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nimpseudo:

How to host a toki pona party

Three small paper fans spread out on a surface. Each has a kijetesantakalu symbol printed in the middle and text underneath which reads "I went to a toki pona party and all I got was this kijetesantakalu!" or its translation, "mi pali e tenpo musi pi toki pona la, ijo pana taso li kijetesantakalu ni!"ALT


  1. Show your friends several @janmisali videos
A wall-mounted television displaying the title screen of a YouTube video, "Tokiponization: toki pona lesson three" ALT


2. Allow everyone to choose their toki pona name and make a name tag

A nametag pinned to a person's shirt that reads "jan Munali" in toki pona charactersALT
A nametag pinned to a person's shirt that reads "jan Keli" in toki pona charactersALT
A nametag pinned to a person's shirt that reads "kasi Masipasi" in toki pona charactersALT
A nametag pinned to a person's shirt that reads "jan Jose" in toki pona charactersALT
A nametag pinned to a person's shirt that reads "jan Nimuke" in toki pona charactersALT
A nametag pinned to a person's shirt that reads "jan Mi wile moku - o pana e moku - mi wile lape - o pana e sike walo" in toki pona charactersALT


3. Play Go Fish / o alasa kala using vocabulary cards

Cards made out of colored construction paper are spread out on a table, grouped in categories such as "Body parts" and "Grammatical particles". Each card shows the category, a toki pona word and its symbol, and several definitions. The top card in a face-down stack reads "o alasa kala!"ALT


4. Finally, make and eat toki poncakes

A plate of two pancakes and two strawberries atop a wooden cutting board, with a Winnie-the-Pooh mug beside it. The pancakes have been made with multiple colors of batter to include the blue-and-yellow toki pona symbol in the center.ALT


5. As people leave, hand out the kijetesantakalu fans shown above as party favors.

Success!

If anyone is inspired by this, please replicate my methods and try this at home!


Bonus:

A bowl of Takis rolled chips and a glass full of chocolate Pocky sticks on a tableALT

“Uhhh yeah of course I speak—” [looks at smudged writing on hand] “—Taki Pocky.”