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Eyes

One new word today, and that's the whole list. Everything else is already yours — so this is a light one: a single noun to add, sitting right next to a word you've had since Lesson 21.

1 · Say this

oko de mi (OH-koh · deh · mee) My eyes.

You already know de (of / my, Lesson 22) and mi (I / me, Lesson 1). The one new word is oko — eye. Stack them the way you've done before and you've named the very thing you're reading with.

2 · A closer look: oko

oko is just eye — the eye itself, the thing you see with. Two clean open syllables, no surprises. Amatu doesn't fuss about one eye versus two; oko de mi covers both, and context fills in the rest.

Amatu Says Means
oko "OH-koh" eye

Same blocks you've used for weeks, with one fresh noun slotted in:

oko de mi — my eyes. oko de mi li pai — my eyes are good. no oko — no eyes. oko de la — her eyes / his eyes.

And here's the neighbor: ori (see, Lesson 21) is the verb, oko is the noun. You see (ori) with the things you call oko. Keep them as two plain words for now — mi ori for I see, oko de mi for my eyes — and don't try to wire them into one phrase yet. That joining-word comes later.

🌍 You already know this The shape of oko de mi is exactly the shape of iya de mi (my mother) from Lesson 22 and oko's cousins all through the family lessons. Noun, then de, then who it belongs to. You're not learning a pattern today — you're reusing one you already trust, with a new noun riding on top.

⚠️ Watch out Both vowels in oko are the round, full "oh" — "OH-koh," like two soft bells. Don't let the second one collapse into "OH-kuh"; Amatu never softens an unstressed vowel. Stress lands on the first syllable: OH-koh.

3 · Your turn

Out loud:

  1. My eyes → oko de mi
  2. My eyes are good → oko de mi li pai
  3. Her eyes / his eyes → oko de la
  4. I see. My eyes are good. → mi ori. oko de mi li pai

4 · Tonight's phrase

oko de mi — my eyes — one new noun, resting on the same de-shape you've owned since the family lessons.

30-second check

Cover the page. (1) Say my eyes. (2) Say my eyes are good. (3) Switch the owner: her eyes. Three for three? Then today did its one job — a single fresh noun, and the sentence still falls out of your mouth on its own.

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