Hand-book of Volapük/1.11

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129169Hand-book of Volapük — 1.111887Charles E. Sprague

EXERCISE 11

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Laned, country (not the city). Län, country (a division of land).
Dom, house. Lödöp, dwelling.
Sevob, I know, am acquainted. Ab, but.
with (not, I know a fact). No, not, no.
Zif, town. Men, human being, person.
Lödob, I live, dwell. In, in (followed by the kimfal).

Dom at binom lödöp obsik. Man et labom cilis kil; sevob cilis ab no mani it. Zif at labom domis tum e menis veltum. Mans, voms e cils binoms mens. Sevol tideli e tedeli; ob sevob manis ot. Man ut, kel lödom in dom et, binom lautel, e penom bukis.

This country is mine. I live in that house. The men who live in that town know us. We live in the same town. These animals are horses.

THE RELATIV

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The relativ pronoun is kel, who, which, what. It has the force or a conjunction and a pronoun. It is used independently or as an adjectiv.

THE INTERROGATIV

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The interrogativ pronoun is kim ? kif ? kis ? when used independently, and kiom ? kiof ? kios ? when used as an adjectiv.

THE ADJECTIV IN -IK

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All other adjectivs are formed from nouns by adding the ending -ik. Gud, goodness; gudik, good. Löf, love; löfik, dear; löflik, lovely. Yel, year; yelik, pertaining to the year; yelsik, yearly. Any word with the end-syllable -ik is surely an adjectiv.