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Lesson 57: VI / TU Clusters

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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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TI CLUSTER

Today we will learn one cluster, TI. Take a look at this table:

Oravia	English
tinen	break
titata	steal
tidetu	die
tiju	lie
tiuan	crime
tiuri	abuse

What do you think TI words are about?

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TI words are related to harm.

!!! info "🌍 Sound Connections"
Ju comes from Hindi jhūṭh, which means deception.

Here is another word with this root:
siju = trick (process + deceive), just like tiju = lie (harm + deceive)

Take a look at a couple of sentences using ti words:

i elireva, tijum = I am telling the truth, not lying.
i daium i tidetu cali nedastam yamirli = I don't want to die too old.
run i vil i titataum, su i tiuanum = you have an obligation not to steal, and not to commit a crime.

You are ready for the reading now!

We will start working on our last text of the Course. It's a chapter from the Little Prince! See how far you've come :)

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:

raitar = to rule, ruler
hevas = secret
dantam = only, as in "only Maria knows"
ganou = to go down, setting

Yalgai Raitar: Joniu Tam

Ah, yalgai raitar hai*! A nim i ilian-davio e hevas de run tohpu yalgai elemi... En yalen li, run i siyal e dantam oi no elonor oimin cali vardei e ganou lusari. A nim i roesau e yani ciugai en liyar de bale ganter litam, cali a run i ilahai u nim: "A nim i nedas dairan e ganou lusari. O i anifi, nima o i vardei e ganou lusari noli. "Mai a nima i fou i iloi" nim i ilaluan. "Iloi? E ce?" "E ganou lusari. A nima i fou i iloi linu davir li" Notam, run i nomie no nedas iloram. Notor, i asular. Run i ilahai u nim: "Nedas lirul a nim i iliro ca nim en bo!"

• noi, i damura no fanojal de dofa raitar hai (here, it means son of an inherited ruler).

Tips

anifi = come
(an)sau = start
asular = laughter
bale = four
bo = home, house
ciuga = detail
dantam = only, as in "only Maria knows" davio = change, different, turn into
davir = right, exact
elemi = live, life
elonor = peace, calm
ganou = down, to go down, setting
ganter = ordinal number, rank
hevas = secret
ilaluan = speak, say
iliro = think
iloi = hope
iloram = surprise
linu = until
litam = day
liyar = morning
nedas = 10/10
noi = here, this
noli = now
nomie = seems
notam = first event
notor = then, second event
oines = laugh
siyal = find, notice
tohpu = sad
vardei = look, see
yalgai = small
yalen = long
yani = new
yavuson = slow, slowly

Here, we also have repetition of the root to create an effect of intensity. For example, yalgaigai is very very small.

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English translation:

Oh, little prince!

I came to understand the secrets of your sad little life. For a long time you had found your only entertainment in the calm pleasure of looking at the sunset.

I learned that new detail on the morning of the fourth day, when you said to me:

"I am very fond of sunsets. Come, let us go look at a sunset now."

"But we must wait," I said. "Wait? For what?"

"For the sunset. We must wait until it is time."

At first you seemed to be very much surprised. And then you laughed. You said to me: "I am always thinking that I am at home!"

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 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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