Talk:kama

From Toki Pona

chaneg of state

reach a particular situation or state of affairs reach or be brought to a specified situation or result

occur, happen, become present instead of future

To arrive at a particular result or end: come to an understanding. b. To arrive at or reach a particular state or condition: Come to your senses! c. To move or be brought to a particular position

To reach a destination. take place To achieve success or recognition:

now (change) (opposite of kin?) {helping verb} emphasizes (the change or) reaching a new state, action starting or coming to fruition

to manage to ___

• to succeed in ___ing

to end up ___ing

• to finally ___

to ___ in the end

• to start ___ing
• to start to ___
• to begin to ___

kama jo = come to posess, acquire, obtain

to reach or be brought to a specified situation or result - come to belivete it, come to be used

pursue actions to arrive at a certain stae??

kama jo e = to take on

lukin = see kama lukin = become visually aware of, notice

arriver à réussir à; finir par. ➙ parvenir (à). Il n'arrive pas à dormir. Je n'y arriverai pas, c'est trop difficile

kama pali = reaction?

se mettre à

to manage (to do something) to succeed (in doing something)

kama sona ala e = o\forget

kama pali = to achieve? to accomlish KAMA = achieve? kama = to do the action that leads to the next verb. manage to, succeed in, set out to, be in the process of, be working towards, achieve the state of, start, set about kama sona = learn, study kama moku = finally eat kama moli = to die (as opposed to "to be dead") kama jo = to find, acquire jo = have kama jo = acquire, receive loje = be red kama loje = become red awen = stay, reside kama awen = settle (in an area) mi kama moku sin = i resumed sleeping mi kama moku = I achieve the state of eating.

change of state or action arriver a ... mi kama moku e ona. = i managed to eat it. (when one was expecting that state not to happen??)

MOD

1. about to ; coming, approaching

coming, approaching, about to appear or take place or happen yet to come, As a noun modifier, kama expresses something that is coming, for example in the future.

lon tenpo kama in the coming time in the future

1. come, arrive, happen

mi kama lon tomo = i arrived at a house

{N} event, happening

As an intransitive verb, kama means “to come, arrive, appear, happen”.

sina mute li wile ala wile kama? Do you guys wanna come?

The word lon can be added to specify a location.

jan utala li kama lon ma tomo ni The soldiers marched into our city.

When kama is combined with a modifier, another verb or noun, it shows an active or passive change to a new state, similar in meaning to the English verbs “to become, begin, or pursue actions to (arrive to a new state)”.

ona li kama loje tan toki nasa He blushed (became red) from the joke.

mi kama moku e kala. ?? I come to eat fish. I start eating fish. I've started eating seafood. I eat seafood now (and didn't eat it before).

jan Sani li kama jo e tomo lon ma Nijon Johnny now has a home in Japan. Johnny bought a house in Japan. Johnny moved to Japan.

As a noun, kama can mean “arrival, event, chance, beginning, origin”.

As a direct object, it's about making somebody or something come, like the English verbs “to summon, bring, reveal”.

kama lon ma = be born?

kama + verb

change from state to action or change from action to new action

mi kama moku e kili taso i'm a vegetarian now. (i wasn't before) i became a vegetarian.

that change can be taking place now or have alrady been in the past, etc. no indication of time eh

nasin pona li ken ala kama toki. jan li ken ala toki e nasin pona.

N something that happens, event? different from tenpo?

KAMA COME Tok Pisin kamap (English come up) kama come kama become kama arrive kama happen kama pursue actions to arrive to (a certain state) kama manage to kama start to kama event kama happening kama chance kama arrival kama beginning kama coming kama future kama bring about (vt) kama summon kama convention, meeting? kama occur kama outcome kama e bring, fetch, carry kama e … becomes, gives rise to, causes probably complement, not object kama e … bring jan pi kama sona student kama anpa go down, descend kama e bring supply kama e provoke, excite, stir up kama e jan wawa became strong men (heroes?) don't want "e"? kama e ni result in, come to, produce,cause kama e pilin ike tawa frighten kama e telo became water need e? kama insa come into, enter kama insa e kulupu pi jan tu mije en meli marry (int) kama jaki ala clean up kama jo receive, get kama jo take, obtain kama jo take, get, receive kama jo e jan lili lon insa be pregnant kama jo e lupa meli get genital reconstruction surgery as a woman, vaginoplasty kama jo e palisa meji get genital reconstructive surgery as a man, metoidioplasty, phalloplasty, Centurion procedure kama jo e sinpin lawa meli get facial feminization surgery kama jo e sinpin mije get male chest reconstruction surgery kama kepeken pali goal kama kulupu group meets/ing kama kulupu meeting, convention, conference kama kulupu come together kama kulupu congress, meet(ing) kama la afterwards, later kama lape rest, go to sleep kama lili diminish, decrease kama lon tomo came to the house need the lon? kama lupa ala close a hole/wound kama olin (e) fall in love (with) kama pi lukin ala hide kama pi lukin sin find kama pilin ike get angry kama pini attain, achieve tawa kama pona Welcome greeting kama pona tawa be welcome at kama selo tan come out from kama sewi go up, ascend kama sewi sin revive, resuscitate,resurrect kama sin rebirth kama sinpin stand (up) kama sona get to know (person) kama sona learn, understand, get it, encounter kama sona e (person) meet kama suli augment, increase kama supa lie down earlier? kama tawa selo pi touching kama telo melt kama telo melt kama wan unite, meet kama wile turned on, began to lust, … li kama it is with falling weathers:rain, snow. sleet, etc. telo kama tan sewi it rains tenpo kama future wan pi kama sona course, credit hour

piraha~ lacks passives

noun i think this is asctcua[l[y tenpo incident or occurence, occurrence, incident