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Lesson 45: Cluster

How to Use This Lesson

Every lesson is divided into five sections. Please move through them in this order: Warm-Up, Grammar, Vocabulary, Exercise, Review, and then Exercise and Review once more 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.

O Marker

Try to see if you can understand these sentences. 

litamar, o nim i elomio e hay!

o i vardei e fani miwo.

o i ilahai e neloa elireva.

"bi yuba"
"o yuba!"

o e mo i moar.

o e bortal i vanvu a falen.

Tips -ar = completed action
bi yuba = how good, that's good bortal = door, to enter
elireva = truth
elomio = help
fani = baby
ilahai = speak, talk
miwo = dog
neloa = all, complete
o = focus, emphasis on that element
o i [verb], no subject = imperative
o e [object] = passive (focus on the object)
vanvu = leg, to kick
vardei = look, see

GA CLUSTER

Today we will check the GA Cluster! Take a look at the words below:

Oravia English
gafi less
gavio various, different
ganrih above
ganyu common, average
ganter rank
gaomem equal
gaolei value
gaolan balance

What do you think the GA Cluster is about?

We also have two subclusters, can you identify the sound and the meaning?

We just learned a word that is really useful, ganter! It means ranking, and we use it to make numbers ordinal. For example:

tam ganter = rank one = first
alui ganter = rank five = fifth

Finally, we learned another useful word, gaomem. It means equal, and we can use it in comparisons, like this:

run ga a nim a yalen = compared to you I am tall / I am taller than you  
run gaomem nim a yalen = I am as tall as you

Notice one may also say: 

run gaomem nim a yalen = I am as tall as you  
a nim a yalen no run = I am tall like you

This last version reads more poetic and less precise. It means both you and me are tall, not necessarily the exact same height. In casual speech, both work well and you may use whatever feels more natural to you.

!!! info "🌍 Sound Connections"

Ga is like English gauge.

U run, a ce el a tam ganter?

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

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! 🎉

🎉 Lesson 43 Complete!

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

Come back tomorrow for Lesson 44.