Hand-book of Volapük/1.9
EXERCISE 9[edit]
Balun, January. Telul, February.
In the same manner form the names of the months to September (Zülul) inclusive.
Balsul, October. Babul, November. Batul, December. Balüdel, Sunday. Telüdel, Monday, etc.
Exercises or translation :
Balul binom mul balid. Velul binom mul velid. Kilüdel binom del kilid viga. Batul binom mul balsetelid yela. Düp kilid. Düp kimid binom ? Binom düp balsid.
Saturday is the seventh day of the week. November is the eleventh month. It is four o'clock. (It is the fourth hour.)
POSSESSIV PRONOUNS[edit]
The possessivs, my, mine, thy, thine, etc., may be rendered in two ways :
1. By the kimafal of the pronoun; fat oba, my father; fat obas, our father.
2. By the termination -ik, forming a possessiv adjectiv ; buk obik, my book; buks omsik, their books; buk at binom olik, this book is yours.
The kimafal is used when otherwise there would be too much repetition of the termination ik.