Except for j, all the consonants are pronounced like any person who speaks a European language would expect them to be. As you might have noticed, j in Toki Pona isn't pronounced like the English j. Instead, it's always pronounced just like the letter y in English.
| letter | pronounced as in | |
|---|---|---|
| k | kill | |
| l | let | |
| m | met | |
| n | net | |
| p | pit | |
| s | sink | |
| t | too | |
| w | wet | |
| j | yet | |