Hand-book of Volapük/1.1
EXERCISE 1[edit]
VOCABULARY[edit]
| Buk, book. | Dom, house. | Man, man. | Pul, boy. |
| Del, day. | E, and. | Mug, mouse. | Vig, week. |
| Doab, dollar. | Gan, goose, | (pronounce moog) | Yel, year. |
| Dog, dog. | Jip, sheep. | Mul, month |
1. Put all the above nouns into the plural, giving the English meaning of each.
2. Express in Volapük : books, days, men, houses. mice, months, geese, boys, weeks, dollars.
3. Would you use ol or ols in the following sentences ?: "Are you an American ?" "Will you take seats ?"
4. Read these numbers in Volapük: 2, 5, 33, 42, 3, 41, 6, 25, 50, 75, 100, 7, 77, 777. 7777, 8, 18, 6, 99. 15, 13, 64, 51, 84, 77, 333, 1887, 12.
5. Express in Volapük, aloud : 5 men (remember the order is 'men five') ; 3 boys ; 12 years ; $20 ; 10 years ; 3 months ; 6 mice . $50 ; 16 houses ; 3000 books ; 100 sheep ; 55 boys ; 32 years and 10 months ; 7 days ; one week ; 30 days, one month ; 365 days ; 12 months ; 52 weeks, one year ; $2769.
6. Read aloud, thinking of the meaning, Mans bals ; gan bal ; obs ; muls kil ; doms fol ; yels baltum ; jips tel ; mugs zül ; doabs balsetel ; buks teltum ; muls balsetel ; yel bal ; dels kiltum mälselul; yel bal ; ols ; obs tel.
7. Give the English of each of the above phrases.
It is not sufficient to go through these exercises once ; they should be repeated again and again, until they can be spoken with the greatest rapidity.
Each Volapük exerclse is to be first read aloud, thinking of the meaning, but not of the English words. Then it should be translated into English, the translation written down and compared with the key. After a time the key should be translated back again and compared with the original.