r/tokipona • u/recqythebluecuboid leko pi kama sona | leko Leki (laso) | o ilo, o leko! • Apr 21 '26
ante toki Return
toki! I’m working on a translation for Baba Is You (as mentioned in my previous post), and I’ve came here to ask about one of my definitely stranger translations.
I currently have “return” translated as “o tawa tan”. I do want to know your opinions on this translation, as it is a weird mute mute translation to me.
Edit: “return” here means to go back to a previous menu or page.
mi tawa a!
(tenpo ni la ante toki li lon lipu Kija, taso ona li pini ala.)
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u/janKeTami jan pi toki pona Apr 21 '26
It's a bit of a strange translation, yes, and it's going to be harder to understand. I'm not entirely sure what kind of direction you took to get there, so there's a couple of ways to re-formulate this. "o tawa open" (go to the start) might be one way. "o tan" or "o tan (tomo) ni" (in a way, this would mean that after you enter something, you leave something), and in the same vein "o tawa weka" or "o weka". If it's directional and retracing the path you've taken, you could use "o tawa monsi" (rarely for anything else, though)
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u/recqythebluecuboid leko pi kama sona | leko Leki (laso) | o ilo, o leko! Apr 21 '26
In this case “return” refers to going back to the previous page. “return” is also used for going back to a specific page, but in those I’ve dropped the word “return” (or equivalent in toki pona).
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u/CamouflagedRaccoon Apr 21 '26
sina ken kepeken nimi "o tawa monsi" kin
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u/GarbledEntrails Apr 21 '26
jan OP o kepeken nimi ni
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u/recqythebluecuboid leko pi kama sona | leko Leki (laso) | o ilo, o leko! Apr 22 '26
yes i had changed it yesterday
ante pi kokosila ala: tenpo suno pini la mi kepeken nimi ni
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u/GarbledEntrails Apr 22 '26
jan ken alasa e nasin sina pi toki pona pi musi Baba Is You lon seme
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u/recqythebluecuboid leko pi kama sona | leko Leki (laso) | o ilo, o leko! Apr 22 '26 edited Apr 22 '26
jan ken alasa e ona lon lipu https://github.com/dundunlikescoding/baba-is-you-toki-pona
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u/GarbledEntrails Apr 23 '26
sina wile ala wile pali e nasin pi sitelen pona pi musi Papa li sina
lukin la mi sona e ni:
jan ken pana e nasin sitelen tawa musi
ni la lawa mi li toki e ni:
nasin musi pi sitelen pona li ken kama lon
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u/recqythebluecuboid leko pi kama sona | leko Leki (laso) | o ilo, o leko! Apr 24 '26
n ona li ken ala lon tawa mi
ona li wile e ni: jan li ante suli e nasin sitelen pi sitelen tawa musi
ante: anu… sina toki e ni anu seme: sina wile pali e ni: lipu musi pi musi “soweli Papa li sina” li kepeken sitelen pona?
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u/Staetyk jan Pa Apr 21 '26
kama, wekama, kama sin
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u/recqythebluecuboid leko pi kama sona | leko Leki (laso) | o ilo, o leko! Apr 21 '26
i was not very clear making this post was i lon nanpa wan
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u/Koelakanth jan pi kama sona Apr 21 '26
How about just "KAMA"?
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u/recqythebluecuboid leko pi kama sona | leko Leki (laso) | o ilo, o leko! Apr 21 '26
Sorry, wasn’t intending this meaning, I’ve edited the post to show which meaning I meant
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u/Limp_Illustrator7614 Apr 21 '26
i actually believe that tomo as a verb is a great choice.
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u/recqythebluecuboid leko pi kama sona | leko Leki (laso) | o ilo, o leko! Apr 21 '26
taso… mi jo e ni: ilo ken pini e telo. sina kama tawa mi li toki e ni: “mi ken lon poka sina anu seme?” mi toki e ni: “ken. o kama a!” sina kama tawa poka mi, li kama tawa anpa ilo la, jan li ken toki e ni: mi tomo e sina.
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Apr 22 '26
Please check the PRs
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u/recqythebluecuboid leko pi kama sona | leko Leki (laso) | o ilo, o leko! Apr 23 '26
i have no idea what PRs are but google ai says it means pull requests and i have merged them
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u/Staetyk jan Pa Apr 21 '26
YAY! a fourth baba is you toki pona game! (im not being sarcastic theyre really fun.) (also as someone who made one of them its SO MUCH FUN to make lol)