn so that we can talk privately

[@joshuasims5421]

It's honestly so much fun to use, and the community is pretty cool. Try it!

[@ickgtib]

I invented a language with my sister exactly for that purpose, but we're still working on it and it should not and is not simple at all😂

[@justadel2]

Reminds me of Udlejks a language I made up for a game

[@Matzu-Music]

@@joshuasims5421 It really isn't. The feeling of toki pona is when I finish an epic ballad and them I'm forced to butcher it with aggressive mp3 compression so I can send it on my DM service of choice.

[@hellowow4631]

I hope some time in the future that the Egyptian bird glyph would be added to toki pona

[@MASTERIFIED_MASTER]

FIRST

[@killianc7356]

THIRD

[@owaloid9995]

you can add it yourself

[@nxsus]

*w a s o*

[@goldenaxolotl9718]

new waso glyph just dropped

[@GavinBisesi]

Can't wait for more toki pona videos! It's so nice to have a youtuber in the community who actually does the research and participates, but also isn't just a learning resource, like you were saying

[@janPolijan]

lipu su li lon a! IAs you highlight, most conlangs are used to talk about the conlang itself, and it is awesome that su ain't like that and brings more toki pona content to the world. It's fantastic that there's more and more stories in toki pona and content which doesn't just focus on the mechanics of the language itself (selfish plug: I myself run a toki pona VLog here). I 100% agree that The Wizard of Oz is an absolutely perfect story to kick start a book series. So, everyone, go and get your copy of the book! o su!

[@SuperSmash333]

Fun Fact: In Minecraft, if you go to options, and then language, toki pona is actually one of the languages!

[@jan_Eten]

yeah ik

[@felixroux]

This is only true on Java edition iirc

[@jan_Eten]

@@felixroux it is sona ni li ike suli

[@omekapo]

i actually love it sm. theres also a sitelen pona texture pack.

[@SuperSmash333]

@@omekapo Cool!

[@dryparsley1961]

I feel like a neat book idea that could utilize toki pona for its narrative would be for a pseudo dairy, where the narrator is intentionally narrating their life in toki pona as a means of privacy, or in a story where two characters who are super close use the language for personal communication. Idk, the use of such an obscure language makes me think of themes regarding privacy, deep bonds, and opening up to new people.

[@SanJacintoArtGuild]

Today is day 10 of my Toki Pona journey. Two days ago, I received my copies of pu and ku from Amazon. Your 1st video was amazingly helpful. My attempts at Journaling mirror yours. Journaling with the glyphs really struck a cord with me! I have already purchased my journal. Since 2nd grade, I have been a fan of the Oz books. L. Frank Baum wrote 14 before he passed. Ruth Plumly Thompson wrote an additional 14 before she passed. And I have read all of them! So when you said that su is The Wizard of Oz written in glyphs, you just sent my motivation through the roof! Thank you so very much for both of your videos!!!

[@jan_Eten]

ðe crossing of hyperfixations

[@enderboy1824]

1:04 I know it’s jokes but the little HAI jab is kinda funny

[@stlechamans]

I still quote so many of the errors in that video “poki loje lon sinpin li poki tawa” is my favorite though

[@thereddeveloper]

"tawa pona" is a response to "mi tawa" and not standalone "Goodbye", but only if the other says "mi tawa" (I am going) you say "tawa pona" (go good).

[@OatsJenkins]

yea i realized i could've phrased that better, my original intention was to be saying "tawa pona" as in sonja was leaving the convo, but i realize now it looks more like the other way around

[@hecko-yes]

ehh it still works without an explicit "mi tawa" to respond to, as long as the other party is in fact going to tawa (which i don't think a lipu can :p)

[@Bubblebiskit2200]

OH I just realized you’re ðe “I fixed ðe Alphabet” guy, also stellar video

[@jvdos]

SUPER EXCITED for this new book!

[@rubengoldman5830]

YES! This will be Oat's legacy in the Toki Pona community

[@felipevasconcelos6736]

6:30 “Like they say, ‘show me the bibliography’” The scream I scrame.

[@olek0]

*scrumt

[@ani-matt-ions]

*scrome

[@omekapo]

SAMEEE

[@qwaabza]

(can anyone explain?)

[@felipevasconcelos6736]

@@qwaabza are you familiar with tokiponist KZbinr jan Misali, and their show Conlang Critic? Find the episode on the language ido and go to the comments. It’s a wild ride.

