Hand-book of Volapük/1.9

= EXERCISE 9 =

Balun, January. Telul, February.

In the same manner form the names of the months to September (Z&uuml;lul) inclusive.

Balsul, October. Babul, November. Batul, December. Bal&uuml;del, Sunday. Tel&uuml;del, Monday, etc.

Exercises or translation :

'''Balul binom mul balid. Velul binom mul velid. Kil&uuml;del binom del kilid viga. Batul binom mul balsetelid yela. D&uuml;p kilid. D&uuml;p kimid binom ? Binom d&uuml;p balsid.'''

Saturday is the seventh day of the week. November is the eleventh month. It is four o'clock. (It is the fourth hour.)

POSSESSIV PRONOUNS
The possessivs, my, mine, thy, thine, etc., may be rendered in two ways :

1. By the kimafal of the pronoun; fat oba, my father; fat obas, our father.

2. By the termination -ik, forming a possessiv adjectiv ; buk obik, my book; buks omsik, their books; buk at binom olik, this book is yours.

The kimafal is used when otherwise there would be too much repetition of the termination ik.