moku Sutolokanopu (beef stroganoff song in toki pona)

boys don't know this.
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[@HBMmaster]

conlangcritic.bandcamp.com/album/entertaining-sound-2017

[@GurrenPrime]

For context of this song: it has zero context. The series, Symphogear, is primarily a Gurren Lagann/Kill la Kill-esque over-the-top action show about magical girls who need to sing to use their magical power armor, but then in one episode it just smash cuts from a dramatic scene to a scene of the three comic relief characters trying to teach the main character and her totally-not-girlfriend how to make beef stroganoff. This is also the same season where the main character punches a mountain in half while surfing a space shuttle, and the main villain wants to blow up the earth as revenge for witch trials.

[@kittykat5090]

symphogear is awesome

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa95]

there IS one piece of context: you know it from anime and manga... because one of the comic relief characters involved compares everything to anime/manga! none of the rest has context

[@homestuck_official]

...I know it's kind of cliché to say this but that is one of the most anime things I've ever heard.

[@GurrenPrime]

@@homestuck_official it is, and it’s amazing.

[@homestuck_official]

@@GurrenPrime Oh yeah just to be clear I say this 100% in a positive way

[@NoGoodNik1]

I'd love to know the meaning behind your translation, unfortunately as a boy, all I'm getting is static and a voice telling me to leave while I still can.

[@Kaleb_22]

I’m not getting this. Is this a sign?

[@philiphunt-bull5817]

​@Kaleb_22 congratulations on your transition

[@luci1st43]

Considering that the anime has a "mild" subtext about the univrsality of song and how much meaning ca be given in its simplicity, this version is basiclly canon.

[@memorydata2833]

boys don't know this

[@st1220]

thankfully im not a boy so i know this

[@marsdeat]

I REALLY love how the one onomatopoeia we have in Toki Pona just HAPPENS to be related to beef too…

[@asdkfjsldkf]

I can think of another one...

[@completeepicness5070]

technically the etymology of unpa is an onomotopoeia

[@helveticabestfont12345]

we also have 'a'

[@TheWeightOfUwU]

It's very appropriate that a cover of an anime song would have such a high volume of translation notes.

[@amaryllis0]

Translator's Note: sona means plan

[@spiralhalo]

@@amaryllis0 Translator's Note: plan means keikaku

[@qwertyuiop.lkjhgfdsa]

@@spiralhalo Translator's Note: keikaku means weed

[@toekneemart5597]

@@qwertyuiop.lkjhgfdsa translators note: garden weeds not the drugs geez louise how come you guys always assume drugs

[@raedev]

this is one of the few times I'm 100% involved with every single sub-element of a piece of content based on merging multiple hobbies interests and topics, from anime to music to conlanging, and by god it's one of the strangest ones too - this could only be beaten if someone mapped this in a rhythm game and it led to an insane world record and some random channel with

[@octonine6212]

i can map this into Quaver (not with a neural network though).

[@oleksiishekhovtsov1564]

be right back, gonna map this in osu

[@CacoPholey]

Taiko map inbound

[@geekzombie8795]

what

[@TheFlutterQueen]

​@@octonine6212please do that sounds so fun

[@dekkodekkod]

This video is so utterly specific it’s frightening. Good work.

[@arielc5257]

i feel like this describes most of jan misali’s content

[@Tsukiru]

I feels like a personal attack.

[@hundvd_7]

I have this problem of not being able to share my favorite interests with anyone IRL Like, who am I gonna find that likes both Evangelion and Tenacious D so they can fully appreciate the masterpiece that is "This is (not) the greatest song in the world."? And here, I'm completely lost. I don't know anyone who's into _either_ Toki Pona, _or_ Symphogear. I swear there might be like 2 people in the entire world this applies to, but boy, would they both be ecstatic watching this video

[@twilightjoltik3151]

Wow it’s so sad that boys don’t know about this 😔

[@DeathKoala]

The even better thing is that the song barely makes sense in the context of the anime it's from

[@quartz_gg9090]

As a Symphogear fan, my century may have just been made.

[@Tresnore]

"Symphogear fan" might be understating it a little, if you're the QuartzGG I've seen around elsewhere.

[@quartz_gg9090]

@@Tresnore Yes, I am. I haven't done that much really.

[@Kometaf]

fun fact: they failed the cooking class for this dish.

