A letter to the king
Level 4 continues the story
After the royal visit, Wiliem has a new dream: to see d’hauhl ardise, the king’s house. The king says yes — if he can speak Maquish fluently. Through winter Wiliem studies, in spring he travels, and in summer he comes home with a story to tell.
In this book you’ll learn verbs like want, need, try with a second verb, how to report what people say and think, how to talk about conditions and imagined situations, how to link events in time, how to show contrast, and how to say that someone makes or lets someone do something.
Cast
Wiliem
Wants one thing: to speak fluently.
D’ardi ant d’ardan
Waiting at the king’s house.
Rébéka
Travels with him — and reads on the bus.
Méma ant Pépa
Proud, and ready with wheat.
Warm-up
What you already know
A one-page review of Level 3
- -zor
- Word building: kunterzor, bankir, armanté
- yange
- Polite you: yange / yanges, yangen, yanga
- 1000
- Big numbers: dutausénd tréhundrat senzdu-san
- ven
- Questions inside sentences keep normal order: …ven d’ardan wilk teratén.
- pod
- Compounds: béspod, buktstohl → buktstohlént
- -lis
- Comparing actions: lektomlis, lektomlister
- duna
- Because / if: duna…, ména…
- -té
- Past: varté, teroté, spriktén, vartén
New in this book: vilén, blodén, prusén, endén, pikierén, glovén, intpikierén, oblivén, ursakén, swatén · ména, naména, suvér, supaskt, bisa, lektomli, medan, sigotar, nézo, vikén, vio.
Chapters
- Agar sanIttsi vilé turasén d’hauhl ardiseI want to visit the king’s house
- Agar duZitere burté vio…He said that…
- Agar tréMéna ant naménaIf and unless
- Agar fierBisa florénsésenUntil spring
- Agar fifMedan d’bés vornéWhile the bus goes
- Agar sekSwat barén!Let me see!
- Agar hurenWiliem sprikéWilliam speaks
- Agar simoInt solensésenIn summer