Lesson 49: JA Cluster

How to Use This Lesson

Every lesson is divided into five sections. Please move through them in this order: Warm-Up, Vocabulary, Reading, 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!

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JA CLUSTER

Today we will learn one cluster, JA!

Oravia	English
jarih	ladder
jadun	fork
jalen	pencil
jajol	pocket
jahvel	knife
jahpapa	hammer
jadoe	shelf

What do you think JA words are about?

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JA words are related to tools.

Remember these words can be used as verbs as well. For example,

i jahvel e micuc = I cut the chicken
i jadoe e roumir = I put the book in the shelf

🌍 Sound Connections

Rih means higher, rising. That's why we have Elarih (religious + higher) as divine, aparih (body movement + higher) as jump, ganrih (rank + higher) as above, leirih (plant + higher) as tree, and jarih (tool + higher) as ladder.

This is a bit different from Rel, which means up. Some words that have the rel root include fare[l] (family + one generation up) as parent, borel (house structure + up) as ceiling or roof, and yesrel (clothes + up) as jacket.

You are ready for the reading now!

Today we will read an fairytale from the Amazon region. There will be some things you do not know in the readings to mirror real language encounter. Read it once and see if you can get the gist of it, and then try it again checking the tips below.

Before you dive in, here are a few key words:

ancem = rotate, turn
couya = word, name, to call
eover = protect, defend
copei = search, hunt

Curupira Joniu Tam (Curupira Part 1)

En lealei i elemi a yalgai su mioici faejal. Hay i none e yopoh vosyas su e ancem hue vanpai. O e hay i couya no Curupira. Eofa de le, hay lirul en yaltan mio mius. Curupira i eover e lei su misumu. Cali a neauta lupupi i widuo, notam hay i ilahai u misumu. Eta, neloa i do i raiver de lufu su 'lusiram. Lar, a copei hai i copei e mioici ca i sioerar su fano. A curupira i vardei noi, su i ansau i vanvu. A vanpai colira de curupira a ancem hue. Cali a sita hai i vardei e colira en leno, i copei. Mai, a colira i antai en ho jetai. Eta, a sita hai i ilianum e jenon en lealei, su a jenon-tohbian. Notor, hay i apanou en janou: o yewamus de curupira.

Tips

ancem = turn, backwards
ansau = start
antai = lead, direct
apanou = fall
colira = sign, mark
elemi = life, to live
eofa = friend
eta = therefore, so
faejal = man
fano = offspring
hue = resultant state
ilahai = to tell
janou = hole
jenon = path
jetai = direction
lar = once, in the past
lealei = forest
lei = plant
leno = soil, ground
lirul = habitually
lufu = wind
lupupi = rain
'lusiram = lu (weather) + siram (flash) = lightning
mioici = monkey, mischievous
misumu = animal
mius = pig
neauta = 8/10
neloa = all, everyone
none = have
notor =
raiver = defend
sioer = play, game
tohbian = confusion
vanpai = foot
vanvu = walk
vardei = see
vosyas = hair
widuo = near, to approach
yalgai = small
yaltan = large
yewamus = net, trap
yopoh = red

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English translation:

In the forest lives a small, mischievous man.

He has red hair and backwards feet.

He is called Curupira.

A friend of nature, he is habitually on large wild boars.

Curupira protects the plants and animals.

When heavy rain approaches, beforehand he tells the animals.

So everyone can protect themselves from wind and lightning.

Once, a hunter was hunting a monkey who was playing with their offspring.

Curupira sees this and starts to walk.

Curupira's tracks (foot mark) are backwards.

When the hunter saw the marks on the ground, he pursued them.

But the mark led him in the opposite direction.

So the hunter did not know the path in the forest, and got lost.

Then he fell in a hole: Curupira's trap.

Now in 1 or 2 sentences, try to write what the story is about:

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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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