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Lesson 25: YU 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.

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 and uncheck any you got wrong.

Hai / Hue

See if you can understand these sentences. Some words or uses may be new. Try to read them first, and then scroll down for tips, and then answers.

A nime fare a boemo hai.
I anidaium e vardur hue mo. 
A anye hai eofa i ansau e yani bevio. 
A mo i nomie no anye hue en bo.
Noder a anona i nomie no anopu hue, mai a anelem hue.
Nolili a nime faibor a eomio hai. A faiborar a anocari hai. 
I anitaum ca runeum!

Tips

-ar = completed action (optional!)
-is = yet to start action (optional!)
a...a... = is/are
a [subject] i [verb] e [direct complement] u [indirect complement/to/for]
anelem = keep
(ani)dai = want anita = take
anocari = leave
anopu = lose
ansau = start
anye = make, do
bevio = store, shop
eomio = support
eofa = friend
fare = parent
faibor = partner, spouse
hai = agent, role
hue = recipient, result
mai = but
mo = food, eat
noder = even
nolili = forever
nomie = seems
vardur = tooth, bite yani = new

YU CLUSTER

Today we will learn our next cluster, YU!

Oravia English
yudur hard, difficult
yuloa perfect
yunro smart
yunfou poor
yunitam special
yuvabo comfortable

What do you think the YU cluster is about?

The YA Cluster is for objective qualities, things that can be measured like tall, big, solid. The YU Cluster is for subjective qualities, like difficult, perfect and special.

Sound Connections

Any words in the table above have sounds you already know from other words? What do they mean?

Ce yunitam u run?

Now try to create 3 sentences using YU words:

You are ready for the exercise now!

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


Round 6


Round 7

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


Round 8


Round 9

Review Missed Words

This section shows words you got wrong during practice, and words you didn't know in the Warm-Up. If you didn't miss any, this will be empty - great job! 🎉

🎉 Lesson 23 Complete!

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

Come back tomorrow for Lesson 24.