Prerequisite: Lesson 1.
New words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| akua | water |
| ca | tea |
| pan | bread, food |
| ruma | house, home |
| sol | sun |
| nama | name |
| kula | to eat |
| lai | to come |
| go | to go |
| mau | to want |
| beri | to give |
| hao | good |
| bas | enough, stop |
Building a sentence
The README already gives the pattern:
Mi ama dunia. — I love the world.
Subject, then verb, then object. Every sentence below uses that same shape — nothing new is being introduced.
| Amadunia | English |
|---|---|
| Mi kula pan. | I eat bread. |
| Yu mau akua. | You want water. |
| Ta go ruma. | She goes home. |
| Kita lai ruma. | We come home. |
| Mi beri pan. | I give bread. |
| Ta mau ca. | He wants tea. |
Notice what did not happen: the verb never changed. Mi kula, yu kula, ta kula, kita kula — one form, always.
Asking
Lesson 1 asked a question by tone alone: Ok? The same works with a full sentence.
— Yu mau akua? — Ya, mi mau akua.
— Yu mau ca? — Ya! Mi mau ca.
— Yu mau pan? — No, bas.
bas closes things politely: enough, that’s all, stop.
Describing
Sol hao. Akua hao. Ruma hao.
Practice
Say each aloud, then cover the English.
- Mi mau pan. — I want bread.
- Ta lai ruma. — She comes home.
- Kita kula una. — We eat together.
- Sol hao! — The sun is good!
- Yu beri akua? — Will you give water?
What you can already say
Two lessons in, with about twenty words, you can greet someone, ask their state, say what you want, eat, come, go, give, and call something good. No tense, no agreement, no gender has been needed yet.
Past and future are covered in Lesson 4, plurals in Lesson 5, questions in Lesson 7.