English Translation
I call her up every day.
Sure! Let’s break down the Toki Pona sentence “tenpo suno ale la mi toki weka tawa ona” step by step:
tenpo: This means "time" or "period."
suno: This means "sun" or "day."
ale: This means "all" or "every."
tenpo suno ale: Together, this phrase means "every day" or "all the time."
la: This word is used to connect a contextual phrase (usually related to time, condition, or cause) to the main sentence.
So, we have “tenpo suno ale la” which can be understood as “During all (the) days” or “Every day.”
mi: This means "I" or "me."
toki: This means "speak" or "talk."
weka: This means "away," "absent," or "missing."
tawa: This means "to," "toward," or "for."
ona: This means "he," "she," "it," or "they."
Putting it all together:
tenpo suno ale la mi toki weka tawa ona:
"tenpo suno ale la": Every day, all the time.
"mi": I.
"toki weka tawa ona": Do not speak to him/her/them.
When you combine it, you get: “Every day, I do not speak to him/her/them,” or more naturally in English, “I never speak to him/her/them.”
So, the sentence means: “I never speak to him/her/them.” It’s emphasizing that in all days’ time, the speaker refrains from talking to the person or people mentioned.