toki sin tan: http://www.xapia.com/sentences.php


>1. Everyone except the king does not admire the king.

jan ali weka jan suli li pilin ala e ni: jan suli li pona.

Mi ne certas, cxu "weka" kiel "krom" tauxgas, sed mi ne scias kiel
alie diri.

I'm not sure using "weka" for "except" really suits,
but I don't know how else to express it.


>2. The tallest and smallest men in the world both joined the circus.

jan suli mute en jan lili mute li kama lon e kulupu musi.
jan ante ali li suli sama ala li lili sama ala.

person tall very and person small very  come at group artful.
people other all of world tall thus not and short thus not.

Tio ne tute trafas, cxar Tokopono malhavas plej-formon de adjektivoj
aux "plej"-partikulo.

That's not quite right, because Toki Pona lacks a true comparative or
superlative.


>3. Exactly two goblins hate every wizard.

jan Uluka tu taso li pilin ike tan jan sona ali.
anu:  ...li olin ala e jan sona ali.


>5. Not every country belongs to the U.N.

ma ali ala li lon kulupu ma pi kama wan.



>6. The president of every country knows the president of every other country.

jan suli pi ma ali li sona e jan suli ali pi ma ante ali.


>9. The Queen of Hearts' only daughter is loved by exactly three suitors.

jan suli meli pi pilin ali li mama e jan lili meli taso.
mije tu wan taso li wile olin e jan lili ni.

>10. At least two known terrorists are hated by everyone except themselves.

jan pakala ike tu li lon.  jan ali weka ona li olin ala e ona.

Tio forlasas la "almenaux", kiun mi ne scipovis diri tokipone.

That leaves out the "at least" qualifier, which I could not see how
to render.

Simila problemo malhelpas la tokiponigon de cxi tiu:

The same problem prevents me from translating this:

>12.Anyone who repsects someone who respects the current president of
>the United States is not respected by at least one person.


>11. The lord of the elves will cross the sea only if the lord of
     Mordor is defeated.

jan li pakala e jan suli pi ma Molutolu, la jan suli pi kulupu jan Elitalu
li tawa telo suli.

[Elitalu < Eldar] 


>13. The wall from which Humpty Dumpty fell is not the Great Wall of
>     China.

sike mama Unpi-Tunpi li pakala tan sinpin suli.  toki ni li lon ala:
sinpin suli ni li sinpin suli pi ma Sonko.

>14. The woman Argyle hoped to marry was the woman the man she hoped
>     to marry hoped to marry.

jan Akali li wile kama wan e meli.  meli ni li wile kama wan e mije
ante.  mije ni li wile kama wan e meli ni.

>15. Something's happening here, and what it is ain't exactly clear.

lon ni la, ijo li kama.  jan li ken ala sona e ni.



>16. This is the boy who played with the toy that scared the frog that
>splashed the dog that chased the cat that ate the rat that killed the
>mouse that lived in the house that Jack built.

jan lili li lon.  ona li musi kepeken ilo musi.  ilo ni li kama pilin
ike e akesi.  akesi ni li pakala telo e soweli suli.  soweli suli ni
li utala e soweli lili.  soweli lili ni li moku e soweli ike.  soweli
ike ni li moli e soweli lili lili.  soweli lili lili ni li lon tomo pi
jan Jakopo.

>18. Every human envies the human admired by every Vulcan.

jan Wukan ali li pilin pona e jan Uman wan.  jan Uman ali li pilin e ni:
jan Uman ni li pona kama.  ona mute li wile e ni: ona li jan ni.


> 19. Someday the USA will elect a woman president, and it won't be pretty.

tenpo ijo kama, la ma Mewika li kama jo e jan suli meli.  ni li pona ala.

>22. Now that's a pretty little girls' school.

tomo pi kama sona pi meli lili mute li lon.  tomo ni li pona lukin.

anu: 
... meli lili ni li pona lukin.

anu:
tomo lili pi kama sona pi meli lili li lon.   tomo ni li pona lukin.