kon-ale.md

Antonyms

sewi and lawa vs. anpa and noka

	There is a light above the desk.
pona pona	suno li lon sewi pi supa sitelen.	PU

	There is a clock at the top of the tower.
pona ala	ilo tenpo li lon lawa pi tomo palisa.	X
pona pona	ilo tenpo li lon sewi pi tomo palisa.	PU

	There is a fish at the bottom of the ocean.
pona pona	kala li lon noka pi telo suli.	PU
pona ike	kala li lon anpa pi telo suli.	KU

	There is a rock below the house.
pona pona	kiwen li lon anpa tomo.	KU
pona ike	kiwen li lon noka tomo.	PU

pini and selo vs. kama and open

_{^{LOCATION NOUN}}

	after the night
pona pona	lon pini pi tenpo pimeja	?

	at the end of the night
pona ala	lon selo pi tenpo pimeja	X
pona pona	lon pini pi tenpo pimeja	?

	before the night
pona pona	lon kama pi tenpo pimeja	TEPAN

	in the beginning of the night
pona pona	lon open pi tenpo pimeja	KU

_^VERB

	I closed the door.
pona ala	mi selo e lupa tomo.	X
pona pona	mi pini e lupa tomo.	KU
pona ike	mi pini e open pi lupa tomo.	X

	I stopped the car.
pona pona	mi awen e tomo tawa.	X
pona ike	mi pini e tawa pi tomo tawa.	X
→	mi pini e tomo tawa.	KU

_^PRE-VERB

	I started working.
pona ala	mi open pali.	KU
pona pona	mi kama pali.	PU

	I stopped working.
pona ala	mi pini pali.	KU
pona pona	mi awen ala pali.	TEPAN

	I finished working.
pona ala	mi selo pali.	X
→	mi pini pali.	KU
pona pona	mi pali ale.	TEPAN

taso and weka vs. noka and poka

	I worked independently of a boss.
pona ala	mi pali lon taso pi jan lawa.	X
pona pona	mi pali lon weka pi jan lawa.	TEPAN

	I worked under a boss.
pona pona	mi pali lon noka pi jan lawa.	TEPAN
pona ike	mi pali lon anpa pi jan lawa.	X

	I played without a friend.
pona pona	mi musi lon weka pi jan pona.	TEPAN
→	mi musi lon poka ala pi jan pona.	TEPAN

	But they worked and learned.
pona ala	taso ni la ona li pali, li kama sona.	X
pona pona	taso ona li pali, li kama sona.	PU

sama vs. ante and esun

_{^{LOCATION NOUN}}

In my nasin, sama can also mean function, role.

	He worked as a teacher.
pona pona	ona li pali lon sama pi jan sona.	TEPAN

In my nasin, sama is an antonym of ante.

	I am different from a computer.
pona pona	mi ante lon ilo sona.	TEPAN
→	mi lon ante pi ilo sona.	TEPAN
pona ike	mi ante ilo sona.	X

_^VERB

	I replaced the wheel.
pona ala	mi esun e sike pi ilo tawa.	X
pona pona	mi ante e sike pi ilo tawa.	TEPAN

_^ADJECTIVE

In my nasin, sama cannot undergo mi/sina/ona dropping.

	He washed himself.
pona pona	ona li telo e ona sama.	TEPAN
pona ike	ona li telo e sama.	KIPO

In my nasin, ante cannot undergo jan dropping.

	Don't talk to strangers.
pona ala	o toki ala tawa jan pi kulupu ante.	X
pona pona	o toki ala tawa jan ante.	TEPAN
pona ike	o toki ala tawa ante.	KIPO

	vice president
pona ala	jan lawa ante	X
pona pona	jan lawa sin	KU

kulupu

sama can mean of the same group, of the same family.

	peer
pona ala	jan pi kulupu sama	X
pona pona	jan sama	PU

In my nasin, kulupu means reciprocal, shared.

	They talk to each other.
pona ala	ona li toki kulupu tawa ona sama.	X
pona pona	ona li toki tawa ona sama.	PU