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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 41–44 — the heart, the tree, and the words for feeling sad, afraid, and angry — but it reaches back across everything too, because old and new have 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.

  • Heart
  • Tree
  • I am sad
  • I am afraid
  • I am angry

2 · A tiny conversation

Two friends meet, and one of them isn't doing so well. Read it and make sure every line lands before you check the translation below:

— aiya, yari de mi! tu li pai? — no. mi kau. mi weli. — mi nawa tu. omei — somi in tanda de mi. — dana, yari. kara de mi li shan we tu.

3 · Read this

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

omo de mi li huhu, ne mi no huhu we la. mi ori taru, mi nawa yala. mi no weli wa ni. kara de mi li pai. mi oli — mi shan.

🎯 Pro tip Look at how the feeling words behave: mi kau, mi weli, mi huhu all snap into place right where a verb would go, no extra word needed. And kau, weli, and huhu are recombining with old friends — kara from one lesson, taru from another, yari and de from way back. That's the language starting to move on its own. You're past single phrases now.

4 · Your turn

Out loud, or written if you have the means: say something true about how you feel right now — using only words you already know. A few pieces to draw on:

  • How you feel → mi kau / mi weli / mi huhu / mi oli / mi shan
  • Or the calm version → kara de mi li pai / mi no weli
  • Why → to yari de mi / to omo de mi

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

30-second check

Answers — click to reveal

Quick-fire:

  1. Heart → kara
  2. Tree → taru
  3. I am sad → mi kau
  4. I am afraid → mi weli
  5. I am angry → mi huhu

The tiny conversation:

— Hello, my friend! Are you well? — No. I'm sad. I'm afraid. — I hear you. Come — sleep in my bed. — Thanks, friend. My heart is glad to be with you.

Read this:

My child is angry, but I'm not angry with them. I see a tree, I hear water. I'm not afraid this time. My heart is well. I'm so happy — I'm glad.

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. Forty-five lessons in, and you can name what you feel and why — that's a real foothold, five minutes at a time.

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