Last week, I went through my month-long diversion into learning Toki Pona as a play-by-play. Without further preamble, this blog continues on where that one left off, so let’s dive in. So, four weeks of Toki Pona, going from a position of knowing nothing to the level I’m at now. The question then naturally becomes: … Continue reading Wrapping Up My Mini Add1 Challenge Pt. 2
Month: July 2020
Wrapping Up My Mini Add1 Challenge Pt. 1
With week four wrapping up, that means this mini Add1 Challenge for Toki Pona is coming to an end. It was a strange and wild month, and before getting back into the swing of the Spanish grind, I think it’s only appropriate to go through a post-mortem on the experiment, what I learned from it, … Continue reading Wrapping Up My Mini Add1 Challenge Pt. 1
Week Three of Toki Pona is Apparently When Things Get Difficult
Learning Toki Pona has been an interesting and unpredictable experience. The only part of it that’s really gone the way I expected was in the first week, going through traditional instruction lessons, because after that it’s been wildly different than I thought it would. After last week’s blog of me being blown away by how … Continue reading Week Three of Toki Pona is Apparently When Things Get Difficult
Barreling Ahead on Toki Pona
Toward the end of week one of this mini Add1 Challenge of learning Toki Pona, I predicted I’d be moving past the pure study phase of learning soon. What I didn’t expect, was how much I could do a single week after starting in on this language. Like, okay, sure, I know the lexicon is … Continue reading Barreling Ahead on Toki Pona