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Lesson 17: LI Cluster

How to Use This Lesson

Every lesson is divided into five sections: Warm-Up, 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!

How much do you remember?

Check the boxes for words you think you know. Then click Show Answers to reveal the meanings.

Dami, Dairan

Now, see if you can understand these sentences. If you scroll bellow, you will see tips, and then answers. 

nim i dairan e moulu.

fasuno i dairanum e moa mai hay i mo.

run i iran i bospupi.

ce run i iran i anye?

nim i dai i bonfene, eori. Eta, cedom a bonfene i dami? 

i dami a bonfene a yalgai en boelori.

Tips

moulu = milk
(ani)dai = want
(dai)ran= like bospupi = shower, bath
boelori = room
anye = do
yalgai = small bonfene = bed
mai = but
cedom = what + place = where eta = therefore, then dami = exist, there is eori = please
um = negative, no, not
a...a... = is/are
a [subject] i [verb] e [direct complement] u [indirect complement/to/for]

Now try to create 3 sentences using dami and dairan:

LI CLUSTER

Let's take a look at the LI Cluster!

Oravia English
lili again
litam day
liyar morning
lisoi soon
lilon while
litegai minute

What do you think these words have in common?

🌍 Fun Fact

Li is from Mandarin εŽ† / 曆 li (calendar).

Yar means "light", like Arabic آياؑ ḍiyāʾ (radiant light).

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

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 words you got wrong during practice. If you didn't miss any, this will be empty - great job! πŸŽ‰

πŸŽ‰ Lesson 17 Complete!

If you missed any words, check the Review tab to practice them again.

Come back tomorrow for Lesson 18.