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pupon; mi montris al la infano, kie kuŝas* ĝia pupo. Ŝi rakontis al li sian aventuron. Ŝi revenis al la palaco de sia patro. Siajn florojn ŝi ne flegis. Mia frato diris al Stefano, ke li amas lin pli, ol sin mem.

Notice the use of the present “kuŝas,” lies, after the past “montris.” showed, because at the time the action

of showing took place the action of lying was then actually going on.

LESSON 8.

The Cardinal Numbers are:—

unu 1

du 2

tri 3

kvar 4

kvin 5

ses 6

sep 7

ok 8

naŭ 9

dek 10

cent 100

mil 1,000

The numbers above 10 are written and read exactly as they are set down in figures:— 11, dek unu; 12, dek du; 13, dek tri; 19, dek naŭ. The “tens” are written as one word, 20, dudek; 30, tridek; 90, naŭdek; 23, dudek tri; 47, kvardek sep; 85, okdek kvin; 136, cent tridek ses; 208, ducent (as one word) ok; 359, tricent kvindek naŭ; 1,001, mil unu; 2,877, dumil okcent sepdek sep; 1907, mil naŭcent sep.

Notice that there is a separate word for each figure except 0, nulo.

Vocabulary

buŝo, mouth

orelo, ear

fingro, finger.

horo, hour.

minuto, minute.

sekundo, second.

monato, month.

semajno, week.

dato, date

pov-, can, be able.

promen-, take a walk.

konsist-, consist.

elekt-, choose, elect.

forges-, forget.

kre-, create.

estu, should be.

facile, easily.

sankta, holy.

unuj, some.

alia, other.

ĉio, everything all

multe, much, many.

per, by means of, through, with.

nur, only.

malbona, bad.

Kristnaska Tago, Christmas Day.