<p>I used <a href="https://devurandom.xyz/tokipona/index.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">/dev/urandom's course</a>, which is structured as a series of 13 lessons. Each lesson introduces 10 new words, some aspect of the grammar, and concludes with a series of English-to-tp and tp-to-English exercises using the words that have been introduced so far.</p>
<p>As it happens, 10 new words is also <a href="https://apps.ankiweb.net/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Anki's</a> suggestion for how many new things to introduce per day. Each day I put the lesson's 10 words into flash cards (using the &quot;basic with reversed card&quot; type so it'll quiz me on both tp-to-English and English-to-tp translation) and then used Anki to learn and review them.</p>
<p>I'm told the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L-dvvng4Zc" rel="nofollow noreferrer">12 days of sona pi toki pona</a> course uses the same structure, though it's not the one I used myself. The <a href="http://tokipona.net/tp/janpije/okamasona.php" rel="nofollow noreferrer">o kama sona e toki pona</a> course was similar, but has been deprecated by the creator; an old version can be downloaded from that link, but be warned, it's remarkably difficult to use on modern browsers (and also the author no longer recommends using it).</p>

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2022-06-28T20:02:16.773Z
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Draconis
<p><em>(Posting a separate answer so it can be voted up or down separately.)</em></p>
<p>If you prefer a book rather than a lesson series, there are the classic <em>lipu pu</em> (&quot;Toki Pona: the Language of Good&quot;) and <em>lipu ku</em> (&quot;The Toki Pona Dictionary&quot;) by Sonja Lang. These are the original authoritative references on the language.</p>
<p>There's also <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20170516191604/http://rowa.giso.de/languages/toki-pona/english/toki-pona-lessons_en.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">an unofficial book by B. J. Knight</a>, which has the advantage of being free.</p>

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Draconis
<p>Chatting with other toki pona users! It helps you learn much faster than many courses. Just learn the basics (<a href="https://jansa-tp.github.io/tpcheatsheet/Toki%20Pona%20Cheat%20Sheet%20v2.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this cheatsheet</a> is a good resource), then find a community of toki pona speakers! Personally, I recommend <a href="https://discord.com/invite/ChC6qtVsSE" rel="nofollow noreferrer">kama sona</a> (&quot;to study&quot;), as it's very welcoming to new learners.</p>

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Jme
<p>I am interested in learning Toki Pona. As a speaker of Toki Pona and English, what would be a good learning path for someone that speaks primarily English and has a moderate amount of knowledge about linguistics? Are there specific methods that are particularly useful for learning Toki Pona as an English speaker?</p>

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2022-06-08T11:38:13.013Z
Cross-site relevant: [What resources are there for learning Toki Pona?](https://languagelearning.stackexchange.com/questions/966/what-resources-are-there-for-learning-toki-pona) A [Google search](https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+learn+toki+pona) also comes up with a number of possibilities.
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What is a good way for a speaker of English to get started learning Toki Pona?
# What is a good way for a speaker of English to get started learning Toki Pona?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-06-08)

I am interested in learning Toki Pona. As a speaker of Toki Pona and English, what would be a good learning path for someone that speaks primarily English and has a moderate amount of knowledge about linguistics? Are there specific methods that are particularly useful for learning Toki Pona as an English speaker?

**Tags:** toki-pona, conlang-learning, conlang-documentation

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Cross-site relevant: [What resources are there for learning Toki Pona?](https://languagelearning.stackexchange.com/questions/966/what-resources-are-there-for-learning-toki-pona) A [Google search](https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+learn+toki+pona) also comes up with a number of possibilities.  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2022-06-28. Score: 3

I used [/dev/urandom's course](https://devurandom.xyz/tokipona/index.html), which is structured as a series of 13 lessons. Each lesson introduces 10 new words, some aspect of the grammar, and concludes with a series of English-to-tp and tp-to-English exercises using the words that have been introduced so far.

As it happens, 10 new words is also [Anki's](https://apps.ankiweb.net/) suggestion for how many new things to introduce per day. Each day I put the lesson's 10 words into flash cards (using the "basic with reversed card" type so it'll quiz me on both tp-to-English and English-to-tp translation) and then used Anki to learn and review them.

I'm told the [12 days of sona pi toki pona](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L-dvvng4Zc) course uses the same structure, though it's not the one I used myself. The [o kama sona e toki pona](http://tokipona.net/tp/janpije/okamasona.php) course was similar, but has been deprecated by the creator; an old version can be downloaded from that link, but be warned, it's remarkably difficult to use on modern browsers (and also the author no longer recommends using it).


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### Answer by username_2 on 2022-06-28. Score: 3

*(Posting a separate answer so it can be voted up or down separately.)*

If you prefer a book rather than a lesson series, there are the classic *lipu pu* ("Toki Pona: the Language of Good") and *lipu ku* ("The Toki Pona Dictionary") by Sonja Lang. These are the original authoritative references on the language.

There's also [an unofficial book by B. J. Knight](http://web.archive.org/web/20170516191604/http://rowa.giso.de/languages/toki-pona/english/toki-pona-lessons_en.pdf), which has the advantage of being free.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2023-08-05. Score: 1

Chatting with other toki pona users! It helps you learn much faster than many courses. Just learn the basics ([this cheatsheet](https://jansa-tp.github.io/tpcheatsheet/Toki%20Pona%20Cheat%20Sheet%20v2.pdf) is a good resource), then find a community of toki pona speakers! Personally, I recommend [kama sona](https://discord.com/invite/ChC6qtVsSE) ("to study"), as it's very welcoming to new learners.


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