[@dodolulupepe]

in the past, ku suli has shaped what words have gotten more or less prevalent based on what was categorized as "ku suli", establishing the 137 core words, so mi la, there's 139 core words in toki pona now! (+ su and majuna) as nimi su

[@samuelbrock]

One of the best ways to learn a language is to practice by consuming media! More toki pona books would be a great way to help and expand the community!

[@Yvelluap]

the biggest thing i got out of this is that jan Sonja knows about anthony mccarthy's comment thread edit: oh my bazinga she likes majuna

[@Awakechair]

To be honest the language sounds like newspeak form 1984 but not used to suppress people speech and thoughts

[@MURDERPILLOW.]

Ive heard it described aa "Lib-left Newspeak" before, couldnt tell you wherw

[@RichConnerGMN]

there are a lot of straight up anarchists in the community so i find the comparisons to newspeak very funny

[@GavinBisesi]

It's a comparison that you see people mention a lot at first glance, but really it's not actually close at all. toki pona gives you a deeper understanding of the things you talk about, by focusing on describing the important parts instead of having tons of set jargon. Newspeak was created to have very rigid and specific meanings to make certain ideas impossible. Really the only thing in common is that they're small

[@I_Love_Learning]

Newspeak allows for few specific words, while Toki Pona allows for few general words.

[@beesinpyjamas9617]

we do joke about newspeak quite a bit but they're not equivalent because they have completely opposite goals and philosophies

[@soniashapiro4827]

I started learning toki pona about ten days ago. Very satisfying. And it's changing the way I think about English.

[@theparegorickid23]

Under 8352 years gang👇

[@GabiSpivak]

Me

[@shamon002]

Me

[@theparegorickid23]

@@GabiSpivak Congrats! You get a -27 cent prize!

[@Icesta663]

No one 💀💀💀💀

[@jenniferarrington6011]

Me

[@NoahMontilla]

Because of this video i'm gonna start to learn toki pona this week

[@SahaCaru]

sina wile pali e toki pona tu tenpo ni Also I am SO EXCITED for su! Now I'm wondering what all the other titles will be used for... (ju, lu, nu, u) I hope you have a fun time reading the book Oats!

[@FrankSinatra-ek1pr]

Oats always passes the vibe check of my heart ❤

[@akeem2983]

I had heard about Toki Pona a really long time ago and since then I were interested in it. But I never really tried to learn it and I think that after watching your videos I will

[@swarmrecord9420]

(Bc en is not and, you can't use it to link concepts - "su ni en tenpo kama la su ante" would be interpreted as "with regards to this su and the coming time, different su", which also works!) Thank you for this one too :D yayyyyyy su yippee friends mentioned Yayyy

[@CarMedicine]

there's another issue, in "nasin pali e su", e doesn't just make modifiers or other words into having their transitive verb meanings and doesn't really make sense gramatically if it's not in a full sentence, not in standard nasins of toki pona anyways. (the concept of a verb form that functions as a noun (which in english is with -ing) doesn't exist in toki pona, you just use the noun meaning) as you probably know, the correct term there would instead be "nasin pi pali su", which instead of "way of creating this book", literally means "way of creation of this book", which essentially says the same thing.

[@jr.jackrabbit10]

lmao trying to decode what he was saying hurted my brain a little but i guess it technically gets the message across

[@Scarbonara_]

I just watched the first Toki Pona video :D I'm sure this vid is also going to be super great and well made, like all of your vids :)

[@kathryncollings9421]

I’m subscribing in the hope of future Toki Pona:)

[@omekapo]

REALEST VID!! 0:45 TRUEST WORDS!!! i literally screamed multiple times during this video out of excitement

[@joshuasims5421]

So, the book titles, pu ku su...that makes up tokiponafication of the word 'books', right? I remember reading rice boy when it was first coming out, so cool that he's illustrating this too! mi wili lukin e su!

[@CarMedicine]

wile*, actually

[@FionaLacey-pn1me]

WOOOOO!!!! Wicked & Son of a Witch in Toki Pona. LETS GOOOOOO!

[@Xratdiscrim]

The cut off subscribe at the end got me cracked up🤣

[@AlphaBuggyBoy]

i olin sina oats jenkins 😍

[@skyon4820]

Omg, i love your videos

[@ell1zo7.]

I’m already loving it! 😍 ❤❤

[@Therhythms781]

jan Sonja thank you for this beautiful language

[@gamerkidc.j.7975]

Yo i love your vids!

[@citrosmic]

honestly really wanna learn toki pona just from watching you lol

[@CelestinWIDMER]

pona a! toki pona li musi. sina o sona e toki pona

[@JanSitelenLonijoamoli]

I just ordered it. It's coming tomorrow.

[@AshVrNeedsSubs]

Great vid!

