Lesson 3
1
The personal pronouns are
| Yo | tu | il | ella | it | noi | vu | ili |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | thou | he | she | it | we | you | they |
2
As the object of a verb the following forms are used
| Me | te | le | la | it | nos | vos | les |
|---|
Yo ama la (I love her), ella ama me (she loves me).
3
These forms can also be used for the indirect object :
Il da me li lettre (he gives me the letter).
If both the direct and indirect objects are pronouns, the latter comes first.
Il da me it (he gives it to me).
4
After a preposition we use the object forms except for the third person, when "se" is used.
| Ie | En |
|---|---|
| Yo lava me | I wash myself |
| Il lava se | He washes himself |
| Noi lava nos | We wash ourselves |
5
The possessives are :
Mi tu(i) su ; nor (or nostri) vor (or vostri) lor.
Note that su means "his", "her" or "its".
Lor paccage es apert.
6
Some common prepositions are :
| Ie | En |
|---|---|
| ante | before (time) |
| ínter | between |
| a | at |
| circa | around |
| avan | before (place) |
| súper | above |
| tra | through |
| trans | across |
| in | in |
| sub | under |
| che | by, at |
| pos | after |
| sur | on |
7
The feminine is indicated in three ways :
a) by using a different word
púer (boy), puella (girl)
bove (ox), vacca (cow)
b) by the suffix -essa :
poete, poetessa
leon, leonessa
c) by the ending a. In this case we indicate the masculine by -o and the neutral by -e:
Simie, simia, simio (monkey)
8
Vocabulary :
| Ie | En |
|---|---|
| nu | now |
| diversi | various |
| munde | world |
| logia | live |
| fratre | brother |
| fabrica | factory |
| ma | but |
| sestra | sister |
| san | well, healthy |
9
Exercise:
Il da me li orange privatmen. It es nu complet. Generalmen li aere es humid in li region u yo logia. Mi fratre es un director de un fabrica, ma mi sestra es in un laboratoria. Nor movement have mult membres in diversi partes del munde.