Hand-book of Volapük/1.11
EXERCISE 11[edit]
| 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[edit]
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[edit]
The interrogativ pronoun is kim ? kif ? kis ? when used independently, and kiom ? kiof ? kios ? when used as an adjectiv.
THE ADJECTIV IN -IK[edit]
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.