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Oku Lesono / Lesson Eight Lesson | Exercises Numbers In the previous two lessons we learned to count up to 10 (dek). Higher numbers are formed very easily. 11: dek-un 12: dek-bi 13: dek-tri 14: dek-kwar 15: dek-kwin 16: dek-siks 17: dek-sep 18: dek-ok 19: dek-nef 20: bidek 21: bidek-un 22: bidek-bi 23: bidek-tri . . 30: tridek 31: tridek-un . . 40: kwardek 100: cent 101: cent-un 356: tricent-kwindek-siks 1,000: mil 1,000,000: miliono Notice the way numbers are written... 37: 3x10+7 tridek-sep 94: 9x10+4 nefdek-kwar 275: 2x100+7x10+5 bicent-sepdek-kwin If numbers are MULTIPLIED they are written as one word. If ADDED they are hyphenated. Adverbs Adverbs indicate the way in which an action is done. In Mondlango they are formed with the ending "-e". rapida: quick rapide: quickly guda: good gude: well vera: true vere: truly facila: easy facile: easily pasio: passion pasie: passionately Adverbs respond to the question KIEL: how? Kiel yi faran (How do you do), amiko? Bone (fine), mi dankan yi (thank you). Comparison Establishing a relationship between people or objects. mor: more ol: than La horso esan mor biga ol la muso: The horse is bigger than the mouse. La most: the most La elefanto esan la most biga besto: The elephant is the biggest animal. Petro esan mor alta ol Paulo. Johano (John) esan la most alta. La muro (wall) esan mor alta ol la sejo (chair). La domo esan la most alta. Novyorko (New York) esan mor biga urbo ol Romo (Rome). Londono esan la most biga urbo en Englando. Dismor: less ol: than Paulo esan dismor alta ol Petro. La sejo esan dismor alta ol la muro. Romo esan dismor biga urbo ol Novyorko. Kio esan mor biga, la horso or la muso? La horso esan mor biga ol la muso. Kiu esan mor alta, Petro or Paulo? Petro esan mor alta ol Paulo. Cu Romo esan mor biga urbo ol Londono? Ne, Londono esan la most biga urbo. Cu la poetos (poets) havan mor longa haros ol la soldatos (soldiers)? Yes, la poetos havan mor longa haros ol la soldatos. Cu Mondlango esan mor facila ol Engla? Yes, Mondlango esan mor facila ol Engla. Kiu besto esan la most biga? La elefanto esan la most biga besto. Suffix -eg- is used to indicate that a noun is bigger. domo: house domego: big house pordo: door pordego: big door warma: warm warmega: hot biga: big bigega: very big, enormous lafi: to laugh lafegi: to burst into laughter La domo havan pordo. La kastelo (castle) havan pordego. En Espanio (Spain) la wetero (weather) esan warma. En Afriko la wetero esan warmega. Londono esan urbego. La klawno (clown) ne lafan. Hi lafegan. Rockefeller esan ricega. La liono esan fortega besto. Cu la kastelo havan pordo or pordego? La kastelo havan pordego. Kia (what kind) esan la wetero en tropika landos (tropical countries)? La wetero en tropika landos esan warmega. (very hot, burning). Cu la aglos (eagles) esan fortega? Yes, la aglos esan fortega birdos. Suffix -et- is used to indicate that something is smaller. domo: house dometo: small house lafi: to laugh lafeti: to smile sed: but Mia dometo esan disbiga, sed bela. En printempo (spring) la wetero esan warmeta. Hi ne vivan (live) en urbego, sed en urbeto. Cu hi vivan en urbego? Ne, hi vivan en urbeto. or: or nor: nor nek: neither ami: to like Cu yi aman warmega wetero? Ne, mi ne aman warmega or diswarmega wetero. Cu yi deziran esi ricega? Ne, mi ne deziran esi ricega, sed sana (healthy). "Fema (woman's) lafeto (smile) mor kaptan (catch) ol neto". (Proverbo) Future Tense The ending "-on" indicates that the action will take place in the future. havi: to have mi havon: I will have skribi: to write yi skribon: you will write legi: to read mu legon: we will read til: till alia: other pose: after that dum: during Cu yi workan dum la sundo? Ne, dum la sundo mi ripozan (rest). Kio yi faran dum la tagos de la weko? Mi workan. Cu yi workan en lerneyo? Ne, mi workan en banko. Morgo esan lundo. Cu yi mornmanjon en la oficeyo? Ne, mi mornmanjon en mia domo. Cu yi iron al la banko per awto? Ne, mi devon preni buso. Kio yi faron en la banko? Mi taypon leteros ay kalkulon la monio (money) de la klientos. |