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submitted 6 months ago by nebula42 to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Is that toki pona? I have no idea what your saying but i love it.

[–] nebula42 8 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Rough translation:

Panel 1

Person 1: go to them.

Person 2: my moving house is number 1.

Panel 2

Person 1: what

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

To further explain, the joke is that "tomo tawa" could mean either "car" or "moving house"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Feels like theres a lot of meme potential for misinterpreted toki pona

[–] nebula42 3 points 6 months ago

here's a really good example, you do have to know toki pona for it to be funny though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I think the order they talk in in panel 1 is inverted actually. More like:

Person 2: My car/moving house is the best.

Person 1: Bring it here

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Less rough translation: 1: My moving house (which ppl often mean as far) is number 1
2: bring it

2: what