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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...

Valu-ra Nesia 7

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 PART TWO--The Sea-cook _MERO BI - U Mari Kuko-pe         7. I Go to Bristol          _7. Mi Ki a Navi Asilu It was longer than the squire imagined ere we were ready for the sea... _Id pa es u ma mega tem; de qi u proprie-pe este puta, pre na habe prepara a mari. I lived on at the hall under the charge of old Redruth, the gamekeeper... but full of sea-dreams and the most charming anticipations of strange islands and adventures. _Mi pa du habe eko-lo in atri per kura de paleo Redrut, u kapti-zoa-pe. Anti-co mi pa este; mi habe ple ex plu mari somni pikto e gluko atende de plu xeno nesia e viagia. So the weeks passed on, till one fine day there came a letter addressed to Dr. Livesey, with this addition, “To be opened, in the case of his absence, by Tom Redruth or young Hawkins.” _Plu seti-di pa ne habe dura, a-kron certa di u grama pa gene bali a medika Livsi ko plus nota, "Sti aperi si ne es la per Tom Redrut alo juve Hokin." Old Anchor I...

McGuffey Reader 6

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 Sko 6 U ju-fe pote gene kani. Sti vide! Fe habe kefa-ve. Fe nu pote dona plu frika a kani. Lase; plus mi dona plu frika!

A larger vocabulary

This is a larger vocabulary of about 1500 words. These words were taken from previous Glosa 1000 lists. Words marked with + are newer words and are to be preferred over other words with the same meaning. Words marked with a small 1 tend to be older and not used in the newer lists. The small i indicates that the word (perhaps with a different spelling) was found in Hogben's original vocabulary. This is the vocabulary I especially use to write articles for the Glosa wikipedia, incubator.miraheze.org/wiki/Wp/glo/Cefa_pagina For the complete Glosa vocabulary, see www.glosa.org . A(D)  at, to  AB  away ABDOMINA¹  abdomen  ABILI  able to be  ACIDE ib  happen, event  A(D)  at, to  ADAMANTA+ G  diamond  ADI+  add ADORA+  adore, praise, worship AERO Gib  air AEROPLANA+ b airplane AFRO¹ Gb  foam   AGENTI+ b  agent AGRI  field (for farming)  AGRIKULTURA+  agriculture AGRIO  wild...

Valu-ra Nesia 6

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  6. The Captain's Papers         _6. Plu Papira de Navi-Cefa We rode hard all the way till we drew up before Dr. Livesey’s door. _Na pa ki forti akorda via, a-kron na ki ante porta de medika Livsi. The door was opened almost at once by the maid. _U porta pa gene tako aperi per servi-fe. She said he... had gone up to the hall to dine and pass the evening with the squire. _Fe dice; an pa ki a supra ad atri tende gene vora-ma e es ko proprie-pe. Here Mr. Dance dismounted, and taking me along with him, was admitted at a word into the house. _Andro Dansi pa ki a tera ci, e mi kon an gene lice ad-in domi. The squire and Dr. Livesey sat, pipe in hand, on either side of a bright fire. _U proprie-pe e medika Livsi pa es in bi sedi-mo, pipa in manu, a bi latu de splendi piro. I had never seen the squire so near at hand. He was a tall man, over six feet high, and broad in proportion... _Mi pa vide proxi u proprie-pe nuli-kron. An habe alti e trans. The supervisor stood up...

McGuffey Reader 5

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 Sko 5 Ju-fe   Kefa-ve Vide kani! Vide ju-fe! Vide! U kani pa habe kefa-ve. Qe, u ju-fe pote gene kani?

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Universa Deklara de plu Homi Privilegi Ante-dice Ka u logi de geneti valu e de plu eqa e fisika privilegi de holo homi famili es u basi de: libe, justi, paci lo Geo, Ka no-kura e odio de plu homi privilegi dona plu seqe de plu sadi aktivi; qi pa sti koleri u menta de plu homi, e u proto de Geo; lo qi panto homi debi habe: libe de dice e kredi, libe ab fobo e ab minus de plu nece ra; qi gene deklara homo maxi boni volu de panto komuni homi, Ka id habe nece; si plu homi ne gene kausa de reakti - per fini mode - per no-krati anti sadi e opresi, plu homi privilegi debi habe imuni per lega arki, Ka id habe nece; sti ma mega plu matura de plu ami relatio inter panto natio, Ka plu demo de plu ge-Unio Natio pre tena kredi de plu basi homi privilegi per Proto Papira de mu, de plu valu de homi persona, e de plu eqa privilegi de panto andro e gina, e pre face decide; sti ma boni plu komuni konditio e bio-tem per ma mega libe, Ka panto mero-natio pre dice promise; gene - per kon-ergo ko plu ge-Uni...

Valu-ra Nesia 5

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         5. The Last of the Blind Man          _5. U Fini de no-Vide Andro I was scarcely in position ere my enemies began to arrive, seven or eight of them, running hard... Three men ran together, hand in hand; and I made out, even through the mist, that the middle man of this trio was the blind beggar. _Mi pa es proxi ne a loka, pre-kron plu non-ami de mi ki a domi, seti alo okto de mu per forti dromo. Tri andro ki kon alelo, manu in manu. Po-co mi pa gene logi; u meso andro ex plu-la tri es u-la no-vide-pe. "In, in, in!" he shouted. _An dice fo-soni, "In, in, in!" There was a pause, then a cry of surprise, and then a voice shouting from the house, "Bill's dead." _Id pa es brevi silento, po u-la u subito voka, po u-la u voka; qi dice ex domi, "Bili pa lose bio." "Get the chest," he cried. _An dice fo-soni, "Gene u-la teka!" The window of the captain's room was thrown open with a slam and a jingle of broken glass, and...