New words in this lesson:
The word hay expresses there is/are, but is also used in reference to the environment where English uses it's.
Hay barix.
It's raining. (There's rain.)
Hay taliju.
It's snowing. (There's snow.)
Hay termo.
It's warm. (There's heat/warmth.)
The suffix -kan (dukan - store) is similar to -dom but is used when the building refers to a store.
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shoe store:
book store:
restaurant:
The prefix day- (dayo - big/large) is used to derive words that denote an increase in size, age, degree, quantity or loudness as compared with the root.
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awesome, great, excellent:
huge:
tiny:
yell:
grandmother:
The word daymo is an adverb of degree meaning greatly or very. As we will see in more detail in a subsequent lesson, adjectives that modify other adjectives or adverbs must add -mo.
The prefix lil- (lile - little/small) is the opposite of day- and is used to derive words that denote a reduction in size, degree, quantity or loudness as compared with the root.
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whisper
The word lilmo is the opposite of daymo, an adverb of degree meaning a little. Like daymo, it is used to modify adjectives or other adverbs.
Hay termo fe exya.
It's warm outside.
Misu xaher daymo kiwaji. Hay multi drevo per jabal. Hay multi barix mas xosu taliju. Nere fe gao jabal hay nahir. Multi insan suyon in den bardipul nahir. Mi no abil na bono suyon. Mi suki na pawbu per jabal eger no hay barix.
Create your own sentences using the examples above, and examples from previous lessons, as sentence patterns. Tell a story.