Lesson 25 — Recap

Nothing new today. Every fifth lesson is a recap: no new words, no new patterns — just a few minutes pulling back out what you've already met, so it sticks. If some of it has gone fuzzy, that's normal, and it's exactly what this lesson is for.

This one leans on Lessons 21–24 — seeing and hearing, naming your family with de, and the word for water — but it also reaches back across everything so far, because old and new need to keep meeting. Say your answers out loud if you can; speaking beats reading.

1 · Quick-fire

Say each of these in Amatu before you peek — answers in Check yourself at the bottom.

I see you
I hear you
My mother
My friend
Water

2 · A tiny conversation

Two friends meet. Read it and make sure every line lands before you check the translation below:

— aiya, yari de mi! mi ori tu. — da! mi nawa tu. mi oli — mi shan we tu. — mi fia yala. tu fia yala? — da, dana! sa dona ni.

3 · Read this

A few lines, all in words you know. Work out the meaning, then check yourself:

mi ori iya de mi, mi nawa pita de mi. omo de mi li pai. mi oli! mi dona yala to yari de mi. la tika ta.

🎯 Pro tip Look at that last line: a verb (mi dona), a thing (yala), a reason (to), and a person named with de (yari de mi), all clicked together into one true sentence. That's not phrasebook recall anymore — that's the language starting to move on its own. Notice too how much of this is recombination: ori from one lesson, de from another, dona from way back. You're past single phrases now.

4 · Your turn

Out loud, or written if you have the means: say something true about your people and what they need — using only words you already know. A few pieces to draw on:

Who → iya de mi / pita de mi / omo de mi / yari de mi
See or hear them → mi ori … / mi nawa …
Give or want → mi dona yala / mi fia yala / sa dona ni

There's no answer key for this one — it's yours. The only rule is that it be true.

5 · Check yourself

Answers — click to reveal

Quick-fire:

I see you → mi ori tu
I hear you → mi nawa tu
My mother → iya de mi
My friend → yari de mi
Water → yala

The tiny conversation:

— Hello, my friend! I see you. — Yes! I hear you. I'm so happy — I'm glad to be with you. — I want water. Do you want water? — Yes, thanks! Please give this.

Read this:

I see my mother, I hear my father. My child is well. I'm so happy! I give water to my friend. She takes it.

How did it land? Anything you blanked on, that's your cue — reopen that lesson and say the phrase out loud once or twice before moving on. Twenty-five lessons in — that's a real foothold, five minutes at a time.

⬅️ Back: Lesson 24 — Water · ➡️ Next: Lesson 26 — Milestone — how far you've come