沃拉普克语基础教程：第一课语言交流

Volapük Vifik: Lärnod Balid"A Sound Guide to Volapük"The Volapük alphabet has 27 letters, namely:
a, ä, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, ö, p, r, s, t, u, ü, v, x, y, z -- 8 vowels and 19 consonants.
The vowels are pronounced in the following manner:

A: as in "fAther"
Ä: as E in "mEt"
E: as French É in "ÉtÉ"
I: as in "machIne"
O: as in "pOrt"
Ö: as French EU in "jeu"
U: as OO in "sOOn"
Ü: as French UE in "rUE"

The consonants are pronounced in the following manner:

B, D, F, H, K, L, M, N, P, T, V, Y: as in English
C: as CH in "CHurCH"
G: always as in "Go"
J: like SH in "SHoe"
R: should be rolled S: always as in "So" X: always as in "fleX" Z: like TS in "biTS"

In Volapük, every single letter must be clearly sounded!
Practice now with the numbers from one to ten:

bal, tel, kil, fol, lul, mäl, vel, jöl, zül, deg.

Practice these words of one syllable:

flor (flower), hit (heat), fluk (fruit), nif (snow).

Words of more than one syllable are always stressed on the last syllable. Practice:

floRÜP ("flower-time" = Spring)
hiTÜP ("heat-time" = Summer)
fluKÜP ("fruit-time" = Autumn)
niFÜP ("snow-time" = Winter)

Try 2 consecutive vowels: rein = rain (pronounce: ray-EEN)
Try 3 consecutive vowels: neai = never (pronounce: nay-ah-EE)
One last important point: Try to make a habit of saying each word out loud! You may feel a little self-conscious doing this to start with, but you will soon become familiar with the sounds of the language, not all of which are exactly like the sounds we are accustomed to in English. Furthermore, we gain much more confidence this way!
Now take a look at the following words and say them out loud:

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sugarcane 管理员

2008-05-27 13:13

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Now take a look at the following words and say them out loud:

at = this
bi = because
binön = to be
blod = brother
böd = a bird
bür = an office
büsidan = a businessman
cil = a child
dom = a house
e = and
ekö = here is/are
famül = a family
flor = a flower
gretik = big, large
gudik = good
gudiko = well
in = in (place)
jönik = beautiful, lovely
jul = a school
julan = a pupil (at school)
kel = which, who
lärnön = to learn
lödön = to live, reside
nem = a name
niver= a university
nuf = a roof

nulädik = modern
ofik = her
omik = his
reidön = to read
saidiko = sufficiently, enough
sekretan = a secretary
smalik = small
sol = the sun
sör = a sister
Spanyän = Spain
stral = a ray
studön = to study
tefik = corresponding (to), relating (to)
tidön = to teach
timül = a moment
topön = to be situated
ün = at, in (time)
vakenön = to be on holiday/vacation
vemo = very / very much
vifik = fast, quick
vilön = to want to
vobön = to work
vöd = a word
yan = a door
yunik = young
zif = a town

In Volapük there is no separate word for "a/an" as there is in English; neither does Volapük use a separate word for "the" except in special circumstances, which will be mentioned later.
As in English, words form plurals simply by adding -s.
Words ending in -ik are adjectives, words ending in -o are adverbs, and words ending in -ön are verbs. Note also how all nouns start and end with a consonant.
1. In Volapük, the suffix -il is appended to words in order to express the idea of smallness. Instead of saying jul smalik, the word julil is shorter and its meaning is the same. On the other hand, a longer way of expressing zifil would be zif smalik!
1a. How would we say in English:

büril, domil, cilil, söril, blodil, famülil
Now make up a couple of your own!

2. Another useful suffix is -an. This denotes a member of a profession, society, country, philosophy or other discipline.
2a. How would you say in Volapük:

a clerk (in an office), a businessman, a lodger, a learner, a reader, a student, a worker

3. The personal pronouns in Volapük are:

ob / obs = I / we
ol / ols = you (1 person) / you (more than 1 person)
om / oms = he / they (all males)
of / ofs = she / they (all females)
on / ons = it / they (neuter or mixed gender)

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sugarcane 管理员

2008-05-27 13:13

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These words are of course used separately, but here is how they fit into the verbal action! First of all, take any infinitive, remove the final -ön, and proceed accordingly:
BINÖN = to be
binob = I am binobs = we are
binol = you are binols = you all are
binom = he is binoms = they are (masculine)
binof = she is binofs = they are (feminine)
binon = it is binons = they are (neuter/mixed gender)

3a. Choose a few more verbs and really get used to them, like this!
4. You will notice that vilob (= I want) plus lärnön (= to learn) corresponds exactly to "I want to learn" in English -- vilob lärnön. If we say Ob vilob lärnön, then a great deal of emphasis is being given, because the ob appears twice -- "I want to learn!"
4a. Say in Volapük:

He wants to work, they want to teach, I want to read, she wants to go on holiday

5. Now to the most interesting part! Read the following introductions, and say them out loud. Glidis! is how we say "hello" in Volapük!
Glidis! Binob Samül. Binob studan in niver. Ekö famülans obik:
Fat obik binom büsidan. Vobom in bür nulädik. Nem omik binon "Robert".
Mot obik binof tidan. Tidof in jul smalik. Nem ofik binon "Lisabet".
Sör obik binof sekretan. Vobof in bür gretik in zif. Ün timül at vakenof in Spanyän. Nem ofik binon "Janin".
Blod yunik obik binom cil. Binom julan. Nem omik binon "Peter".
Lödobs in dom gretik e nulädik in zifil jönik.

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