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Book Review: akesi pona tu (Frog and Toad are Friends) tan jan Lobel, toki ante tan jan inwen
Title: Frog and Toad are Friends / akesi pona tu
Author: Arnold Lobel
Translator: jan inwen
Published: 1970, 2020
Rating: 4 of 5
Page Count: 65
Total Page Count: 379,975
Text Number: 1422
Read Because: reading in Toki Pona, Toki Pona version here, English-language ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library
Review: mi lukin e lipu ni kepeken toki pona taso. ona li pona tawa mi li pona tawa kama sona toki mi. toki ante la nimi ona en nasin toki ona li ante lili e nasin toki mi e nasin pi sona toki mi. ante ni li ike ala tawa mi. mi wile kama sona e nimi nasa pi toki pona e nasin toki ante pi toki pona. pona la mi lukin ala e lipu ni lon tenpo open kama sona.
lipu pi jan lili la lipu mute li ike lili. toki musi ona li ike li pilin utala. ni li lon lipu ni. taso pakala ona li lili. pakala li sama e lipu ante pi jan lili e lipu "Winnie the Pooh".
lipu ni la akesi tu li akesi pona. ona li ike lili li nasa mute. taso olin ona li suli. olin pi akesi pona tu li ijo nanpa wan. ona olin kepeken nasa kepeken ike lili la ona li kama pilin lon tawa mi. lipu ni li lipu pi jan lili. taso pilin ona li pilin pi jan suli li pilin pi jan ale. lipu ni li pona tawa mi tan ni. pona tawa mi la mi lukin wawa e lipu ni.
ni li suli kin: lipu ni li mijomi mute a.
English Translation:
I read this in Toki Pona exclusively. (Well, almost. Like 95%.) I liked it in that language and it was good learning practice. The translation uses slightly different vocabulary and practices to the Toki Pona I know and have learned from. This difference doesn't bother me; at this point, I want to become familiar with different approaches. That said, I am glad I didn't read it when just beginning Toki Pona.
Children's literature is often a little icky; the humor is problematic and mean. That's true here too. But its flaws are relatively limited, and certainly no worse than other beloved kidlit like Winnie the Pooh. Frog and Toad are friends—a little mean, a lot silly, but motivated foremost by love. Loving in silly and flawed ways makes them feel real and makes this kid's book feel adult and universal. Endearing! A quick and engaging read.
Oh and also it's big gay.
Author: Arnold Lobel
Translator: jan inwen
Published: 1970, 2020
Rating: 4 of 5
Page Count: 65
Total Page Count: 379,975
Text Number: 1422
Read Because: reading in Toki Pona, Toki Pona version here, English-language ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library
Review: mi lukin e lipu ni kepeken toki pona taso. ona li pona tawa mi li pona tawa kama sona toki mi. toki ante la nimi ona en nasin toki ona li ante lili e nasin toki mi e nasin pi sona toki mi. ante ni li ike ala tawa mi. mi wile kama sona e nimi nasa pi toki pona e nasin toki ante pi toki pona. pona la mi lukin ala e lipu ni lon tenpo open kama sona.
lipu pi jan lili la lipu mute li ike lili. toki musi ona li ike li pilin utala. ni li lon lipu ni. taso pakala ona li lili. pakala li sama e lipu ante pi jan lili e lipu "Winnie the Pooh".
lipu ni la akesi tu li akesi pona. ona li ike lili li nasa mute. taso olin ona li suli. olin pi akesi pona tu li ijo nanpa wan. ona olin kepeken nasa kepeken ike lili la ona li kama pilin lon tawa mi. lipu ni li lipu pi jan lili. taso pilin ona li pilin pi jan suli li pilin pi jan ale. lipu ni li pona tawa mi tan ni. pona tawa mi la mi lukin wawa e lipu ni.
ni li suli kin: lipu ni li mijomi mute a.
English Translation:
I read this in Toki Pona exclusively. (Well, almost. Like 95%.) I liked it in that language and it was good learning practice. The translation uses slightly different vocabulary and practices to the Toki Pona I know and have learned from. This difference doesn't bother me; at this point, I want to become familiar with different approaches. That said, I am glad I didn't read it when just beginning Toki Pona.
Children's literature is often a little icky; the humor is problematic and mean. That's true here too. But its flaws are relatively limited, and certainly no worse than other beloved kidlit like Winnie the Pooh. Frog and Toad are friends—a little mean, a lot silly, but motivated foremost by love. Loving in silly and flawed ways makes them feel real and makes this kid's book feel adult and universal. Endearing! A quick and engaging read.
Oh and also it's big gay.