[@egon3705]

tan jan lukin musi Sinpoki la, mi kute ni tan ona li seli ala e moku soweli

[@Prof_Granpuff]

This video is almost perfect and literally the only problem is that it's depressing how boys don't know this

[@SnoFitzroy]

seeing the text "beef stroganoff song" without context made me think of "barusamikosu" and I said, out loud while clicking the video, "Ah, balsamic vinegar strikes again"

[@f1nch3z]

jan Misali's voice is so satisfying to listen to. something about it is just wonderful (wonderful, hai)

[@michaelroach3175]

Jan this is the most terrifying thing you've posted and the only thing that would be worse if you did this for Caramelldansen, you know, by the Caramella girls.

[@qwertyuiop.lkjhgfdsa]

person

[@TheSpooniest]

Someone else did this a few months ago. Jan Misali then translated the Toki Pona lyrics to English; it's in the comments. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5eXoaaGmrN3p8k

[@toekneemart5597]

Somebody else already beat him to it

[@4P5MC]

I love how "nya!" is just "mu"

[@dullahanic]

finally, my interests in conlangs and symphogear are converging

[@peachybanjo]

When you think about it, it really is pretty sad that boys don't know this

[@ping163]

I swear, listening to this song/translation/cover is making me want to work more on voice training (/gen, /pos) Also I would love to see analyses like these for the other songs on the album! I enjoy seeing these so much, it’s so cool getting to have a sort of look behind the scenes of all the thought that went into all the lyrics!

[@EFO841]

it *is* sad that boys don't know about this :( and translation explanations for your other songs would be great ! it would be a good resource of toki pona composition to learn from imo

[@Bealzabub]

0:20 The fact that you managed to hide a Shrek reference in a musical cover of a song from an anime that's in a constructed language is absolutely amazing and I love it

[@SemiHypercube]

The only thing you can expect to come from this channel is that it's gonna be a banger video

[@juniusq7963]

I love how this made me realise that Toki Pona and Japanese localise words similarly because of their similar phonotactics

[@chrzanicmakaron8082]

0:34 To be fair, apart from the two meanings for "telo walo" you mentioned, I think it could also be taken to mean mayonnaise, and that could actually fit in a recipe But what do I know, I'm a boy ;)

[@casperdewith]

Seriously, though, why would one use ‹telo walo› for _that_ meaning? ‹ko unpa› and ‹telo unpa› are much better.

[@casperdewith]

Also, mayonnaise is more ‹ko›-ey than ‹telo›-ey, so boom: ‹ko walo› and all has been disambiguated.

[@egon3705]

@@casperdewith and then if people refuse to shut up you can use , though this doesn't work for goat milk and such

[@casperdewith]

@@egon3705 taso mi pana e telo walo la mi kin li mu ·

[@meghanhalley7765]

This is the best thing on KZbin. Full stop.

[@karolkozik5918]

Ah yes, the Japanese version of "Najłatwiejsze ciasto w świecie" song. Then again, I'm surprised that the song-that-doubles-as-a-recipe format isn't more common.

[@nixel1324]

Reminds me of the programming language that makes your code look like recipes. One guy even made a "hello world" chocolate cake recipe, and then actually baked the (apparently pretty good) cake. The recipe, when interpreted as code, also works properly of course.

[@mibadada]

This is deliberately a very incorrect recipe though, so probably not quite the same thing - unless the thing you're referencing is also?

[@karolkozik5918]

@@mibadada well I didn't know beef stroganoff recipe was incorrect. The children's song that I was referring to (title translates to "The easiest cake in the world") is indeed a proper recipe, but I doubt it's any good.

[@frejo1931]

i believe there is a hypnosis mic song that's about making a burrito?

[@frejo1931]

Yeah there is! It's called wrap&rap and the recipe looks like it would make a pretty decent meal. There's even amounts of the ingredients!

[@ixorix]

I thought this was an obscure jan misali video from at least 4 years ago, not from two hours ago

[@maddscontentpit4903]

boys really don't know this...

[@rrealknucklesechinda1411]

iirc the anime girls didnt cook the beef and fail the cooking class.

