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"description": "Based off of Trivial Brainf*ck Substitutions",
"path": "/posts/ttps/",
"publishedAt": "2025-11-16T21:23:50.000Z",
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"toki-pona"
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"textContent": "toki open\n\nThere is a family of programming languages that are called \"Trivial Brainf\\*ck\nSubstitutions\" (TBFS for short). They basically take the 8 characters used in\nBrainf\\*ck and represent them using other strings of characters. This is (somewhat) the same idea behind sitelen pona and sitelen kuwi. I would even guess that it's the same idea behind sitelen sitelen, but I don't know enough yet about sitelen sitelen to make that conclusion.\n\nhttps://esolangs.org/wiki/Trivialbrainfucksubstitution\n\nTTPS\n\nAs the title says, this is my attempt at a \"trivial toki pona substitution\" (TTPS). Inspired from the following:\n\nThis is an English-styled TTPS that I created in 1 hour, I like to call it \"sitelen ike\":\n\n| toki pona | sitelen ike |\n|:--:|:--:|\n| a | ha |\n| akesi | lizard |\n| ala | not |\n| alasa | hunt |\n| ale | all |\n| anpa | before |\n| ante | difference |\n| anu | or |\n| awen | stop |\n| e | : |\n| en | and |\n| esun | buy |\n| ijo | thing |\n| ike | bad |\n| ilo | tool |\n| insa | inside |\n| jaki | toxic |\n| jan | person |\n| jelo | yellow |\n| jo | have |\n| kala | fish |\n| kalama | utter |\n| kama | come |\n| kasi | plant |\n| ken | can |\n| kepeken | use |\n| kili | fruit |\n| kin | also |\n| kiwen | rock |\n| ko | goo |\n| kon | air |\n| kule | color |\n| kulupu | group |\n| kute | listen |\n| la | - |\n| lape | sleep |\n| laso | turquoise |\n| lawa | control |\n| len | fabric |\n| lete | cold |\n| li | , |\n| lili | small |\n| linja | line |\n| lipu | paper |\n| loje | red |\n| lon | exist |\n| luka | hand |\n| lukin | look |\n| lupa | hole |\n| ma | land |\n| mama | parent |\n| mani | currency |\n| mi | me |\n| moku | eat |\n| moli | die |\n| monsi | after |\n| mu | onomatopoiea |\n| mun | satellite |\n| musi | game |\n| mute | many |\n| nanpa | number |\n| nasa | weird |\n| nasin | way |\n| nena | bump |\n| ni | this |\n| nimi | word |\n| noka | foot |\n| o | do |\n| olin | love |\n| ona | that |\n| open | open |\n| pakala | break |\n| pali | work |\n| palisa | stick |\n| pan | bread |\n| pana | emit |\n| pi | ; |\n| pilin | emotion |\n| pimeja | black |\n| pini | end |\n| pipi | insect |\n| poka | next |\n| poki | cup |\n| pona | good |\n| pu | Pu |\n| sama | same |\n| seli | hot |\n| selo | layer |\n| seme | what |\n| sewi | supernatural |\n| sijelo | silhouette |\n| sike | circle |\n| sin | new |\n| sina | you |\n| sinpin | wall |\n| sitelen | image |\n| sona | learn |\n| soweli | animal |\n| suli | big |\n| suno | sun |\n| supa | sofa |\n| suwi | sweet |\n| tan | from |\n| taso | only |\n| tawa | towards |\n| telo | water |\n| tenpo | time |\n| toki | speak |\n| tomo | residence |\n| tu | two |\n| unpa | coitus |\n| uta | sing |\n| utala | war |\n| walo | white |\n| wan | one |\n| waso | bird |\n| wawa | power |\n| weka | empty |\n| wile | necessity |\n\nThe following is the introduction for the text about the Buddha in tokipona.org:\n\ntoki open tan jan pi ante toki\n\nlipu lili ni li lipu nanpa wan tan lipu suli Sitata · wile kulupu la mi kama pana e lipu nanpa tu · lipu tu taso li lon · o toki e pilin sina e wile sina · toki kulupu la mi ken sona e wile jan ·\n\nlipu ni li kama tan kon Eman Ese · taso ni li jan seme? tenpo pini la ona li jan lipu suli · ona li kama tan ma Tosi suli · lipu mute la ona li wile pana e sitelen pi alasa sona · kon jan pi lipu ona li alasa e lon e sona e nasin sewi · kon Ese la nasin mute li ken sewi · nasin wan li nasin taso ala ·\n\njan pi toki pona li lukin e lipu ni la ona o