Hand-book of Volapük

Hand-book of Volapük  (1887)  by Charles E. Sprague

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THE INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE

HAND-BOOK OF Volapük

BY CHARLES E. SPRAGUE Member of the Academy of Volapük -- President of the Institute of Accounts

NEW YORK: THE OFFICE COMPANY, LONDON: TRÜBNER & CO. CHICAGO: S. R. WINCHELL & CO.

1888

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COPYRIGHT, 1887, BY CHARLES E. SPRAGUE

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TRUNK BROS., PRINTERS, NEW YORK.

Contents

• Preface
• Introduction
• How to Use this Book
• Sounds and Letters
• Parts of Speech
• Numbers

• Excercise 1

• Cases

• Excercise 2

• Persons

• Excercise 3
• Excercise 4
• Excercise 5
• Excercise 6
• Excercise 7

• Genders

• Excercise 8

• Formation of Adjectivs

• Excercise 9
• Excercise 10
• Excercise 11
• Excercise 12
• Excercise 13
• Excercise 14

• Formation of Adverbs

• Excercise 15

• Degrees of Comparison

• Excercise 16

• Tenses

• Excercise 17

• Passiv Voice

• Excercise 18

• Infinitiv

• Excercise 19

• Participle

• Excercise 20

• Imperativ

• Excercise 21

• Conditional, Conjunctiv and Potential

• Excercise 22

• Interrogativ Form

• Excercise 23

• Frequentativ or Aortist

• Excercise 24

• Reflexiv

• Excercise 25

• Prepositions and the Kimifal
• Synopsis of the Volapük Inflection
• Use of Prepositions
• Derived Prepositions
• Formation of Interjections
• Use of Conjunctions and Adverbs

• Excercise 26

• Order of Words

• Excercise 27

• Idiomatic Expressions
• Derivation of Words

• Excercise 28

• Abraham E Bäleda
• Model of Translation and Grammatical Analysis
• Spodam
• Lilädam
• Vocabulary
• Key to the Excercises