Goal

Describe people and things with noun phrases.

New Grammar

• Modifiers come before nouns.
• Mini-ma keeps noun phrases simple.

Core Vocabulary

Mini-ma	English
viro	man, male
feme	woman, female
kinde	child
amigo	friend
domo	home
kasa	house, building
veji	plant, vegetable
loke	place
tenu	light in weight, lightweight
bari	heavy
mui	very, much, many
rapi	fast, quickly

Model Examples

mega kasa
big house

mini kinde
small child

bon amigo
good friend

tenu kaja
light box

mi i mira a mega domo
I see a big home.

si i kamina rapi
He, she, or it walks quickly.

Guided Notes

• mega kasa means “big house”, not “house big”.
• Adverbs usually come after the verb: kamina rapi.
• tenu means light in weight, not bright. It is the opposite of bari.
• Keep descriptions short at first. Mini-ma works well with small phrases.

Practice

1. Translate into Mini-ma: “small house”
2. Translate into Mini-ma: “good child”
3. Translate into English: mi i mira a mini veji
4. Reorder: rapi / tu / i / kamina
5. Translate into Mini-ma: “The box is heavy.”

Mini Recap

Put modifiers before nouns and keep the sentence frame from Lesson 1.