awen sona e ni · lipu ni li pana ala e sona lon pi nasin Puta, li pana ala e nasin sewi pi kon Ese · taso la ona li pana e sitelen wile pi kon Ese : sitelen la jan li ken alasa e lon e sewi kepeken nasin pi ona taso · jan ale o kama sona e lon ona · ken la lon ona li lon pi jan ante ala · taso ni li ike ala · sina wile kama sona lili e nasin Puta lon la mi pana e sitelen lili lon pini lipu · ni la jan li sona pona e ante pi nasin Puta e ante pi nasin Sitata e sitelen pi kon Ese ·\n\nlipu Sitata li sitelen lon tenpo pi jan pini Puta · kon Ese li kepeken nimi mute li pana e ma mute tan tenpo pini pi jan Puta, tan lipu pi nasin Puta · jan li sona pona ala e nimi ni la sona lipu li ken nasa · ni la mi pana kin lon pini lipu e nimi ale ni pi toki ante · sina wile kama sona e kon e tan la o lukin · taso o sona kin e ni : mi ante e toki mama pi lipu Sitata la nimi li ken ante · ken la nimi pi toki Inli li kama ante kepeken nimi pi toki pona · ken la nimi tan tenpo pi jan Puta li kama weka, li kama nimi ante kepeken toki pona · mi ante e nimi la mi wile e ni : jan ale li ken sona pona kepeken toki pona ·\n\nkulupu o lukin pona, o musi pona a!\n\n— jan Kala\n\nYou can read more here:\n\nhttps://tokipona.org/sitata/\n\nHere is the same text, in sitelen ike:\n\nspeak open from person ; difference speak\n\npaper small this , paper number one from paper big Sitata · necessity group - me come emit : paper number two · paper two only , exist · do speak : emotion you : necessity you · speak group - me can learn : necessity person ·\n\npaper this , come from air Eman Ese · only this , person what? time end - that , person paper big · that , come from land Tosi big · paper many - that , necessity emit : image ; hunt learn · air person ; paper that , hunt : exist : learn : way hot · air Ese - way many , can hot · way one , way only not ·\n\nperson ; speak good , look : paper this - that do stop learn : this · paper this , emit not : learn exist ; way Puta , emit not : way hot ; air Ese · only - that , emit : image necessity ; air Ese : image - person , can hunt : exist : hot use way ; that only · person all do come learn : exist that · can - exist that , exist ; person difference not · only this , bad not · you necessity come learn small : way Puta exist - me emit : image small exist end paper · this - person , learn good : difference ; way Puta : difference ; way Sitata : image ; air Ese ·\n\npaper Sitata , image exist time ; person end Puta · air Ese , use word many , emit : land many from time end ; person Puta from paper ; way Puta · person , learn good not : word this - learn paper , can weird · this - me emit also exist end paper : word all this ; speak difference · you necessity come learn : air : from - do look · only do learn also : ni : me difference : speak parent ; paper Sitata - word , can difference · can - word ; speak Inli , come difference use word ; speak good · can - word from time ; person Puta , come empty , come word difference use speak good · me difference : word - me necessity : this : person all , can learn good use speak good ·\n\ngroup do look good, do game good ha!\n\n— person Kala\n\nFAQ\n\n- Why did you call it sitelen ike?\n - This script goes against the very nasin behind toki pona (IMO). So, it is \"ike.\"\n- Why did you do this?\n - I was recently made aware of sitelen kuwi and sitelen telo. Though I really disagree with the philosphy behind sitelen telo, I really like sitelen kuwi! This really reminded me of TBFS so I tried doing the same for toki pona and ended up with that piece of text up there.\n\nhttps://clockwise3411.github.io/lipu-sona-pi-sitelen-Kuwi/\n\nhttps://sona.pona.la/wiki/sitelen_telo\n\nI would like to see some TTPS made for other natural languages. To me, sitelen ike is somewhat readable.",
"title": "Trivial toki pona Substitutions"
}