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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 28

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 PART SIX Captain Silver _ MERO SIXA Navi cefa Silva         28. In the Enemy's Camp         _ 28. Lo loka de plu non-ami The pirates were in possession of the house and stores... _Plu mari klepto-pe pa habe domi e vora-ma. There were six of the buccaneers, all told; not another man was left alive. Id pa es sixa ex panto klepto-pe, panto. U plus andro ne pa habe bio. The parrot sat, preening her plumage, on Long John's shoulder. _U-la psitaki habe sedi lo skapa de Silva, tem akti sistema plu pina de se. "So," said he, "here's Jim Hawkins... _An pa dice, "Seqe-co Hokin es ci! "I always wanted you to jine and take your share, and die a gentleman... You can't go back to your own lot, for they won't have you..." "Mi pa volu panto-kron; tu akti unio, e gene mero ex na, e lose bio iso veri andro. Tu ne pote ki re a grega de se, ka mu ne volu tu." My friends, then, were still alive... Kausa-co a-kron plu ami de mi habe bio. "Yes...
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Pluto-ma Nesia 27

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 27. "Pieces of Eight"         _ 27. "Plu aureo Moneta" The dirk, where it had pinned my shoulder to the mast, seemed to burn like a hot iron... _U-la seka-ru; qi pa fixa skapa de mi a veli dendro, feno es piro termo feru-ru. The knife, in fact, had come the nearest in the world to missing me altogether; it held me by a mere pinch of skin... _Veri-co seka-ru pa ki proxi ultra mi. Id pa tena mi per mikro plika ex derma. I went below and did what I could for my wound... _Mi pa ki ad infra, e akti panto posi ra pro vulne. By this time the whole anchorage had fallen into shadow... _A u-la kron, un holo loka pa proto gene skoto. Holding the cut hawser in both hands for a last security, I let myself drop softly overboard. _Tem tena ge-seka fi-fa in bi manu pro imuni, mi lase; mi gene lento kade trans navi margina. I had nothing nearer my fancy than to get home to the stockade and boast of my achievements. _Mi fu este maxi hedo, pro ki ad eko-lo in plu dendro-bloka mur...
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Pluto-ma Nesia 26

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 26. Israel Hands         _ 26. Israel Han We had scarce two miles to run; but the navigation was delicate... _Na pa habe proxi bi milia pro kine. Anti-co u kine trans mari pa es komplexi. He replied: "We're near the bit now, and she's too much way on her. Starboard a little--so--steady--starboard--larboard a little--steady--steady!" _An pa reakti, "Na nu habe proxi a loka. Anti-co u direkti habe mega ero. Mikro a dextro - tali - rekti - dextro - mikro a levo - rekti - rekti!" I put the helm hard up, and the HISPANIOLA swung round rapidly and ran stem on for the low, wooded shore. _Mi pa akti tropi de direkti-me ad rekti ante. Po-co navi ISPANIOLA pa akti tropi e ki rekti a basi, dendro mari margina. When I looked round, there was Hands, already half-way towards me, with the dirk in his right hand. _Kron mi vide peri se, Han pa es la, a mi per semi tele, ko seka-ru in dextro manu. Suddenly the HISPANIOLA struck, staggered, ground for an instant in the sand, ...
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Pluto-ma Nesia 25

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 25. I Strike the Jolly Roger         _25. Mi apo signi-te Alegro Rojer I lost no time, crawled back along the bowsprit, and tumbled head foremost on the deck. _Mi ne pa lose tem, ki per manu e poda per horizo dendro, e akti kade ko kefa ad ante a navi tegu. There were the two watchmen, sure enough: red-cap on his back, as stiff as a handspike... Israel Hands propped against the bulwarks... _Bi tena-pe pa es la, sura: Rubi kefa-ve, dorsa a pedi-lo, morta, e Israel Han, ge-klina a latu mura de navi. Israel Hands turned partly round and with a low moan... _Han pa akti mikro tropo ko mikro algo soni. Said I, "I've come aboard to take possession of this ship, Mr. Hands; and you'll please regard me as your captain until further notice." _Mi pa dice, "Mi ki a ci, tende gene proprie de u-ci navi, andro Han. Plus-co tu fu este a fu-tem info; mi es navi cefa de tu." I ran to the colour lines, handed down their cursed black flag, and chucked it overboard. _Mi pa ki pe...
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Peace Pole Project

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  U projekta "Paci Pali" Na habe Paci Pali lo civita; lo qi mi akti eko, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Id habe frase per okto lingua: Lase; u paci gene regula lo holo Geo. Id habe proxi 200,000 Paci Pali lo holo Geo. "Plu Paci Pali es signi de frase 'Lase; u paci gene regula lo holo Geo.' Id pa gene proto pre plus poli de 50 anua lo natio Nipon." Te gene ma poli info, vide: www.peacepoleproject.org
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McGuffey Reader 19

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 Sko 19 O! U paleo bovi es in mikro laku. Vide; fe gene bibe! Qe, fe ne fu ki ex la, tende gene plu gra? No. Fe este alegro de es in laku. Vide; fe akti sta tali minus moti! U ge-amo paleo bovi dona sukro lakti a na pro bibe.
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Pluto-ma Nesia 24

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 24. The Cruise of the Coracle         _24. U Viagia de kapri navi It was broad day when I awoke and found myself tossing at the south-west end of Treasure Island. _Id pa es foto di, kron mi gene vigi, e detekti; mi ki a supra e infra per plu unda lo sud-ocide gono de Pluto-ma Nesia. Crawling together on flat tables of rock or letting themselves drop into the sea with loud reports I beheld huge slimy monsters... _Tem repti kon alelo epi plu plati petro, alo lase; mu kade ad-in mari ko plu forti soni, mi pa vide plu sti-fobo mega limo zoa. I have understood since that they were sea lions... _Po-co mi pa gene info; mu es plu foki. Right in front of me, not half a mile away, I beheld the HISPANIOLA under sail. _Mi pa vide navi ISPANIOLA ko plu veli direkti ante se, ne plus tele de semi milia. She fell right into the wind's eye, was taken dead aback, and stood there awhile helpless, with her sails shivering. _Id pa gene moti simpli per venti, sto kine, e akti minus ...
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