ale/ali

sitelen pona for 'ale' or 'ali'

sitelen sitelen for 'ale' or 'ali'

etymology; tan

Dutch alle ‘all’

'ali' is an alternative spelling of 'ale', meant to avoid confusion with 'ala'. however, maponians generally use 'ale'.

ma pona pi toki pona

usage; nasin kepeken

adjective - all

definition

all, abundant, countless, bountiful, every, plentiful

examples

phrase	concept
mi moku e kili ale.	i eat all the fruits.
jan ale o toki!	hi everyone!

noun - everything, universe

athough it is pu usage to use it as life and universe, most people would parse it as everything.

definition

abundance, everything, life, universe

examples

phrase	concept
ale li pona.	all is well. life is good. don't worry.
sina ale.	you're everything.

noun - 100

in the pu number system, ale is used as 100.

pu

definition

100, hundred

examples

phrase	concept
tenpo nanpa 100 li pona.	the 100th time was good.

theories/analysis; sona nasa

noun - 20, or 120

in nimi ale pona, the numbers 20 and 120 were stated as alternative meanings for 'ale'. why or where this is from is unknown - we can only speculate.

perhaps ale was proposed as 20 before mute was chosen in the end. and 120 is the number of words in pu (not counting the synonyms - kin, oko, namako), ale might have been proposed for the number 120.

common phrases; toki

phrase	concept
ale li pona.	all is well. life is good. don't worry.
sina ale sin'ale	you all y'all you guys you (plural)
toki, jan ale o! jan ale o toki!	hello everyone!