EXERCISE 1
VOCABULARY
Buk, book. Dom, house. Man, man. Pul, boy.Del, day. E, and. Mug, mouse. Vig, week.Doab, dollar. Gan, goose,
Yel, year.Dog, dog. Jip, sheep. Mul, month 1. Put all the above nouns into the plural, giving the English meaning of each.
2. Express in Volapük : books, days, men, houses. mice, months, geese, boys, weeks, dollars.
3. Would you use ol or ols in the following
sentences ?: "Are you an American ?" "Will you take seats ?"
4. Read these numbers in Volapük: 2, 5, 33, 42, 3, 41, 6, 25, 50, 75, 100, 7, 77, 777. 7777, 8, 18, 6, 99. 15, 13, 64, 51, 84, 77, 333, 1887, 12.
5. Express in Volapük, aloud : 5 men (remember the order is 'men
five') ; 3 boys ; 12 years ; $20 ; 10 years ; 3 months ; 6 mice . $50 ; 16 houses ; 3000 books ; 100 sheep ; 55 boys ; 32 years and 10 months ; 7 days ; one week ; 30 days, one month ; 365 days ; 12 months ; 52 weeks, one year ; $2769.
6. Read aloud, thinking of the meaning, Mans bals ; gan bal ; obs ; muls kil ; doms fol ; yels baltum ; jips tel ; mugs zül ; doabs balsetel ; buks teltum ; muls balsetel ; yel bal ; dels kiltum mälselul; yel bal ; ols ; obs tel.
7. Give the English of each of the above phrases.
It is not sufficient to go through these exercises once ; they should
be repeated again and again, until they can be spoken with the greatest
rapidity.
Each Volapük exerclse is to be first read aloud, thinking of the
meaning, but not of the English words. Then it should be translated into
English, the translation written down and compared with the key. After
a time the key should be translated back again and compared with the original.