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Now and today

Three little time words today — time itself, plus tomorrow and yesterday. They're tiny, they slot in front of everything you already say, and once you have them you can point your sentences forward and back.

1 · Say this

fu sola (foo · SOH-la) Tomorrow. (the future day)

You already know sola (sun/day, Lesson 4). The new word fu means future — set it in front and fu sola is tomorrow, the day that's coming. Flip the front word and you can point the other way too.

2 · A closer look: wa, fu, pa

Three new words, all short, all yours by the end of this page:

Amatu Says Means
wa "wah" time
fu "foo" future / tomorrow
pa "pah" past / yesterday

wa is time — the thing itself, the moment, the occasion. fu points ahead; pa points behind. Set fu or pa in front of sola (day) and you've got two everyday words:

fu sola — tomorrow (the coming day) pa sola — yesterday (the day behind you)

And wa works as a plain noun, just like yala (water, Lesson 24) does:

mi fia wa — I want time. wa li pai — The time is good.

Same building blocks you've had for weeks — you're just aiming them forward and back now.

🌍 You already know this You've been pointing at days since Lesson 4 with sola. All you're adding is a direction. English does the same trick — "day" stays put, and "to-morrow" / "yester-day" just tell you which way to look. fu sola and pa sola are that exact move, one small word out front.

⚠️ Watch out Keep all three vowels pure and full. fu is "foo" (like boot), never "fuh." pa is "pah," never "puh." And wa is "wah" — the w is the wet sound, lips rounded, not a "v." Three clean syllables, no softening.

3 · Your turn

Out loud:

  1. Tomorrow → fu sola
  2. Yesterday → pa sola
  3. I want time → mi fia wa
  4. The time is good → wa li pai

4 · Tonight's phrase

fu sola — tomorrow — one little word out front, and your sentence now points at the day ahead.

30-second check

Cover the page. (1) Say tomorrow. (2) Say yesterday. (3) Say I want time. Three for three? Then you can aim Amatu forward, back, and right at the moment itself — all from three short words.

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