Lesson Seven

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6: siks 7: sep 8: ok 9: nev 10: dek
COMPOUND WORDS: In English there are many compound words such
as "housekeeper", "shoplifting", "mother-in-law", "passer-by", etc.
In Ulango compound words are used a lot. They are made simply by
joining two words. In the previous reading passage we saw some of
them:

Dormocambro: bedroom

Bancambro: bathroom

The adjectives and the adverbs can also be compound.

Examples:

Belsona: harmonic (pleasant sound)

Mornmanji (from "morn", morning and "manji", eat): to have breakfast

They are also formed by adding prepositions (kum, en, sub, etc.) to a
verb.

Examples:

Kumlabori: to colaborate

Eniri: to enter

Eliri: to go out

Subiri: to get down

Kumsidi: to hold a meeting

(All this will be learned better through practice and reading).


SUFFIX -ilo: It refers to the instrument that carries out the action
indicated by the verb.
For example:

Tranci: to cut
Trancilo: knife (instrument for cutting)

Tondi: to cut with scissors
Tondilo: scissors

Flugi: to fly
Flugilo: wing

Kombi: to comb
Kombilo: comb

Mi trancan la pano per la trancilo.

Yi komban yiself per la kombilo.

La kanario flugan per la flugilos.

La barbiro (barber) razan (shaves) per la razilo (knife).

Mi razan miself (I shave myself) per mia razilo.

Cu yi havan kombilo?. Yes, mi havan nigra kombilo.

Kio yi faran (do) per la kombilo?. Mi komban miself.

Cu la birdos flugan?. Yes, la birdos flugan per la flugilos.

Cu la aviadilos (planes) flugan?. Yes, la aviadilos anke (also)
flugan per la flugilos.

Per kio hi trancan la karno (meat)?. Hi trancan la karno per la
trancilo.


PAST TENSE: the ending "-in" indicates that the action took place in
the past.

This ending is used for all the persons (mi, yi, xi, hi, etc.)
similar to the use of the ending "-an" used in the Present tense (mi
skriban, yi legan, hi parlan, mu promenan, lu kantan)


Mi havan: I have (present)

Mi havin: I had (past)

Yi skriban: you write (present)

Yi skribin: you wrote (past)

Hi legan: he reads (present)

Hi legin: he read (past)



Hodio: today (n.) Hodie: today (adv.)

Hiero: yesterday Hiere: yesterday (adv.)

Morgo: tomorrow Morge: tomorrow (adv.)

　

Hodio esan lundo (Monday). Hiero esin sundo (Sunday).

Hiere mi frue (early) en la morno (morning) razin mi (I shaved),
lavin mi (I washed myself), kombin mi (I combed myself) ko dresi mi
(I got dressed). Mi irin al la kafeyo, kie (where) mi trinkin kafo ko
manjin pano kum butro (butter). Esin bela tago (day). La suno brilin
(shone) sur la blua (blue) celo (sky). Multa humos (men) irin al la
prejeyo (church). Kum plezuro (pleasure) mi awdin (heard) la sono
(sound) de la sonorilos (bells). Mi acetin jurnalo (newspaper). Dum
(while) mi mornmanjin (had breakfast), mi legin la jurnalo. Mi anke
parlin kum kelka amikos, kiu enirin (entered) en tiu momento.

Mi tagmanjin (had lunch) en mia domo, kum mia spozino (wife). Mu
manjin bongusta (delicious) bifsteko (steak), potatos (potatoes) ko
kelka frutos: pomos (apples), piros (pears) ko bananos (bananas).

Pose (after) mu irin al la filmeyo (cinema), kie mu vidin guda filmo
(film).

Mu vespmanjin (had dinner) en manjeyo (restaurant), ko revenin (came
back) kontenta.

　

Cu hiero esin sundo or lundo?. Hiero esin sundo.

Kio mi farin hiere frue en la morno?. Yi razin yi, lavin yi, kombin
yi ko dresi yi.

Cu mi mornmanjin en mia domo?. Ne, yi mornmanjin en kafeyo (café,
bar).

Kio mi trinkin (drank) ko manjin?. Yi trinkin kafo, ko manjin pano
kum butro.

Cu mi tagmanjin en manjeyo?. Ne, yi tagmanjin en yia domo.

Cu mi tagmanjin sola (alone)?. Ne, yi tagmanjin kum yia spozino.

Kio mu manjin?. Yu manjin bongusta bifteko, potatos ko kelka frutos.

Cu mi ko mia spozino restin (stayed) en mua domo?. Ne, yu irin al la
filmeyo.

Cu mu vidin guda filmo?. Yes, yi vidin guda filmo.

Cu mu revenin (came back) diskontenta (unhappy)?. Ne, yu revenin
kontenta..

　

Tago: day

Morno: morning

Vespo: evening (from 6 P.M. until midnight)

Nokto: night



-Guda morno, Petro! (equivalent to "Mi deziran al yi guda morno!")

-Guda morno, María!

　

-Guda vespo!

- Guda nokto, amikos. Mi esan fatiga (tired). Mi deziran dormi.

- Guda nokto, Karlo.

(Note: This greeting is used when you go to bed, equivalent to "Good
night")


Yam : already

Francisko: - Mi invitan yi al tagmanjo (lunch).

Jozefo (Joseph) - Danko. Mi yam tagmanjin.



Jus: just

Ana: - Cu vi deziran kafo?.

Pawlo (Paul): - Ne. Danko. Mi jus trinkin kafo.


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La tagos de la weko:

Lundo: Monday

Mardo: Tuesday

Merkredo: Wednesday

Turzdo: Thursday

Frido: Friday

Saturdo: Saturday

Sundo: Sunday



The word "tuko" means "piece of cloth" and with it, we can form the
following compound words, of common use:

Tablo: table

Tablotuko: tablecloth

Bedo: bed

Bedotuko: sheet

Buxo: mouth

Buxtuko: napkin

Nazo: nose

Naztuko: handerchief

Bani: to bathe

Bantuko: towel (for the body)

Mano: hand

Mantuko: towel (for the hands)