Globasa for English Speakers: Lesson 1

The word for I or me is mi.

The word for eat is yam.

Verbs in the present tense are unchanged.

The word for apple is pingo.

Globasa does not use words for a, an or the.

?I eat an apple.|Mi yam pingo.

The word for you is yu.

The word for like is suki.

Pingo means both apple and apples.

?You like apples.|Yu suki pingo.

The word for it is to.

The word for is is is.

This word is only used to connect two nouns or verbs.

?It is an apple.|To is pingo.

The word for this is hin.

The word for good is bono.

?This apple is good.|Hin pingo bono.

The word for that is den.

The word for bad is buru.

?That apple is bad.|Den pingo buru.

The word for she or he is te.

The word le is used before verbs to mark the past tense.

?S/he ate the apple.|Te le yam pingo.

The word xa is used before verbs to mark the future tense.

The word for walk is sampo.

?I will walk.|Mi xa sampo.

The word for cat is myaw.

The word for sleep is somno.

?The cat slept.|Myaw le somno.

The word for drink is glu.

The word for milk is milko.

?The cat is drinking the milk.|Myaw glu milko.

The word for see or eye is oko.

The word for mouse is maux.

?The cat saw the mouse.|Myaw le oko maux.

The word for to is na.

This word is used to mark infinitives. For example, to eat becomes na yam.

?Cats like to drink milk.|Myaw suki na glu milko.

?S/he likes to eat apples.|Te suki na yam pingo.