Lesson 3! Basics, Too Flashcards
isi
is (be/am/are)
isas
was (had been/were)
isis
will be (is going to be)
Alu isi yaf ané.
I am a man.
Salu isas bash amisiyé.
She was your friend.
Klasé
class
Galu isis em gash klasé
We’ll be in our class/We will be in our class.
Yef klasé.
The class.
Yef klases.
The classes.
Yaf klasé.
A class.
ivi
go (are going)
ivas
went (had gone)
ivis
will go
Yalu ivas.
They went.
Galu ivi (or Galu isi ivi)
We go/ We are going
Salu ivis tu klasé.
She will go to class.
tu
to (preposition)
Yaf karoté
a carrot
yef karotes
the carrots
yef karoté
the carrot
menji
eat (is eating)
menjas
ate (has eaten)
menjis
will eat
Yef vulpé menjis yef karoté
The fox will eat the carrot.
Parvusa
Small
Magnusa
Big
Alu menjas yef parvusa karoté.
I ate the small carrot.
Kasusi (Kah-Soo-See)
Fall
Komi (Koh-Mee)
Come
Havi
Have
Desi
Want/Desire
Alu desi tu menji.
I want to eat.
I want a carrot.
Alu desi yaf karoté.
She fell for him.
Salu kasusas fu halam.
Come to me.
Komi tu alam.
He has friends.
Halu havi amiken.
Vegetable
Viganabé (Vee-gah-nah-bay)
The foxes came to eat the vegetables.
Yef vulpes komas tu menji yef viganabes.
She has a bicycle.
Salu havi yaf bisikleté.
It’s a big class.
Nalu isi yaf magnusa klasé
We have a small class.
Galu havi yaf parvusa klasé.
The vegetables were small.
Yef viganabes isas parvusa.
You’re a small woman.
Balu isi yaf parvusa deyané
A human/person
Yaf ujané.
Ujanes (oo-jah-nes)
humans/people
em
in
to
tu
And
Osho
She and I will be in class.
Salu osho alu isis em klasé.
Fall (verb)
Kasusi (Kah- Soo- See)
Want/Desire (verb)
Desi
Have
Havi
Verbs have how many forms ?
3 - past, present, future
-as ending of verbs means past tense
example: komi - to come
komas - came
-as ending of verbs means past tense:
kasusas -fell
havas- had
desas - wanted
I wanted
Ala desAS
You had
Bala havAS
We fell
Gala kasusAS
-is ending of verbs means future tense
example: veni - to come
venis - will come
-is ending of verbs means future tense
kasusis - will fall
tenis - will have
desis - will want
She will have.
Sala havIS
He will fall
Hala kasusIS
They will want
Yala desIS.
Adjectives have the -a ending
examples you will see: parvusa (small)
magnusa (big)
anything ending in -a is an adjective
many nouns can be turned into adjectives if you switch their -é ending with the -a ending
example you’ll see: tetshé (teht-shay) - text
libuché (lee-boo-chay) - book
to make the word “Textbook,” make tetshé an adjective and combine the words to make:
tetshalibuché
Adjectives describe nouns. Here, the word “text” can become an adjective because it’s describing the word “book.”
Parvusa and Magnusa are adjectives because…?
They end in -a
Adverbs have the ending of -z
example adverb you’ll see:
nuz (nooz) - again
paumevuz (pow-meh-vooz) - please
Nuz (again) is an adverb because … ?
It has a -z ending.
“Paumevuz” (please) is which type of word?
Adverb
Some words fall into more than one category. They can be both adverbs and nouns, or verbs and adjectives, or all four and some!
Thus, you may see these words with either an -o ending, -u ending, -f ending, -z ending, and more.
However, as long as you can differentiate between adverbs, adjectives, and the past, present, and future forms of nouns, that’s be the most important thing!
For the non-categorized words, just focus on knowing what they mean, and you’ll be just fine!
