Level 3
D’ardi ant d’ardan
The King and the Queen
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A royal visit
Level 3 continues the story
News reaches Wiliem’s village: d’ardi ant d’ardan — the king and queen — are coming on Saturday. The class practises polite speech, Rébéka reads up on the kingdom, and everyone races to the station. And of course, wheat is involved.
In this book you’ll learn to build words from smaller parts, speak politely, use big numbers, put questions inside sentences, read compound words, compare actions, join ideas with because, and tell a story in the past.
The layout is the same as before: story on the left, words, grammar and an exercise on the right.
Cast
Wiliem
Strongest boy in the village — so he says.
D’ardi
The king. Eats wheat often.
Rébéka
Reads everything, knows the numbers.
D’ardan
The queen. Has heard about Wiliem.
Warm-up
What you already know
A one-page review of Level 2
- -is
- Comparing: brosis band…, d’brostera wunder
- -ta
- Ordinals and dates: int d’senzdu-santa Oktober
- -se
- Owner: d’bukt Rébékase
- vi
- Relative words: sayap, vi, von, ven, sayapse
- -né
- Passive: D’gué béylné ul méma.
- rus
- Modals: kens, rus, helm + dictionary form
- -rant
- ittserant myself · sacherant each other
- sur-
- Places: surint, utint, op, hire · time: kéista … sila
Remember: latré after its (D’haden its latré), but latra before a noun (latra larnzorént).
Chapters
- Agar sanD’ardi ant d’ardan wilkén teratén!The king and queen will come!
- Agar duYange ant yangesSpeaking politely
- Agar tréSanmilion larnzoréntA million students
- Agar fierIttsi nan fisé…I don’t know…
- Agar fifInt d’béspodAt the bus stop
- Agar sekLektomlister!The fastest!
- Agar hurenBog gérai, ardi!Good morning, King!
- Agar simoD’bogstera ariThe best day