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Toki Pona/Vocab, (JozT410), 09/15/2018
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Back in the saddle, at least for this evening. Life is
interesting, I've found, in that we do the things that we
decide to do. For all the excuses and reasons that we come
up with, the reality is that we do what we choose to do.
That's a generalization, I realize that there are much more
nuanced aspects of that thought to philosophize about
endlessly.
But, back in the saddle! I want to point out that my method
is to sit down and memorize to my own satisfaction 10 new
words at a time. To me, that means being able to: see the
word and write the definition; see the definition and write
the word; write both the word and definition from memory if
possible. The third one is a stretch goal really, to be able
to write the entire set of 10 words unprompted. I mentioned
that I use a gregg-ruled steno notepad. This seems to work
for me. My final quiz is writing this post, with the word
set from memory (or, at the very least, the definitions from
memory.)
Day 11 Words:
sona to know, be skilled/wise in
soweli animal, beast
supa horizontal surface to set things on
suwi sweet, innocent, cute, fragrant
tan by, from, because of
taso but, however, only
tawa for, toward, going to
tenpo time, occasion, moment
toki to say, speak, talk, think
tomo indoors, building, home, house, room
Maybe because it's been a while since I last did this
exercise (sorry, choices) or perhaps for some other reason,
I found the words tan, taso, and tawa very difficult this
evening. I couldn't keep them straight. I had to write just
those three words out several times, and their definitions,
in order to get them down. They're important, so hopefully I
can keep them straight.
