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Glosa 1000

Glosa 1000

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 Why 1000 words? _1000 verba qo-te? Language instructors have found that when language learners reach the level of having a 1000 word vocabulary, they are able to have simple conversations in the language. Linguists have also observed that the average daily vocabulary of a speaker, no matter which language they speak, consists of about 1000 words. Therefore 1000 words seem to be the logically sized vocabulary for a constructed international language. _Plu lingua dona-sko-pe pa detekti; kron plu xeno-lingua gene-sko-pe gene u tekno de 1000 numera verba-fa, mu pote dice per simpli mode ko plu plus homi de u-la lingua. Plus-co plu lingua-logi-pe gene info; u meso-numera verba-fa de dice-pe de ali lingua habe proxi 1000 verba in id. Kausa-co 1000 verba feno es u ge-puta numera verba-fa pro ge-face inter-natio lingua. During the heydays of Glosa, when there was a Glosa Education Organization (GEO) and several books and newsletters were published, I got to know Wendy Ashby personally. In...
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Pluto-ma Nesia 14

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          14. The First Blow         _ 14. U Bate mo I was so pleased at having given the slip to Long John that I began to enjoy myself and look around me with some interest on the strange land that I was in. _Mi pa este tali hedo, kausa akti kripto ab Silva, de mi proto este laxa, e vide xeno tera peri mi per kura. Soon I heard the very distant and low tones of a human voice, which, as I continued to give ear, grew steadily louder and nearer. _Mi pa audi plu forti tele e mikro soni ex homi voka; qi gene ma e ma mega e proxi, tem mi du audi id. Another voice answered, and then the first voice, which I now recognized to be Silver's... _U difere voka pa reakti, kron u voka mo; mi este logi iso de Silva la-kron. And at this point Tom flashed out like a hero. _Kron Tom feno habe splendi de koragi-pe. "And as for you, John Silver, long you've been a mate of mine, but you're mate of mine no more. If I die like a dog, I'll die in my dooty. You've...
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McGuffey Reader 10

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 Sko 10 Qe, tu vide ju-fe? Ja, fe habe kuko-va ko plu ova in id. Lase; mi habe kuko-va e plu ova, qe tu lase? Qe, u melano galina pa ki ab nidi? Mi fu ki per dromo, tende sti kapti de kani. Qe, plus tu fu ki?
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Pluto-ma Nesia 13

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PART THREE--My Shore Adventure _MERO TRI - Mi viagia lo mari-margina         13. How My Shore Adventure Began         _13. U mode; per qi viagia lo mari-margina pa gene proto          The appearance of the island when I came on deck next morning was altogether changed. Grey-coloured woods covered a large part of the surface. This even tint was indeed broken up by streaks of yellow sand... _U vista de nesia pa es ge-muta holo, kron mi ki a supra pedi-lo seqe matina. Plu polio dendro-fa face tegu de id facia. U-la iso kroma pa es ge-frakti per plu stria ex xanto arena. The boats had to be got out and manned... _Bi pusi navi pa nece gene prepara e plu homi. The heat was sweltering, and the men grumbled fiercely over their work. _U termo habe forti. Seqe-co panto ergo-pe dice sti-koleri kritici de ergo. We brought up just where the anchor was in the chart, about a third of a mile from each shore, the mainland on one side and...
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Pluto-ma Nesia 12

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 12. Council of War         _12. U Grega de posi milita THERE was a great rush of feet across the deck... I dived behind the fore-sail... and came out upon the open deck in time to join Hunter and Dr. Livesey in the rush for the weather bow. _Id pa es mega soni ex plu tako pedi trans alti pedi-lo. Mi pa ki klepto e basi a-po maxi mega veli de kolumni mo, e ki re a pedi-lo boni-kron, tende vide medika Livsi; qi ki tako a navi ante-lo. "And now, men," said the captain, when all was sheeted home, "has any one of you ever seen that land ahead?" _U navi-cefa dice, po panto veli gene helika, "Nu qe, mo ex vi pa vide pre u tera ad ante?" "I have, sir," said Silver. _Silva dice, "Mi, cefa." "I have a chart here," says Captain Smollett. "See if that's the place." _Navi-cefa Smolet dice, "Mi habe carta ci. Sti logi; u-ci es korekti loka." This was not the map we found in Billy Bones's chest, but an accurate...
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Pluto-ma Nesia 11

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         11. What I Heard in the Apple Barrel         _11. Plu ra; mi pa audi in pomi kilindra "No, not I," said Silver. "Flint was cap'n; I was quartermaster, along of my timber leg. The same broadside I lost my leg, old Pew lost his deadlights. _Silva dice, "No, ne mi. Flinti pa es navi-cefa. Mi pa es habe-ra cefa ko mi dendro-ma poda. Mi pa lose poda per iso bola-fa; per qi Piu pa lose bi oku. "Here it is about gentlemen of fortune. They lives rough, and they risk swinging, but they eat and drink like fighting-cocks, and when a cruise is done, why, it's hundreds of pounds instead of hundreds of farthings in their pockets." _Id es homo u-ci mode ko panto andro de boni okasio: Mu habe plu no-facili bio, e habe risko de morta per fi-fa. Anti-co mu gene vora- e bibe-ma homo plu an-galina. Mu habe plu hekto argenti valuta vice plu centi valuta, kron viagia es a fini." "Well, I tell you now," replied the lad, "I didn't half ...
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McGuffey Reader 9

 Sko 9 (Re-sko) U ju-an es epi teka. An habe stilo in manu. U mega ratu es in teka. Qe, u kani pote akti kapti de ratu? Sti ki ko mi, e vide andro ko melano kefa-ve epi kefa. U lipo galina pa lase nidi. Sti dromo, e gene plu ova! U feli pa ki tako. U ju-fe pa ki tako.  Un andro habe kefa-ve.
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Pluto-ma Nesia 10

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         10. The Voyage         _10. U Viagia A little before dawn, the boatswain sounded his pipe and the crew began to man the capstan-bars. _Un ergo-pe cefa pa akti soni per sibila-ru mikro tem pre fotoproto. Un ergo-pe grega pa tena plu baci de navi fixa-ru leva-me. "Now, Barbecue, tip us a stave," cried one voice. _Mo voka dice forti, "Kuko-pe, sti kanta." Said Long John, who was standing by, with his crutch under his arm, and at once broke out in the air and words I knew so well: _Alti Jon; qi pa habe proxi kon auxi-baci infra skapa, e sti minus atende u kanta; de qi mi este sura memo:         "Fifteen men on the dead man's chest--"         _"Mo-penta epi teka de morta-an - " And then the whole crew bore chorus:-- _Po-co un holo grega dice kanta mero:         "Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!"         _"Jo-ho-ho e botilia ko rum!"        An...
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