Lesson 37 — Where is it?

One small word lets you say where something is — here, there, inside anything — and ask where it is. Paired with yesterday's this and that, it gives you here and there for free.

1 · Say this

tu in shu? (too · een · shoo) Where are you?

tu is you (Lesson 1) and shu is what / which (Lesson 12). The new word is in — in, at, inside. Read straight across: you — in — what? That's where are you?

2 · A closer look: here and there

Answer with in plus a place. The handiest places are the two small words for this and that — ni (this, Lesson 6) becomes here, ra (that, Lesson 36) becomes there:

Amatu	Means
`mi in ni`	I'm here (in this place)
`mi in ra`	I'm there / over there (in that place)

It works for any creature or thing too. Drop in the dog or the cat from Lesson 32:

— cho de mi in shu? (Where's my dog?) — cho in ra, we mau. (The dog's over there, with the cat.)

That answer stacks three things you already own: in ra (there), we (with, Lesson 14), and mau (cat, Lesson 32).

🧭 Why it's built this way Amatu doesn't keep separate words for here and there — it builds them: in (at) plus the near word ni or the far word ra. Learn in once and every place-word you already have turns into a location.

⚠️ Watch out in is "een" — the i is the "ee" of see, not the "ih" of English in. One clean, high vowel, then the n.

3 · Your turn

Out loud:

Where are you? → tu in shu?
I'm here → mi in ni
The dog's over there → cho in ra
The cat's here → mau in ni

4 · Tonight's phrase

mi in ni — I'm here — with tu in shu? to ask where someone is.

30-second check

Cover the page. (1) Ask where are you?. (2) Say I'm here. (3) Say the cat's over there. Three for three? You can now place yourself, the dog, the cat, and anyone else in space — and ask where to find them.

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