Lesson 54: PO Cluster

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PO CLUSTER

Today we will learn one cluster, PO!

Oravia	English
poarofei	alcohol
pocor	trash
podau	meter, distance
pohivi	electricity
pohyaro	energy, charger
poilumo	oil
poiwa	liquid
poiyal	liter, volume

PO words are related to chemistry.

We have 2 subclusters here. What do you think they are about?

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POH words are related to energy and power, and POI words are related to liquids.

Poh also means fire, that's why we have pohpoh as the word for fire, and yopoh as red.

In this cluster, we have a very important word: pohnen. It means power, force, strong, to impose. We use it to say someone is forcing someone to do something. For that, we use the ca connector, like this:

Toului i pohnen ca a nim i anefene = tiredness makes me rest.  

A fare i pohnen ca a fano i yadetu e dahau notor sioer = The parent makes the child finish the chores before playing.

Run fare i pohnen ca run i mo e lei cali falen?

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Possible translation: Did your parent make you eat vegetables when you were a kid?

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Example answers: I foum, caora nolili i iran i mo e lei. Mai, haya i pohnen ca nim i mo e mi, caora nim i anidaium.

You are ready for the reading now!

Let's re-read the Craked Pot story, with a twist! The sentences and meaning will be the same, but the word order will flip.

Here's what is going to happen to the text today:

. the verb will go to the end of the sentence, like a falen e ompili i roesau (the child learns piano).
. secondary and modifying clauses will go to the front. For example, mioci ca i sioerar su fano becomes fano sioerar mioici (monkey that had been playing with their offspring).

In order to read the story, just remember: the markers indicate the role in the sentence, not the order! Keep your attention in the markers. Now let's give it a try.

Tinen Hue Molbo

Lar, a wilgai-elemi yamirli faejal i dami. Nehen liyar, hay e tor wa molbo i anise. Notor, sora e wa de wimlua u fa i anise, en yalen jenon i vanvu. Mai, a tor wa molbo a gavio. En tam wa molbo, a yalgai tinen i dami. Eta, de noi molbo a wa i apanou. A yamirli faejal e wa molbo en wimlua i yaldih. Mai cali en bo i anivari-anifi, a tinen molbo a nealui jenya. Caora lilon a faejal i vanvu, a wa i apanou. A tinen molbo a tilira-neiden. Lilon a faejal e molbo en wimlua i yaldih, a tinen molbo u hay i ilaluan. "Nedas tohdin. Caora neliu molbo ga, i doum i dahau, a nim a tilira." A yamirli faejal i asela, su i daco: "Litam cali nima en bo i anivari-vanvu, ca run e run jensui en jenon i vardei, i anidai." A tinen molbo i ilofun-dasu. Cali haya de wimlua i anivari su en jenon i ansau, nedas ilotanu. En hay jensui en jenon, a nedas yunrani ciuseri de leipili i dami.

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anidai = want
anise = carry
anivari = return
anivari-anifi = return, get back
anivari-vanvu = walk back, return walking
apanou = leak, fall, drop
ansau = start
asela = smile
bo = home, house
ciuseri = row, series
daco = reply, answer
dahau = responsibility, responsible
dami = exist, there is
elemi = live
eta = so, therefore
fa = family
faejal = man
ga = compared to, than
gavio = different
hay = he
haya = they
ilaluan = speak, say
ilofun-dasu = reluctantly agree
ilotanu = surprised, astonished
jenon = path
jensui = side
jenya = empty
lar = once
leipili = flower
lilon = while, during
litam = day, today
liyar = morning
mai = but
molbo = pot
nealui = half
nedas = very, extremely
nehen = every
neiden = develop, grow
neliu = other
notor = then
sora = in order to
tinen = crack, cracked
tilira = shame, ashamed
tohdin = sorry
tor = two
u = to, for
vanvu = walk
vardei = look, see
wa = water
wilgai = village
wimlua = river
yalgai = small
yaldih = fill
yalen = long
yamirli = old
yunrani = beautiful

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English translation:

Once, there was an old man who lived in a village.

Every morning, he would carry two water pots. Then, he would walk a long path in order to carry water from the river to his family.

But the two water pots were different.

In one water pot, there was a small crack. So, water would leak from that pot.

The old man would fill the water pots at the river. But when he got back home, the cracked pot would be half empty. Because while the man walked, the water would leak.

The cracked pot grew increasingly ashamed.

One day, while the old man filled the pots at the river, the cracked pot spoke to him.

“I’m very sorry. Because I cannot fulfill my responsibility as well as the other pot, I am ashamed.”

The old man smiled and replied: “Today, when we walk back home, I want you to look at your side of the path.”

The cracked pot reluctantly agreed. As they returned from the river and started on the path, he was extremely surprised.

On his side of the path, there was a very beautiful row of flowers.

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 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 3

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Round 4

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