tenpo - time, duration, moment, occasion, period, situation
anpa - bowing down, downward, humble, lowly, dependent; bottom, lower part, under, below, floor, beneath; low, lower, bottom, down
poka - hip, side; next to, nearby, vicinity
monsi - back, behind, rear
sinpin - face, foremost, front, wall
insa - centre, content, inside, between; internal organ, stomach
sewi - area above, highest part, something elevated; awe-inspiring, divine, sacred, supernatural
the place words express location.
you can combine them with the preposition lon to say "at (place)"
(...) lon sewi
~ up
~ above
~ in the sky
jan li lon anpa tomo
~ a person is under the house
waso li tawa lon sewi pi soweli sina
~ birds are flying above your pet
mi ken ala pona e sinpin pi tomo sina
~ i can't fix the front of your house
you say the time by describing it, often using the word tenpo.
just like with place words, you can combine descriptions of time with the preposition lon to say "at (time)"
(...) lon tenpo pi kama suno
~ in the morning
~ at the time of the sun's arrival
mi tawa sina lon tenpo kama
~ i go to you in the future
jan li pali lon tenpo ni
~ the person is working at that time
~ the person is working now
mi wawa mute lon tenpo pini
~ i was really confident in the past
mi wile ala pali lon tenpo lon
~ i don't want to work right now
waso li tawa sewi lon tenpo ale
~ birds always fly
~ birds fly at all times
the confident animal has become defeated
lots of plants are behind my house
i can go to you soon
i wanna be close to you because i love you
the document will always exist
ijo li lon anpa pi mani ni
sinpin sina li sewi
ike li kama lon ni lon tenpo pini
pipi li toki lon tomo toki
kala li wile tawa sewi lon tenpo pini · ona li wile ni ala lon tenpo lon