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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 34 (fini)

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 34. And Last         _ 34. E fini THE next morning we fell early to work, for the transportation of this great mass of gold near a mile by land to the beach, and thence three miles by boat to the HISPANIOLA... _Kron seqe matina, na pa komen ergo de moti u-ci mega ponde ex aureo proxi mo milia trans tera ad oceani margina, po la tri milia per navi a navi ISPANIOLA. The wind brought us a noise between shrieking and singing. _U venti pa moti fono; qi es inter fo-soni dice e kanta. Said the doctor; "'tis the mutineers!" _U medika dice, "Id es plu no-reakti-pe!" "All drunk, sir," struck in the voice of Silver from behind us. _U voka de Silva po na dice, "Panto mu habe narko, andro." One fine morning, we weighed anchor... _Na pa moti tena-ru ad-in navi kron uno boni matino. It was just at sundown when we cast anchor in a most beautiful land-locked gulf, and were immediately surrounded by shore boats full of Negroes and Mexican Indians and half-blo...
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Pluto-ma Nesia 33

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 33. The Fall of a Cheftain         _ 33. U Fali de Cefa "Jim," he whispered, "... stand by for trouble." _An pa dice no-soni, "Jim, kura de no-facili." I could not forbear whispering, "So you've changed sides again." _Mi ne pote sto dice no-soni, "Seqe-co tu pa akti re kambio de plu ami." At last Merry seemed to think a speech might help matters. _Fini-kron Meri pa feno este; u dice fu sti auxi de panto-ra. "Mates," says he, "there's two of them alone there; one's the old cripple that brought us all here and blundered us down to this; the other's that cub that I mean to have the heart of. Now, mates--" _An pa dice, "Plu ami, bi mu es solo la. Mo es mo-poda-pe; qi pa sti; panto na ki a ci, e face plu tali ero; qi sti; na ki ad u-ci ra. U pe bi es u-la ju-an; ex qi mi volu habe kardia ex an. Nu-tem, plu ami - " But just then--crack! crack! crack!-- three musket-shots flashed out of the thick...
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Pluto-ma Nesia 32

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 32. The Treasure-hunt--The Voice Among the Trees         _ 32. U Cerka de pluto-ma - u voka inter plu dendro The whole party sat down as soon as they had gained the brow of the ascent. _Un holo grega pa gene sedi, po-kron mu pa ki a margina de akro de monti. Silver, as he sat, took certain bearings with his compass. _Silba tem sedi pa gene plu certa metri per nordi-me. "There are three 'tall trees'" said he... _An pa dice, "Tri 'alti dendro' es la." "I don't feel sharp, "growled Morgan. "Thinkin' o' Flint..." Margan pa dice, "Mi ne este hedo tem plu idea de Flinti." All of a sudden, out of the middle of the trees in front of us, a thin, high, trembling voice struck up the well-known air and words: _U voka - debili, alti-freqe, e tremulo - komen kanta per plu boni ge-ski verba subito ex meso de plu dendro ante na:      "Fifteen men on the dead man's chest--       Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!" ...
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Pluto-ma Nesia 31

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  31. The Treasure-hunt--Flint's Pointer         _ 31. U Cerka de pluto-ma - un indika-ru de Flinti "Jim" said Silver when we were alone... "You and me must stick close, back to back like, and we'll save our necks..." _Silva pa dice, kron na habe solo, "Jim, tu e mi du nece es proxi alelo, dorsa a dorsa, e bi na fu tena bio." Just then a man hailed us from the fire that breakfast was ready... _Kron-la pe lo piro pa dice; matina vora-ma habe prepara. "Aye, mates," said he, "it's lucky you have Barbecue to think for you with this here head... Us that has the boats, I reckon, has the upper hand." Silva pa dice, "Ja, panto ami, id es boni; vi habe mi, u kuko-an, pro akti puta pro se per u-ci kefa. Na; qi habe bi mikro navi, habe ma tekno." "As for hostage," he continued, "that's his last talk, I guess, with them he loves so dear...." An pa du dice, "De imuni-sura-pe, u-la dice pa es fini d...
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Pluto-ma Nesia 30

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 30. On Parole         _ 30. Akorda Promise We were all wakened...by a clear, hearty voice hailing us from the margin of the wood: _Panto na pa gene vigi kausa klari, alegro voka; qi dice saluta a na ex dendro-fa margina.  "Block house, ahoy!" it cried. "Here's the doctor." _Id dice fo-sont, "Bloka domi, saluta! U medika es ci." "Top o' the morning to you, sir!" cried Silver... _Silva dice fo-soni, "Plu maxi boni ra de matina a tu, andro!" "We've quite a surprise for you too, sir," he continued... The very same Jim as ever was..." _An du dice, "Na habe alegro subito pro tu, andro. Veri Jim auto." A moment afterwards he had entered the block house and with one grim nod to me proceeded with his work among the sick. _An pa ki ad-in domi po mo minuta, e po mo tristi kefa signi a mi, sti ergo de se inter plu pato-pe. "Well," he added after he had dosed them round and they had taken his prescrip...
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Pluto-ma Nesia 29

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 29. The Black Spot Again         _ 29. U re melano makula The door opened, and the five men, standing huddled together just inside, pushed one of their number forward. _U porta pa gene aperi, e penta andro; qi es proxi alelo in domi, pa moti mo ex mu ad ante. The buccaneer... passed something to Silver, from hand to hand... _U mari klepto-pe pa dona uno ra a Silva, ab manu a manu. The sea-cook looked at what had been given him. _U mari kuko-pe pa vide ra, mu pa dona ad an. "The black spot! I thought so," he observed. _An pa dice, "U melano makula! Mi pa este tali." Replied George... "You've made a hash of this cruise..." _Georgi reakti: "Tu pa face u-ci viage iso disipa." "I made a bargain--well, you came crawling on your knees to me to make it--on your knees you came, you was that downhearted--and you'd have starved too if I hadn't--but that's a trifle! You look there..." _Silva pa dice, "Mi pa akti negoti - sti ...
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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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