Part 7
Exercises
Answers follow at the end. Before checking any form, name the relation: level pair, contrast, fork, addition, or something that wants its own sentence.
Part AName the join
For each item, name the joiner, its level, and what is claimed.
mia shea nela lothea phaelo.shiro mioru nai thona thiku nai.wa thia theo sola sheluo.lo lopia mua thepalu wile. we lohau wile.shiro nela peloru nela whelina.
Part BBuild the join
Render each English item in Phi.
- I read and listen.
- The sun is warm, and the wind is peaceful.
- They are brave but mindful.
- I will read, or I will walk.
- You wish for peace or quiet.
- A friend comes. A small person comes too.
Part CRepair or defend
Some items are ungrammatical, some claim the wrong thing for the stated intent, and some are fine. Judge each.
*shiro nela peloru whelina.intended as "trees, flowers, and grass."*shiro we peloruintended as "trees and flowers."mia to theo thona to ma shelomu.intended as "I read, but did not understand."*mia peloru nela thia theo nila.intended as "I see the flower and you read."lohau we wile.intended as "the dog joins the players."
Part DChoose the joiner
Name the relation, then say which joiner carries it and why.
- I understand, but you do not. One thought.
- A stretch of evidence has run for three sentences; now the account turns against it.
- Is the sun warm or the wind cold? One question.
- The friend came. Now add the child's coming alongside.
Part ETranslate
mia melu nela lumani lothea.shia haolu thona lo miona ma sheluo.thia po mia naphe sola mia po miso naphe.mia so theo sola mia so thalo.
Check your workAnswer key
AnswersPart A
nelaat word level: two objects of the feeling, level, together.thonaat clause level: both qualities asserted, the smallness set against the expectation the beauty raised.solainside a question: the fork stands withinwa, and the listener may take either path.weopening the second sentence: the dog is added to the established players, participant as news.nelaat every list boundary: three members, each join audible.
AnswersPart B
mia theo nela sheluo.sileta sulae nai nela howeli phaelu nai.shia shaelo thona thesua nai.mia so theo sola mia so thalo.thia shea sola maeli pula.melu shua. we thiku miona shua.
AnswersPart C
- Ungrammatical for the meaning: the list needs every joint.
shiro nela peloru nela whelina. - Ungrammatical:
wereaches back, and nothing is established to reach back to.shiro nela peloru. - Fine, defend it: clause coordination with the second subject dropped while it remains recoverable, tense and negation intact. The machinery composing exactly as designed.
- Ungrammatical: an object noun cannot pair with a clause.
mia peloru nila nela thia theo. - Grammatical but the wrong edge: it adds playing to the dog's doings. The new participant takes
webefore the subject:we lohau wile.
AnswersPart D
thona, the local contrast inside one sentence:mia shelomu thona thia ma shelomu.whekaiafter a period; the turn redirects the whole line, and the conjunction's scope is too small to hold it.wawithsolainside:wa sileta sulae nai sola howeli pelui nai.weopening the addition:melu to shua. we lopia to shua.
AnswersPart E
- I love friends and family.
- They speak, but the people do not listen.
- You can help me, or I can help myself: two full paths, and the reflexive bending the second one home.
- I will read, or I will walk: both futures live, the choice not yet made.