= List of common translations and figures of speech =

**Important:** Most of these are suggestions that work in most contexts. In situations where you need more or less precision, obviously use what fits best. For example, if you need to tell apart an icon and a full image, you might want to use "sitelen lukin lili" and "sitelen lukin suli" to clear up the difference; while most of the time, "sitelen lukin" or even "sitelen" gets the point across.

||'''A'''|| ||
|| Application || ilo (pali) >> More specific applications like "game" for example are translated as "ilo <mod>" e.g. "ilo musi" = "game" ||
|| Archive || poki awen ||
|| Association || ''see With'' ||
|| Automatic || ... la (tenpo) jan ala ||
||'''B'''|| ||
|| Browser || ilo (pi kepeken) linluwi ||
||'''C'''|| ||
|| Change || ante ||
|| Choose || ''see Select'' ||
|| Computer || ilo sona/pali ||
||'''D'''|| ||
|| Data || ijo ||
|| Delete || weka ||
|| Desktop || poki Desktop ||
|| Directory || ''see Folder'' ||
|| Disk || poki suli ||
|| Document || ''see File'' ||
||'''E'''|| ||
|| Error || pakala ||
||'''F'''|| ||
|| File || lipu ||
|| Folder || poki ||
||'''G'''|| ||
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||'''H'''|| ||
|| Hide || weka lukin (Do not just use "weka" as that might be confused with deletion)||
||'''I'''|| ||
|| Icon || sitelen lukin (lili) ||
|| Image || sitelen lukin ||
|| Include || kan ||
|| Internet || ''see Network'' ||
||'''J'''|| ||
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||'''K'''|| ||
|| Kind || ''see Type'' ||
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||'''L'''|| ||
|| Link (as in link to another file) || lipu kan lipu ante ||
|| Link (as in hyperlink) || toki kan lipu ante ||
|| Logo || ''see Icon'' ||
||'''M'''|| ||
|| Modify || ''see Change'' ||
|| Mount || lon ||
|| Move || tawa ||
||'''N'''|| ||
|| Network || linluwi ||
|| New || sin/namako ||
|| No || ala ||
||'''O'''|| ||
|| OK || pona ||
|| Okay || ''see OK'' ||
|| Online || ''see Network'' ||
|| Open (with) || open/lukin (kan) or kepeken lon ||
||'''P'''|| ||
|| Plain || pona >> Exception: "plain text" is not "toki pona" to avoid confusion. Use "toki pi pona" or "ijo taso" instead. ||
||'''Q'''|| ||
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||'''R'''|| ||
|| Raw || ''see Plain'' ||
|| Read-only || lukin/oko taso ||
|| Rectangle || leko ||
|| Remove || ''see Delete if permanent, see Hide if temporary'' ||
|| Regular Expression/RegEx || ijo/nasin/toki RegEx ||
|| Replace || ante tawa ||
||'''S'''|| ||
|| Save (to) || awen (tawa) ||
|| Search || alasa ||
|| Select || wile ||
|| Show || lukin/oko or weka ala (the latter only if it was previously hidden)||
|| Size || nanpa suli ||
|| Sort || (nasin) pona ||
|| System || ilo (suli) ||
||'''T'''|| ||
|| Trash || poki jaki ||
|| Type || nasin ||
||'''U'''|| ||
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||'''V'''|| ||
|| Value (as in valuable) || mani ||
|| Value (as in a variable) || ijo insa or nanpa ||
|| Volume (as in storage) || poki suli ||
||'''W'''|| ||
|| Window || lupa ||
|| With || kan ||
|| Write (to) || ''see Save (to)'' ||
||'''X'''|| ||
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||'''Y'''|| ||
|| Yes || lon or pona (depending on context; is the action good or merely confirmed?) ||
||'''Z'''|| ||
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