Lesson 50 — Recap

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

This one leans on Lessons 46–49 — the sorrowful word wan, the harsh krak for break, the oko you see with, liking with suka, and the plain "there is" of po — but it also reaches back across everything, 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.

There is water
I like the dog
My eye
It breaks
I'm sorry / I regret

2 · A tiny conversation

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

— aiya! mau po in tanda de mi. — nalu! mi suka mau de tu. — da, ne ta krak ni. mi wan. — okei. no kau! mi yuva tu.

3 · Read this

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

taru po in ni. mi ori ta — oko de mi li pai. cho de mi suka yala. mi dona ta. ta krak — mi wan, ne mi no kau.

🎯 Pro tip Look at that middle stretch: a "there is" (po), a thing you see (mi ori ta), a body part named with de (oko de mi), and a like (suka) — all clicked together into true sentences. That's not phrasebook recall anymore; that's the language moving on its own. Notice how much of this is recombination: po from last lesson, oko from the one before, dona from way back. Fifty lessons in, you're building from parts.

4 · Your turn

Out loud, or written if you have the means: say what is around you and how you feel about it — using only words you already know. A few pieces to draw on:

What's there → cho po / mau po / taru po / yala po
Like it, or not → mi suka ta / mi no suka ta
The small feelings → mi wan / mi kau / mi oli / mi shan

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:

There is water → yala po
I like the dog → mi suka cho
My eye → oko de mi
It breaks → ta krak
I'm sorry / I regret → mi wan

The tiny conversation:

— Hello! There's a cat on my bed. — Wow! I like your cat. — Yes, but it breaks this. I'm sorry. — Okay. Don't be sad! I'll help you.

Read this:

There's a tree here. I see it — my eyes are good. My dog likes water. I give it. It breaks — I'm sorry, but I'm not sad.

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. Fifty lessons in — that's no small thing, five minutes at a time.

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