Lesson 35: YE 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!

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Warm-UpGrammarVocabularyExercise 1Exercise 2Review

How much do you remember?

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

Conditionals

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.

Daehun en yunu, eta lufiva.   

Iliciu a nime miwo a fani. Bi oipili!

Daehun falen i roudi, eta hay i do i roudal.

Iliciu hay i roesau, a roejo a yugai.

Daehun a hay a toumo, i mo.

Iliciu a nim a roena hai, eta i ilian e roejo.   

Iliciu nim i bontamear, i ilian cadom.   

Iliciu nim i moarum, noli a toumo.   

Tips

-ar = completed
-is = yet to start
-um = not, negative
a...a... = is/are
a [subject] i [verb] e [direct complement] u [indirect complement/to/for]
(ani)do = capability, can
bi = speaker comment
bontame = table, to put on a table
cadom = where
daehun = assume, if...then
eta = therefore
falen = child
hai = agent, role
iliciu = imagine, counterfactual
lufiva = cold
miwo = dog
noli = now
oipili = cute
roedi = write
roudal = read
roejo = exam
roena = teach
roena hai = teacher
roesau = learn, study
toumo = hungry
yugai = easy
yunu = winter

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Possible translations:

Assume: it's winter, so it's cold. / If it's winter it's cold.

Imagine: my dog is a puppy. How cute!

Assume: kid writes, so they know how to read. / If the kid can write, then they know how to read.

Imagine: he studies, the exam is easy. / If he studied, the exam would be easy.

Assume: she is hungry, she eats. / If she is hungry, she will eat.

Imagine: I am the teacher, I know the exam. / If I were the teacher, I would know the exam.

Imagine: I put on the table, I know where. / If I had put it on the table, I would know where it is.

Imagine: I didn't eat, now hungry. / If I hadn't eaten, now I would be hungry.

YE CLUSTER

Today we will learn our 20th cluster, *YE! Take a look at the words below:

Oravia	English
yeleno	cotton
yeyel	sew
yespuri	sock
yesrel	jacket
yesnou	pants
yespili	dress
yeswol	shirt

What do you think the YE cluster is about?

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Clothing and fabric!

These can also be used as verbs, for example, you could say i yeswol to mean to put on a shirt.

🌍 Fun Fact

Ye comes from Turkish yelken (sail/large expanse of fabric).

Yel means to join, and comes from English yoke.

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.

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Round 1

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Round 2

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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.

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Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

Review Missed Words

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

🎉 Lesson 35 Complete!

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

Come back tomorrow for Lesson 36.