The Cooking Exam

Level: Fluency (Milestone 2, Lesson 40)
Topic: Two friends prepare for a culinary school exam
Characters: Lina and Ana

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Boemo Roejo

A Lina su Ana a mir li eofa. Cali falen, lirular i mo en bo de famei de Ana en tevaen limel. Noli haya i roesau en boemo roedom, su litam i dami a roejo.

Tamen en liyar en lunu. A luyol a lumbo, a lufu a lufiva.

Notam Lina i asau, notor i yes. I vardei e elihei, hay i nomie no toului su toharou.

I anocari yasoi su ho miau. A roedom a nordaum, eta i vanpai lilon i mo. Anolu, mir ilhei: a geldove hai i ilaluan, a falen i apavu.

Lina i anifi en roedom. Hay i anvuis en bortal cali i vardei norven Ana en borlu. Ana i boemo e noniu, su i nomie no iloto. Lina i bortal, su Ana i eon lisoi.

"Cenon run?" Lina ilace.

"Liperiar, netam i roesau, i anyeum neliu. Faibor i ilahai ca nim i tane i anefene neron, mai i vil i yuloa."

"Mihie run! Run i iliro ca a roejois a yudur?"

"Ga lidastorar, yudur. A roena hai a anodu yahci."

Lina i vardei e mo ca Ana i boemo. I varsi yuba.

"Ce hoi?"

"Micuc. No farejor. Lirular a hay i boemo e micuc neauta lirul perien. Daehun nim i anye no yuba, nedas ilie a roena hai i dairan. Ilicei a nim a nime farejor, i ilian canon…"

"Ceora run no iloto? Norven a run a boemo hai. A rune mo a anodu. Ga run, a nim a yunmpou."

Haya i vardei e cemi en litegai.

"I miotan cali a nima a falen?" Ana i ansau i ilahai. "A nim a micear, mai a run i anidai a eofa. Notor i mo, lirular nima i apaleno en nime leayo, i apaluon su nime fare, no mioici i anodu e leirih! Neron, nime farejal nedas lirul i ilahai…"

"...ca yesmel i tane yufer." Lina i yadetu, a oimin.

Bi ho yuvabo, roena hai i bortal.

"Notam run i ansau i boemo, Lina." Hay i ilahai, a miogar. "Notor runa i roejo. Runa i vil i ilahaium."

Lina i ansau i boemo, su i iliro, a litam a yalen. Mai cali hay i anroar i boemo e mo de falen su, i anivari en leayo de Ana, su a luyar i anifi lili.

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Tips

Oravia	English
anefene	rest
anivari	come back
anifi	arrive, come
anocari	leave
apaleno	dig
apaluon	jump
anro	decide
ansau	start
anodu	top, the most
apavu	run
asau	wake up
borlu	window
boemo	kitchen, cook
bortal	door, enter
ca	that, which
cali	when (connector)
canon	how (affirmative)
cemi	each other
cenon	how?
ceora	why?
daehun	if, assuming
dairan	like
elihei	self
eofa	friend
eta	therefore
faibor	spouse
farejal	father
farejor	mother
falen	child
ga	compared to, than
geldove	sell
hai	agent, role
ho	opposite
ilace	ask
ilhei	person, people
ilian	know
ilie	maybe
ilicei	imagine, hypothetical
iliro	think
iloto	worry
ilahai	speak, talk
leayo	garden
leirih	tree
lidastorar	last year
lili	again
lilon	while
liperiar	last week
lirul	habitually
lirular	used to
litegai	moment
liyar	morning
lufiva	cold
lufu	wind
lumbo	cloud
lunu	winter
luyar	light
luyol	sky
miau	cat, graceful
micear	rabbit, shy
micuc	chicken
mioici	monkey
miogar	bear, stern
miotan	elephant, good memory
mihie	horse, endurance
mo	food, eat
neauta	8 out of 10, often
nedas	10 out of 10, certainly
neliu	other
nomie	seems
nordau	far
norven	already
notam	first
notor	second
no	like, similar to
oila	happy
oimin	amuse
perien	Sunday
roejo	exam
roena hai	teacher
roesau	study, learn
roedom	school
su	and, with, also
tane	recommendation, should
tevaen	Friday
toharou	anxious
toului	tired
vardei	eye, see
varsi	nose, smell
vil	obligation, must
yahci	sharp
yadetu	finish
yalen	long
yes	wear
yesmel	dress
yuba	good
yudur	hard, difficult
yufer	dirty
yuloa	perfect
yunmpou	lazy

Lirular a farejor i boemo e micuc neauta lirul perien. My mother used to cook chicken often on Sundays.

Daehun nim i anye no yuba, nedas ilie a roena hai i dairan. If I make it well like that, 10/10 likelihood the teacher will like it.

Ilicei a nim a nime farejor, i ilian canon. If I were my mother, I would know how.

Run i iliro ca a roejois a yudur? Do you think the upcoming exam will be hard?

I miotan cali a nima a falen? Do you remember when we were children?

A nim a micear, mai a run i anidai a eofa. I was shy, but you wanted to be friends.

Notor i mo, lirular nima i apaleno en nime leayo, i apaluon su nime fare, no mioici i anodu e leirih! Before eating, we used to dig in my garden and jump with my parents, like monkeys at the top of trees!

Bi ho yuvabo, roena hai i bortal. How uncomfortable: the teacher enters.

Mai cali hay i anroar i boemo e mo de falen su, i anivari en leayo de Ana, su a luyar i anifi lili. But when she decided to cook something from her childhood also, she was back in Ana's garden, and the light arrived again.

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Narrative Translation

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Lina and Ana are longtime friends. When they were children, they used to eat at Ana's family's house on Friday evenings. Now they study at culinary school, and today there is an exam.

Monday morning in winter. The sky is cloudy, the wind is cold.

First Lina wakes up, then gets dressed. She looks at herself — she seems tired and anxious.

She leaves in a hurry and ungracefully. The school is not far, so she walks while eating. Outside, many people: sellers talk, children run.

Lina arrives at school. She is about to enter through the door when she already sees Ana at the window. Ana is cooking something, and seems worried. Lina enters, and Ana greets her right away.

"How are you?" Lina asks.

"Last week, I only studied and did nothing else. My spouse said I should rest more, but I must be perfect."

"You horse! Do you think the exam will be hard?"

"Compared to last year, harder. The teacher is the sharpest."

Lina looks at what Ana is cooking. It smells good.

"What is this?"

"Chicken. Like my mother's. She used to cook chicken often on Sundays. If I make it well like that, certainly the teacher will like it. If I were my mother, I would know how..."

"Why are you so worried? You are already a cook. Your food is the best. Compared to you, I am lazy."

They look at each other for a moment.

"Do you remember when we were children?" Ana starts to say. "I was shy, but you wanted to be friends. Before eating, we used to dig in my garden and jump with my parents, like monkeys at the top of trees! Also, my father always used to say..."

"...that dresses should be dirty." Lina finishes, amused.

How uncomfortable: the teacher enters.

"First you start cooking, Lina." He says, stern as a bear. "Then you two take the exam. You must not talk."

Lina starts cooking and thinks: today will be long. But when she decided to cook something from her childhood also, she was back in Ana's garden, and the light arrived again.

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