[@toddhoward6786]

I came here for conlang critic but I stayed for beef stroganoff. Good stuff mate

[@purpleisdebeste]

Embarrassed that I listened to this song so much when I found out about it, and I never realised the recipe was wrong

[@EFO841]

btw this video was Heartwarming, Informative, Enjoyable, Inspiring, Useful, Life-Changing, Calming, and Other :)

[@Tresnore]

Wow, of all the places to see Symphogear on KZbin, this was not one I expected.

[@hellshakeyano7686]

Stumbling into this video drunk at 3 am is making me question my life choices

[@ladylad2763]

No, you simply had to be here for this. Trust in your life choices. They brought you here for a reason.

[@tharwab]

this channel is always a trip

[@BrightyLighty_]

boys truly don't know this

[@fossposs6408]

truly a great song to add to fancy restaurant playlists

[@bananacat3109]

Oh cool he's uploading them all individually here! more entertaining commentary to read!

[@AbsolXGuardian]

0:42 "as if I was actually using toki pona to describe beef stroganoff" Now I want to see a translation of a recipie for beef stroganoff. You'd have the benefit of your translation not having to scan, but the downside that the ingredients need to be described in less ambiguous ways

[@vonbaldric9767]

Mu! "moo!" nya! I've definitely mentioned this in another of these toki pona song translation videos but the word mu is so great. In a hypothetical more serious version of toki pona this line wouldn't be possible to translate this directly, but luckily for us toki pona has a dedicated word just for animal sounds. For anyone who doesn't want to waste a bunch of time to read ye old one frame content.

[@PAGai.]

You can also use « . » and « , » to scrub the video frame-by-frame, but that assumes you have a keyboard

[@kjl3080]

Absolutely incredible - Jan Soweli

[@sollmoll]

Maybe now the boys will know

[@LukeNewcomb]

Having just started learning toki pona 4 days ago, I am so glad I found this niche content.

[@ThumbsTup]

I hate myself so much for not being able to write a conlang like Toki Pona or understanding any of the culture in Jan Misali's videos

[@Isakube]

I seriously hope that Toki Pona becomes the official language of Antarctica

[@egon3705]

something funny about the line "telo namako la, moku pona li lon!" is that some people use _la_ to compare things so it could be interpreted as the singers hating sour cream

[@panchisoto22]

Wonderful and endlessly entertaining translation! As always, great work!

[@infinitiv525]

The only bad thing about this chanel is that I can't talk about it with anyone irl. The content is too specific for normal people to grasp.

[@snazzy9175]

As someone who knows very little about toki pona or conlangs in general but who does enjoy the beef stroganoff song this was an interesting watch!

[@enarmonika5557]

simply amazing

[@AndrewS-vu4ji]

Great MVs as always

[@NStripleseven]

ah yes, skin-vegetable

[@sistershisuta6544]

If you want a headache look into the confused entomology behind “Ichaival”

[@madladdie7069]

It's weird how I never get recommended these less serious but still fun videos.

[@Werepenguin]

I very much like having this style of lyrics analysis for your toki pona music, and I'd be interested in one of these for awen lon

[@aklszkopek706]

This is without a doubt my favorite yt channel.

[@Natibe_]

This is one of those videos you remember while waking up from a nightmare in a dead sweat, and you just think “did I imagine that or did the guy who made a video about the letter w translate a symphogear meme into a conlang?” And like 95% of the time you immediately assume it’s BS and the other 5% of the time your brain says “no dude I swear it happened” and you go check and… there it is. It’s that kind of video.

[@mibadada]

I want to see these analyses for all your songs! I don't actually know Toki Pona (yet) so it is extra useful to me

[@_wetmath_]

how in the flying fuck did we go from the history of the letter w to this

[@sebastianbrun3722]

These sorts of videos make me wonder how my life got to this point

[@soarel325]

Toki Pona will truly overcome the wretched Curse of Balal

[@spiralhalo]

I just realized, the existence of loan words like Sutolokanopu opens the potential of unlimited words making toki pona not so pona anymore 😔 Also capital letters should be illegal tbh

[@egon3705]

as long as they're used in moderation it should be fine

[@kesitepe]

This cover is my new go-to for a smile. The "(mu)si la sina sona" is so fun to listen to.

