English Translation
These shoes hurt me a little.
“len pi noka anpa ni li pakala lili e noka anpa mi.”
- “len” = clothes, cloth, material
- “pi” = of
- “noka anpa” = lower part of the foot, generally referred to as the foot in English
- “ni” = this
- “li” = is (li is used to separate a subject from its predicate)
- “pakala” = cause harm, cause a mess, cause destruction, damage
- “lili” = little, small
- “e” = direct object marker
- “noka anpa mi” = my foot
So put together, this Toki Pona sentence can be translated as “This shoe causes a little damage to my foot” or more loosely “This shoe slightly hurts my foot”. Be aware that there might be some variation in translation depending on the context.