Lesson 15: Numbers

How to Use This Lesson

This lesson is divided into five sections. Please move through them in this order: Warm-Up, Grammar, Vocabulary, Practice, Flashcards.

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-UpGrammarVocabularyPracticeFlashcards

How much do you remember?

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

Connectors

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

run i anidai e moulu dou e mogali?

nim i anidai e mogali, mai su moulu.

u nim, suum moulu.

hay i anidai e mocen, mai i anifoum.

Nim i do i anona u run e mocen.

ilie run i anidai e ho yaltan moaria.

A nim a ilonya, eta anitaum e mo.

Tips

mouje = drink
(ani)dai = want
(an)do = can, capability
(ani)fou = need
ia = yes
dou = or
su = and
eta = therefore
mai = but
moulu = milk
mogali = coffee
moaria = apple
ilie = maybe
ilonya = forget, forgetful
ho = opposite
yaltan = big
mocen = chocolate
um = negative, no, not
a...a... = is/are
a [subject] i [verb] e [direct complement] u [indirect complement/to/for]

Click to Reveal the Answer

Do you want milk or coffee?

I want coffee, but with milk.

For me, without milk, please.

She wants chocolate, but she doesn't need it.

I can give you chocolate.

Maybe you want a small apple.

I am forgetful, so I didn't bring food.

Now, we will read a dialogue in an airplane. It uses a lot of new vocabulary and constructions! See how much you can understand with the help of the tips above.

L: "Ce mouje a run i anidai? E moaria mouje dou e mogali?"
M: "E mogali."
L: "Moval mogali?"
M: "Um, mai su moulu."
L: "Run i anidai e mocen?"
M: "I anidai, mai i anifoum... Nim i moum e moyi, eta ilie i anita e ho yaltan mocen."
L: "Nim i do i anona e moyium mocen u run."
M: "Ia!"
L: "Su run fano, hay i anidai moulu?"
M: "Ia, nim i iliro ia. A nim a ilonya, eta anitaum e mo u hay. Su, i bontame e mogali su mocen u nim faibor. Hay en bosvi."

Click to Reveal the Answer

L: What drink do you want? Apple juice or coffee?

M: Coffee.

L: Iced coffee?

M: No, but with milk.

L: Do you want chocolate?

M: I want it, but I don't need it... I don't eat sugar, so maybe a small chocolate.

L: I can give you chocolate without sugar.

M: Yes!

L: And for you son, does he want milk?

M: Yes, I think so. I am forgetful, so I didn't bring food for him. Also, put coffee and chocolate for my spouse on the table. She is in the bathroom.

Now try to create your own dialogue using dou, mai, su, and eta:

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NUMBERS

Let's take a look at numbers! Here's how to count to ten:

Oravia	English
tam	1
tor	2
par	3
bale	4
alui	5
teva	6
peri	7
auta	8
tenda	9
das	10

Now try counting from 1 to 10! How about backwards, from 10 to 1? How about counting just the odd numbers, and then just the even numbers?

Expressing higher numbers is really easy:

das = 10
das par = 13
par das = 30
par das bale = 34

Now try counting 1-20. Tip: 15 is das alui and 20 is tor das.

Next, try saying 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90. Tip: 40 is bale das and 80 is auta das.

Great job, you can count to 99! Or should I say, tenda das tenda?

🌍 Sound Connections

Auta is similar to Proto-Indo-European roots, leading to words like Hindi āṭh and English eight.

Das is also like PIE, leading to words like Portuguese dez and Hindi दस das, both of which mean ten.

LI CLUSTER

We will also learn one new cluster, LI. Look at these words.

Oravia	English
lili	again
litam	day
liyar	morning
lisoi	soon

What do you think these words have in common?

Click to Reveal Cluster Meaning

The LI words are about time!

Recognize the Roots

Take another look at lisoi. Do you recognize any roots you've learned before?

Click to Reveal the Roots

lisoi → SOI = speed

🌍 Sound Connections

Li is from Mandarin 历 / 曆 li (calendar).

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

That's why we have:
yoyar = white (color + light), just like liyar = morning (time + light)

Matching Games

Time to practice! Match the Oravia words with their English meanings. Use sound-meaning associations as clues. For example, the subcluster sound tells you the category, even for words you haven't seen before.
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

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Round 4

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Round 5

🎉 Lesson 15 Complete!

Come back tomorrow for Lesson 16.