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bela, beautiful. birdo, bird. blanka, white. bona, good. brilas, shines, is shining. ĉevalo, horse. dormas, sleeps, is sleeping. flava, yellow. floro, flower. flugas, flies, is flying. forta, strong, granda, large. |
kaj, and. kantas, sings, is singing. knabo, boy. kuras, runs, is running. la, the. luno, moon. marŝas, walks, is walking. pomo, apple. suno, sun. tablo, table. violo, violet. viro, man. |
READING LESSON.
1. Bona viro. 2. La granda tablo. 3. Blanka floro. 4. Flava birdo. 5. La bela birdo kantas. 6. Forta knabo kuras. 7. La bona viro marŝas. 8. La bela ĉevalo kuras. 9. La suno brilas. 10. Birdo flugas kaj knabo kuras. 11. Ĉevalo blanka marŝas. 12. La bela luno brilas. 13. La knabo kantas kaj la viro dormas. 14. Bela granda pomo. 15. La bona knabo kantas. 16. La granda ĉevalo dormas. 17. La suno brilas kaj la luno brilas. 18. Granda forta tablo. 19. Violo flava. 20. La bona flava pomo.
SENTENCES FOR TRANSLATION.
1. A beautiful flower. 2. A good large table. 3. A yellow violet and a white violet. 4. The moon is-shining (shines). 5. The good boy is-walking (walks). 6. The beautiful yellow bird is-flying (flies). 7. The strong man is-sleeping (sleeps). 8. The white bird is-singing (sings). 9. A strong horse runs, and a man walks. 10. The sun shines, and the boy is-singing (sings). 11. The large yellow apple. 12. An apple large and good.
LESSON III.
THE PLURAL NUMBER.
16. The plural number of nouns, that is, the form which indicates more than one person or thing, is made by adding -j to the noun, as viroj, men, from viro, man; tabloj, tables, from tablo, table.
-oj is pronounced like oy in boy. See 5.
17. An adjective modifying a plural noun agrees with it in number, being given the plural form by the addition of the ending -j. An adjective modifying two or more nouns used together is of course given the plural form: