Lesson 27: Notam / Notor / TO Cluster

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

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

Notam / Notor

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.

Notam i ilace, notor i ilahai.

I boemoar u fano, notor hay i daium i mo. 

Notam i boemo e yaltan mo, i dai i eodya e eofa. 

Notam runas i mo, i bospupi e molcui, eori.

Notor i ilace, i vardei.

Notam a ilwol i nomie no yudur, notor i nomie no yugai. 

Tips

-ar = completed action
-is = yet to start action
a...a... = is/are
a [subject] i [verb] e [direct complement] u [indirect complement/to/for]
(ani)dai = want
boemo = cook
bospupi = shower, wash
eodya = invite
eofa = friend
fano = child, offspring
hay = he/she/they (singular)
ilace = ask
ilahai = speak, talk
iliro = think
ilwol = thing
mo = food, eat
nomie = seems
notam = first event
notor = second event
runas = you all
vardei = eye, look
yaltan = big
yudur = hard, difficult

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Possible translations:

First I think, then I speak.

I finish cooking for the child, second she doesn't want to eat. / After I cooked for the child, she doesn't want to eat it.

First I cook big food (banquet), (then) I want to invite friends.

First you all eat, wash the bowls and cups, please / After you all eat, please wash the bowls and cups.

Second ask, look / Look before asking.

First things seem hard, second they seem easy / Things seem hard before they seem easy.

Run i bospupi en limel su/dou en liyar? Notam run i bospupi dou i mo?

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TO CLUSTER

Today we will learn our next cluster, TO!

Oravia	English
touwa	thirst
touvei	illness
tohpu	sad
tounir	weak
toului	tired
tohnaru	anger

What do you think the TO cluster is about?

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It's about suffering and distress.

🌍 Sound Connections

Vei means "health issues", and comes from Sanskrit वैद्य vaidya (physician).

Pu is like Persian پوچ pūc (emptiness, loss).

Wa is water, from the Polynesian root wai (water).

Here are other words that use these roots:
anopu = to lose (movement away + loss), just like tohpu = sad (emotional suffering + loss)
wimwa = lake (natural geography + natural), just like touwa = thirst (physical depletion + water)
viwa = blood (internal body + water)

Now try to create a sentence using TO words, or 3 if you're up for a challenge!

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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

🎉 Lesson 27 Complete!

Come back tomorrow for Lesson 28.