Toki Poki

This language is essentially a tweaked version of the popular conlang Toki Pona. If you want to learn Toki Poki, you should first learn Toki Pona, and the information on this page assumes knowledge of Toki Pona.

General Information Toki Poki is a tokiponido created by Pladrassil for the purpose of adapting Toki Pona to be more suitable for use in discussions of Pokémon, particularly in Pokémon battles (i.e. on Pokémon Showdown). Its phonology and grammar are identical to Toki Pona's, but it has some lexical differences.

Its main purpose it to provide some new words and a standardised list of meanings for words and word compounds that can be used to remove some of the guesswork that goes on in a Toki Pona conversation. Context is an important part of communicating using Toki Pona by design, but as these Pokémon battles usually take place online, there is a limit on elucidating meaning by using things like body language and tone. Some concepts like HP and defense or rock and steel type would be hard to differentiate in Toki Pona without over-explaining. So, by semi-lexicalising things like this, the focus can be on having fun by translating attacks and Pokémon names without having to write long clarifying sentences. Of course, for those who believe that word compound lexicalisation goes against the spirit of Toki Pona, or that would simply enjoy the challenge of having to find their own ways of expressing these concepts, Toki Pona can simply be used instead.

New Words

Fesi: metal, man-made, industrial Maki: magic, special (as used in Pokémon) Alenji: luck, cheesiness (in relation to strategy)

Pokémon Types

Type: kule Normal: pona Water: telo Fire: seli Grass: kasi Bug: pipi Rock: kiwen Ground: ma Steel: fesi Psychic: sona Fairy: sewi Dark: ike Posion: jaki Ghost: moli Dragon: akesi Ice: lete Flying: kon Fighting: utala Electric: wawa

Status Effects

Status effect: pali sijelo Burn: seli (verb), pilin seli (noun) Paralysis: awen (verb), pilin awen (noun) Frozen: lete (verb), pilin lete (noun) Asleep: lape (verb), pilin lape (noun) Poison: jaki (verb), pilin jaki (noun) Badly poison: jaki ike (verb) pilin jaki ike (noun) Confused: nasa (verb), pilin nasa (noun)

Stats

Stats: nanpa sijelo Health: nanpa moli/lon Attack: nanpa utala Defense: nanpa awen Special: nanpa maki Sp.Atk: nanpa pi utala maki Sp.Def: nanpa pi awen maki Accuracy: nanpa pi ken utala Evasion: nanpa pi ken weka Speed: nanpa tawa

Other words

Mega: suli Dynamax/Gigantamax: suli suli Critical Hit: utala alenji Miss: weka Attack/damage: utala Faint: moli PP: nanpa ken Health: nanpa moli/lon 2x effective: pali suli 4x effective: pali suli suli 0.5x effective: pali lili 0.25x effective: pali lili lili OHKO: kama moli Clause: lawa Hax/RNG: alenji Item: ijo/ilo jo

Other

Specific items can just be called by their usual names in your mother language, or a Toki Poki version made up by the players as they see fit (i.e. Greatball could be 'poki laso lili').

It can be fun to incorporate Toki Poki in naming your Pokémon. For instance, Ditto could be 'ko sama', Ferrothorn could be 'fesithorn' or Pikachu could be 'sowawali'.

As for numbers, expressing exact numbers can be important in Pokémon battles, so using any any numeral system you prefer is encouraged during Toki Poki use. For instance, you could simply use English numbers to express damage when needed.

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