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KEY TO THE EXERCISES.

EXERCISE VII.

The man is a merchant. The week (or a week) is seven days. The day is a part of the week. The hour is a part of the day. The month is a part of the year. Water and wine are drinks. It snows. It thunders. One sees animals. One drinks water. One eats bread (Bread is eaten). One reads books (Books are read).

Pul binom julel (not juleli). Dogs e jips binoms nims. Del binom dil yela. Bod binom fid. Vin binom dlin. Vat binom dlin. Binob tedel. Binol julel. Binols julels. Tötos. Fidon miti. Nifos. Sagon, das binol julel. Dog fidom bodi. Dogs e jips binoms nims. Sagon das tötos. Logon, das nifos.

EXERCISE VIII.

Jiflen. Vom sanela. Jiviudel. Jilautel. Vomül Maria binof jilanel. Jisanel. Jijeval. Jiblod. Jinelijel. Jimatel.

EXERCISE IX.

January is the first month. July is the seventh month. Tuesday is the third day of the week. December is the twelfth month of the year. Three o'clock. What o'clock (what time) is it? It is ten o'clock.

Velüdel binom del velid viga. Babul binom mul balsebalid. Binom düp folid.

EXERCISE X.

My teacher teaches five boys. Who is your teacher? Our teacher has twenty-four scholars. Our language is English. My father has three sons and two daughters; so I have two brothers and two sisters. We are five children (or there are five children of us). Our father loves his children. Our mother loves her children. Our father and mother love their children.

Tidel obik lilädom buki. Fat olik labom dogis fol. Kim binom tidel olsik? Tidel obsik binom flentel. Fat e mot obsik löfoms cilis omsik. Kim binom fat obsik? Fat obsik binom matel mota obsik. Fat olik e mot obik binoms flens. Pük tidela obik binom flentapük. Tidel olik lilädom bukis obik.

EXERCISE XI.

This house is our home. That man has three children; I know the children, but not the man himself. This town has a hundred houses and seven hundred persons. Men, women and children are human beings. You know the teacher and the merchant; I know the same men. The man who lives in that house is an author and writes books.

Län at binom obik. Lödob in dom et. Mans ut, kels lödoms in zif et, sevoms obis. Lödobs in zif ot. Nims at binoms jevals.

EXERCISE XII.

I know the man who writes these books. The man, whom I know, writes these books. Who writes these books? The author. What is an author? An author is the man who writes books. Who is that lady who has the dog? That lady is Doctress B.; her husband is our physician.

Logob mani ut, kel givom moni pules. Kim sevom lauteli buka at? Jimatel sanela sevof mani ut kel binom lautel buka. Kis binom tedel? Tedel binom man kel lemom e selom dinis. Kif binof vom et? Vom et binof jitidel kel tidof pulis e jipulis.