Lesson 6: Questions
How to Use This Lesson
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Do not try to memorize! Just read through the content attentively. We will have plenty of exercises and reviews later!
Questions
Today we will learn how to ask questions! The first type of question, yes/no, is very easy. We just change the intonation to that of a question:
For other types of questions, we add words in the beginning. The first one, and most important, is ce, which means what.
If he is drinking milk, one may reply something like moulu, e moulu, i mouje moulu, or hay i mouje e moulu.
Ei means person. If you want to know who is drinking milk, we ask cei, or what (ce) + person (ei)
Try to ask who drinks milk, and then respond it's your brother.
Dom means place, location. To ask about location (where), we use cedom, or what (ce) + place (dom)
Try to say: "Where does the sibling drink?", and then reply: "At home".
In sum, to ask questions, we add in the beginning of the sentence:
Now try to create 3 questions:
The BO Subclusters
Take to take a deeper look into our third cluster, BO! Take a look at these words.
| Oravia | English |
|---|---|
| bortal | door |
| borcai | wall |
| borlu | window |
| bospupi | shower |
| bosvi | toilet |
What do you think the words in the BOR subcluster have in common?
How about BOS, any ideas on that?
Let's take a look at another table.
| Oravia | English |
|---|---|
| boelo | room |
| boetale | hall |
| boemo | kitchen |
| bonjae | cabinet |
| bonfene | bed |
| bontame | table |
What do you think the words in the BOE subcluster have in common?
How about BON, any ideas on that?
Great job!
In sum, in the BO cluster (house), we have:
We learned an interesting word here, boemo, which means kitchen. Do you notice anything in this word? You know what MO means, and we just learned BOE. Wait a minute...
Sound Connections
Yes, that's right! Kitchen means food room. And boemo is actually not a special word: many are like this! That's because not only the first syllables have meaning: others can, too. The more words you learn, the more you discover the syllable-meaning associations, and the easier it gets! At some point not too long from now, you may be guessing the meaning of words you haven't seen before and creating your own words. :)
Ps. Other words you've already learned are also composed of sounds that have meaning in Oravia, just like boemo. You knew what MO means, but you may not know what the meanings of these other sounds are yet. As you learn more words, these syllable-meaning associations will become intuitive. I won't be telling you what these associations are: this is for you to discover as you learn more vocabulary. Happy exploration!
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.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
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
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
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 6 Complete!
If you missed any words, check the Review tab to practice them again.
Come back tomorrow for Lesson 7.