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1984
kulupu lawa: mi pona.
jan Winston: sina ike.
[kulupu lawa li pakala e jan Winston.]
jan Winston: sina pona!

Beowulf
[jan Beowulf li moli e akesi mute.]
jan: pona!

A Christmas Carol
jan Scrooge: ike.
jan Jacob Marley: jan Scrooge o, kon pi jan moli li kama li toki e ni: sina ike.
kon pi jan moli: sina ike.
jan Scrooge: pona. o jo e mani mi.

Declaration of Independence
ma Mewika: jan George li ike. ona li lawa ala e ma ni.

Frankenstein
[jan Frankenstein li pali e jan pi ike lukin.]
jan pi ike lukin: jan li olin ala e mi. jan Frankenstein o, mi wile e meli pi ike lukin.
jan Frankenstein: mi wile ala pali e meli pi unpa lukin.
[jan ali li moli.]

Great Expectations
jan Pip: mi jo ala e meli e mani.
[ijo mute li kama.]
jan Pip: mi jo ala e meli e mani.

Hamlet
kon pi jan moli: jan Claudius li moli e mi.
jan Hamlet: mi pilin ike.
[jan ali li moli.]

Julius Caesar
jan Cassius: jan Brutus o, sina wile ala wile moli e jan Caesar?
jan Brutus: mi wile tan ni: ma tomo Loma li pona.
[jan mute li moli e jan Caesar.]
[jan ali li moli.]

Jurassic Park
jan Hammond: mi pali e akesi suli. o lukin e ona.
jan: a! pakala! a! akesi suli li moku e mi!

Lord of the Rings

        Fellowship of the Ring
        jan Frodo: mi wile weka e sike ike ni.

        The Two Towers
        [jan li utala.]

        The Return of the King
        jan Frodo: mi weka e sike ike ni.
        jan Gollum: a!

Of Mice and Men
jan George: jan Lenny o nasa ala. mi mute li ken jo e tomo.
jan Lenny: a. mi wile pilin e ni. ona li pona pilin.
[jan Lenny li moli e ijo tan pilin.]
[jan George li moli e jan Lenny.]

The Old Man and the Sea
[jan suli li kama jo e kala suli. kala li suli mute li ken ala awen lon tomo tawa.]
[kala ike li moku e kala suli.]
[jan suli li tawa tomo ona li lape.]

Mein Kampf
jan Hitler: jan Tosi li pona. mi mute o moli e jan ante ali.

Nature's Eternal Religion
jan Klassen: sina wile lon la sina wile utala.

The Red Badge of Courage
jan utala lili: mi wile utala pona. taso mi pilin ike.
[lawa ona li pakala.]
jan utala lili: mi lukin sama jan utala pona. taso mi pilin ike.
[ona li utala pona.]
jan utala lili: mi jan utala pona.

The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
lawa Loma li sewi li anpa.

The Scarlet Letter
jan pi ma tomo: sina unpa ike. sina ike.
jan Hester: mi pona.
jan Dimmesdale: mi unpa. a.

A Separate Peace
[jan Phineas li nasa li pona.]
[jan Gene li anpa e jan Phineas tan kasi suli.]
jan Phineas: a! mi pakala!
[jan Phineas li moli.]

Siddhartha
[ali li pona.]

Thus Spoke Zarathustra
[jan Zarathustra li wile pana e sona tawa jan.]
[ni li lili tawa jan.]
jan Zarathustra: jan li nasa.

Travels with Charley
[jan Steinbeck en soweli Charley li tawa.]

The Turner Diaries
jan Turner: sina ike tawa jan walo la kulupu mi li moli e sina.
[kulupu pi jan Turner li moli e jan mute.]
[jan Turner li moli.]

 

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