Goal

Read and produce short connected Mini-ma text.

New Grammar

• Review and combine earlier lessons.
• Keep sentences short and clear.

Core Vocabulary

Mini-ma	English
veta	weather
vento	wind
nube	cloud
siti	city
vila	village
mare	sea
riva	river
ora	hour
minute	minute
amuse	fun, amuse
oda	that, those
tamen	nevertheless, however
ma-ale	most, -est
meno-ale	least

Model Dialogue

A: salu. tu e ke-modo?
B: mi e bon. danke. tu e ke-modo?
A: mi e bon. tu i go en ke-loke?
B: mi i go en siti. mi i vole ki mi-sa amigo i veni kon mi.
A: veta e ke-modo?
B: veta e bon. a no regen. mi i no nese a regen-uti.

English:

A: Hello. How are you?
B: I am good. Thanks. How are you?
A: I am good. Where are you going?
B: I am going to the city. I want my friend to come with me.
A: What is the weather like?
B: The weather is good. There is no rain. I do not need an umbrella.

Model Paragraph

mi-sa fami i viva en mini vila. mi i de etudi en sekola oda. nun mi i labora en siti, tamen mi i veni en domo en kada semana. plu paren e bon kon mi, an mi i vole ki plu kinde i savi a Mini-ma.

English:

My family lives in a small village. I studied in that school before. Now I work in a city; nevertheless, I come home every week. My parents are good to me, and I want children to know Mini-ma.

Comparison examples:

di a ma-ale bon kafe en oda siti
This is the best coffee in that city.

di a meno-ale bari kaja
This is the lightest box.

Guided Notes

• Connected Mini-ma is mostly just short clear sentences placed next to each other.
• Do not try to translate every English habit directly.
• Repeat the core patterns until they feel automatic.
• pero is simple “but”; tamen is stronger and means “even so, nevertheless”.
• ma-ale and meno-ale are superlative compounds, not endings added to adjectives.

Practice

1. Translate into Mini-ma: “My friend is in the city.”
2. Translate into Mini-ma: “I want the children to study.”
3. Translate into English: veta e mala, pero mi i kan go
4. Write a 2-sentence self-introduction in Mini-ma.
5. Translate into Mini-ma: “This is the best coffee in that city.”
6. Translate into English: di a meno-ale bari kaja

Mini Recap

At this point you can introduce yourself, ask questions, talk about time, and build short paragraphs.