[@petekrafter100]

PLEASE make a series where you teach us Toki Pona.

[@StuartGelin]

I don't think I would've been recommended your Toki Pona video if I hadn't already seen Sam's Toki Pona video.

[@qwnrfbfuiebf]

WAKE UP PEOPLE NEW OATS VIDEO i'm very excited

[@CarMedicine]

you could even say "i'm a bit excited"

[@qwnrfbfuiebf]

@@CarMedicine wow

[@CarMedicine]

@@qwnrfbfuiebf (itt's a jan Misali reference)

[@daselsdis653]

it's incredibñe!!

[@thelyralynx]

4:09 I got cuirious and checked ao3, there's some fanfics written in toki pona. I wasn't expecting that

[@pandaqwanda]

Very nice!

[@Will0wishere2014]

Here before this blows up

[@shivangipurohit4807]

New poki tona content

[@BaldiReycaster]

Tokì Pōñā!

[@ThePixelated_kris]

Mein Gott he looks so different with a beard

[@UwU-my2xy]

Good morning oats

[@DanielLynchYT]

NICE!

[@wryguyplaysgames]

I like the slowpoke.

[@wowroblox]

i just got the toki pona book.

[@ZymosEditz]

Make Oats Jenkins 2.( you could do it after fixing the world also u can take however time you need )

[@aclutchboy5389]

Imma learn this language.

[@granniestack822]

YEAAHH

[@zungaloca]

Awesome

[@neo_star_skid]

yes

[@TheShyestGuy2401]

Me watching this while gaming 😎

[@CallumLovesCars10]

I think my mum would like this.

[@justadel2]

Reminds me of Udlejks a language i made up for a game

[@amamplay]

Like the beard!😎

[@akesiyt]

YEAH SU BOOKS

[@aokolo]

You should try your hand at making a conlang, it can be a lot of fun

[@aeaeeaoiauea]

considering how learning toki pona took a month creating a whole conlang that at the very least isn't smaller than toki pona would probably take more than that

[@LoLv28221]

5 min gang yay

[@UnknownMFe]

Yay Joël

[@Negreb25]

New book 🤔🧐

[@OnesmolToe]

No way this earth 2 is gonna be W I L D

[@um_idkw]

lipu su li epiku :D

[@FreeStatesofKapuska]

ni su li lon

[@um_idkw]

@@FreeStatesofKapuska lipu su li lon

[@austinsgiganticadventures7617]

WOW

[@claybeads_foryou]

wowiee

[@jonathanedlund1]

Nice you would always pass the vibe sheck 🤑👍

[@prodtheontar]

wawa a!

[@ISAAC_JIK]

nice

[@donovandownes5064]

4:24 you mean su ni en su ante pi tempo kama?

[@OA_Lisku]

2:39 HOTLANTIS THEME!!!

[@thebeans333]

Oats should make his own language because it would be right

[@thenoob1704]

sina pona tawa toki!

[@TheOne_6]

cool

[@jan_Masilijun]

jan ale o su!!!

[@garvgupta3567]

Not even a toki pona Speaker but you pass the vide test.

[@crazyh]

1:04 Half as Interesting’s video😂

[@jacepawplayz]

Toki Pona should be the official language for whatever unclaimed lands there are (there’s one in Africa one somewhere else)

[@jijo7261]

When will this be on duolingo

[@NotYurpio]

day 4 of asking oat to make florida colder for episode 2

[@mr.banana1699]

125th lets goo!

[@nitrosophelin]

"show me the bibliography" LMAO real jan toki pona mute understand

[@mrperiodspace100percentsign]

urgh they have pretty voice >:c [referring to both oats and sonja]

[@jerryworshiper1587]

i remember 1 or 2 videos ago, you mentioned fixing football. i know you are a busy man, but i would like to recommend the web series 17776 for that, it makes a lot of modifications to american football that you might want to look at.

[@jatrillion]

4:15 One piece??? 🤨😃😯

[@dkitzef8955]

How about we make new sitelen pona rule. everytime a sentence ends, we add bird of egypt.

[@HKD3]

COOL VID!!! btw 91th

[@Cebulanka]

it's MAjuna, stress on the first syllable

[@goldenaxolotl9718]

4:37 “e” marks the object of a sentence. You might want to say “nasin pali su” instead.

[@Spacey.official]

Why didn’t you credit toby fox for the music??

[@Qypriot]

Facilish when (it’s a language with two words)

[@alanguages]

I predict the next Toki Pona novelettes will be Alice in Wonderland or The Little Prince.

[@chao100]

Make 1:15 from the lego movie 2 in toki pona