[@snowblossom4961]

I haven’t seen symphogear either but a friend who has keeps infodumping lore at me so I know that it’s also about language somehow so the fact this exists is beautiful

[@janApen]

Love it 💜

[@hermannsheremetiev]

it could be sotukolonow as well great job i love this tune

[@elijahjones8739]

PLEASE IVE BEEN TRYING TO COOK BEEF STROGANOFF FOR 8 WEEKS MY FAMILY IS STARVING

[@sodiboo]

0:34 no reason for them to interpret as mayonnaise, ranch dressing, along with several other white liquid substances found in cooking? besides from these valid-in-context interpretations, "telo jelo" for mustard is more problematic than "telo walo" for milk, and i'm surprised you even brought this up under "telo walo" as i wouldn't have thought to say anything about it but of course i'm a boy, i think. so what do i know? hmm. "boys don't know this" but clearly i know this since i just talked about it. this poses a paradoxical situation regarding my gender. ohno

[@egon3705]

no, you're just not supposed to know that it's simple- *FBI OPEN UP* crap i've said too much

[@kori228]

this is symphogear

[@cassandradawn780]

ily

[@felonyx5123]

Huh. Would never have expected this. Appreciate it though.

[@blipboigilgamesh7865]

My brother ate all the beef stroganoff at home while I was watching this :(

[@egon3705]

epiku ala

[@AaronGeo]

When is the next Conlang Critic episode?

[@HBMmaster]

who's to say

[@m__y-t-s]

@@HBMmaster you, presumably, but I am content to wait and enjoy other quality jan Misali content.

[@frejo1931]

misali has said that they don't wanna make videos out of obligation, so i guess unless they find some particularly interesting conlang idk if we'll ever get any more

[@kindle9597]

Boys don't know this

[@hecko-yes]

time to turn in my boy card because mi kama sona e ona

[@tomyk9233]

I'm falling in love with the linguistic community. I'm changing my major

[@egon3705]

i'm a demiboy so i hear every other beat

[@coffeespoona.a.a5233]

Your a great singer!

[@ashleybyrd2015]

Oh hey it's that tumblr thing

[@loshadkinloshadkin725]

Cool stuff man I come from Russia and I sure do love beef stroganoff as well, gon eat it to this song

[@CacoPholey]

One of my friends told me that the show this comes from seems like the type of thing I'd be into This is the only thing I know going in Yeah

[@WitherBossEntity]

kili selo = nuts, change my mind

[@egon3705]

"mije ale li sona ala e ona" taso, tonsi li sona pona e ona

[@Gogettor]

NANI.

[@darkmoonwarrior2813]

Please watch symphogear, that is all.

[@mamusipipalisajelo5419]

a a suwi! ken la mije pi sona ala li ken kama sona tan kalama ni :>

[@timothymclean]

...why does toki pona have an official word to represent animal sounds?

[@HBMmaster]

so you can represent animal sounds

[@ZannyAisling]

@@HBMmaster duh 🙄

[@timothymclean]

@@HBMmaster Other languages don't have official words for that, just colloquial ones. (And they have different ones for different animals. I guess that's what I find more confusing.)

[@HBMmaster]

@@timothymclean still words though! all words are real words that's linguistics 101

[@sodiboo]

@@HBMmaster xnopyt

[@proxyprox]

What is the popular Tumblr post you're referring to?

[@maxhaibara8828]

That sounds like a national anthem

[@LouisEscher]

just like what?

[@TheFlutterQueen]

lyrics: tomo sona moku la mi pali e moku Sutolokanopu tan lipu musi la sina sona e moku Sutolokanopu o tu e kili selo tan sewi ona o tu e kili loje tan poka ona o wan e ko pan e moku soweli mi ken kepeken ala soweli mani ni la o lon kili selo e soko a telo walo li open seli la o pini pali kepeken namako telo namako la moku pona li lon mije ale li sona ala e ona a, mi sona (a, mi sona) ni li pona (ni li pona) moku Sutolokanopu mu! tomo sona moku la mi pali e moku Sutolokanopu tan lipu musi la sina sona e moku Sutolokanopu mu!

[@duncanurquhart5278]

beef stroking off lol

[@Script_Mak3r]

Watch Symphogear.

[@leave-a-comment-at-the-door]

I did. what a way to get into the franchise

[@Baguette2Pain]

Next is Snow Halation I know it

[@Hs13h]

Do you prefer beer or stroganoff?

[@amanda-we9fv]

typo at 0:26 ? should be flour instead of flower

[@the_Fisher_King]

😳

[@itstris]

kalama musi ni li pana e pilin pona mute tawa mi! :)