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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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McGuffey Reader 16

 Sko 16 Re-sko Un heli pa ki ad infra. Plus-co u mikro laku habe paci. Tetra ju-an e mo ju-fe habe orto epi margina, e vide anati. U kani ko melano makula epi dorsa es la ko mo ex tetra ju-an. Vide! An habe kefa in manu. An pa lase mega sporta gira-ru epi teka. U sporta ju-fe es epi petro. U ju-fe pa moti domi zoa ad-in kapti-do. Id fu dice gluko kanta. Un anati habe nidi infra petro. Id ne nu habe termo. Lase; na akti dromo e salta epi margina. Qe, vi este; id habe sporta?
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Deletion of u(n)/plu

 Some Glosists have insisted that u(n)/plu should be deleted after prepositions. The rule is MAY be deleted (really not a rule at all). Using u(n)/plu helps to determine the number of the noun following it.  I believe the confusion came from a misunderstanding of the way Hogben deleted these words. A careful analysis of the way he deleted them shows that he deleted u(n) after prepositions and verboids, never plu . In this way, accuracy of number is preserved. Hogben never formulated this as a grammar rule. If you do not use verboids (most Glosists don't), please use u(n)/plu  after the verb to separate it from the object.  Do what YOU want, develop your own style of Glosa.
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Pluto-ma Nesia 21

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         21. The Attack         _21. U Milita An hour passed away. _Mo horo pa gene usa. Suddenly Joyce whipped up his musket and fired. The report had scarcely died away ere it was repeated and repeated from without in a scattering volley, shot behind shot... _Jois pa moti subito fusili a supra e akti. U soni de id pa habe fini mikro simpli tem, kron plu difere fusili face soni re e re extra e a-trans imuni-lo, buleta po buleta. Suddenly, with a loud huzza, a little cloud of pirates leaped from the woods on the north side and ran straight on the stockade. _U mikro grega ex plu mari klepto-pe ko mega voka pa akti subito salta ex dendro-fa lo nordi latu, e akti dromo tako a mura. Four had made good their footing inside our defences... _Tetra ex mu pa gene es ad-in imuni loka de na. In a moment, the four pirates had swarmed up the mound and were upon us. _Po-co subito tetra-la klepto-pe pa kine a supra, e es anti na. The log-house was full of ...
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McGuffey Reader 15

 Sko 15 O! Un heli nu-pa ki ad infra. Un aero ne nu habe termo. Lase; na akti dromo e salta. Mi sensi alegro de dromo e salta. Vide anati lo laku! U nidi de id es epi margina infra petro. Na ne debi akti palpa de nidi. Anti-co na lice vide id.
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Pluto-ma Nesia 20

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 20. Silver's Embassy         _20. Un Ofere de Silva "Cap'n Silver, sir, to come on board and make terms," he shouted. _An pa dice fo-soni, "Navi cefa Silva, andro, pro ki in navi e face akorda." "My man," said Captain Smollett, "I have not the slightest desire to talk to you. If you wish to talk to me, you can come..." _Navi cefa Smolet pa dice, "Andro, mi este nuli desira de dice ko tu. Si tu volu dice ko mi, tu pote ki proxi." Then he advanced to the stockade, threw over his crutch, got a leg up, and with great vigour and skill succeeded in surmounting the fence... _Po-co Silva pa ki a mura, bali auxi baci trans id, moti mo poda de se a supra, e per mega resista e tekno moti se trans mura. He was tricked out in his best; an immense blue coat, thick with brass buttons... _An pa habe boni vesti epi se: u mega ciano toga ko poli kupra-zinka butona. "If you have anything to say, my man, better say it," said the captain....
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McGuffey Reader 14

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 Sko 14 Un heli habe alti. Un andro pa dona vora-ma a melano galina e paki anati. Un anati fu akti nekto in mikro laku nu-tem. U galina pa ki tako a nidi. Lase; na ne sto ki lo laku nu-tem, ka id habe termo. Vide; id habe tali paci! Na fu ki, tende vide ju-an ko sporta gira-ru.
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Pluto-ma Nesia 19

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19. Narrative Resumed by Jim Hawkins: The Garrison in the Stockade         _19. Histori; ge-dura per Hokin: U Milita-lo inter dendro-kauli mura AS soon as Ben Gunn saw the colours he came to a halt, stopped me by the arm, and sat down. _Kron Gon pa vide signi-te, an sto ki, e sto; mi ki, e gene sedi. "Now," said he, "there's your friends, sure enough. _An dice, "Plu ami de tu es la, sura. "Why, in a place like this, where nobody puts in but gen'lemen of fortune, Silver would fly the Jolly Roger..." _"Sti logi. Silva sio moti signi-te 'Alegro Rojer' a supra lo loka iso u-ci loka; a qi nuli-pe anti plu 'okasio-pe' ki." I.. after a long detour to the east, crept down among the shore-side trees. _Mi pa ki per manu e genu inter plu dendro proxi mari margina, po longi via ad esti. The HISPANIOLA still lay where she had anchored; but, sure enough, there was the Jolly Roger--the black flag of piracy--flying from her peak. _U navi ...
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