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= EXERCISE 8 =

Express in Volap&uuml;k :

Lady-friend. Doctor's wife. Widow. Authoress. Miss Mary is an angel. Doctress. Mare. Sister. Englishwoman. Wife. = FORMATION OF ADJECTIVS =

The "cardinal" numeral adjectivs have been given under numbers.

The ordinal numerals, first, second, third, etc., end in id. First, balid; second, telid; tenth, balsid; eleventh, balsebalid; 377th, kiltumvelsevelid, written 377id. There is also an interrogation form, kimid ? "how-many-eth ?" or which we have in English no equivalent. ,,Del kimid mula binom ?" "What day of the month is it ?" = 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.)