Lesson 3: FA Cluster
How to Use This Lesson
Every lesson is divided into four sections: Grammar, Vocabulary, Exercise, and Review. Please move through these tabs in order. After you finish, try the Exercises and Review again to see how much you’ve improved.
Do not try to memorize! Just read through the content attentively. We will have plenty of exercises and reviews later!
Markers
In every other Grammar lesson, we will do some practice!
See if you can understand these sentences. If you scroll bellow, you will see tips, and then answers.
Tips
a = subject, the doer or experiencer
i = verb
e = direct complement of the verb
| Oravia | English |
|---|---|
| mogali | coffee |
| mocen | chocolate |
| moyam | spice |
| moyi | sugar, sweet |
| moval | ice |
| mouje | drink |
| moulu | milk |
| moaria | apple |
| moale | banana |
| moanih | berry |
| Singular | Plural |
|---|---|
| nim (I) | nima (we) |
| run (you) | runa (you all) |
| hay (he/she/they) | haya (they pl.) |
Answers
Great job! Based on the sentences, we can see that:
. Because we have markers, the word order is flexible.
. If it's clear from context, we can omit markers.
. There are no articles, conjugation or plural (just plural for personal pronouns).
Adjectives
Remember words can work as a noun, adjective, adverb, or verb? That is, their meaning and role is flexible depending on the sentence.
Here's an easy way to use words as an adjective: you just need to use one after the other, and whichever comes first is modifying the next one!
For example, you may have:
In this case, apple is modifying drink. That's some kind of apple drink (probably juice!).
There are many other words in the MO cluster that can work as an adjective. See if you can create sentences using word combinations.
That's it for grammar today! Let's move on to the next tab: Vocabulary.
The FA Cluster
Time to take a look at our second cluster! Look at the list of words below.
Remember, do not try to memorize them. Just read it through attentively.
| Oravia | English |
|---|---|
| faibor | spouse |
| faofa | cousin |
| fame | parent |
| falni | baby |
| falen | child |
What do you think the words that start in FA have in common?
Can you create 2 sentences using these words?
Matching Games
Time to practice! Match the Oravia words with their English meanings.
If you don't remember or make a mistake, that's totally fine! We will have plenty of opportunities to practice. Right now just give it a try.
Click one word from each column to match them. The game will check automatically when you select both words.
After completing the Exercises and Review, try it again to see how much you've improved.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Review Missed Words
This section shows only the words you got wrong during practice. If you didn't miss any words, this will be empty - great job! 🎉
🎉 Lesson 3 Complete!
If you missed any words, check the Review tab to practice them again.
Come back tomorrow for Lesson 4.