Introduction to the Lessons

These lessons build on one another. Each lesson includes:
	a few grammatical topics
	perhaps a sound rule or two
	a list of new vocabulary items
	sound clips for all vocabulary items and many of the phrases — just click on the speaker icon  .
	Lesson 4 has a set of practice exercises — translating from Samala to English and from English to Samala.

Additional features of the lesson section
	You may see some technical terms here, such as "glottalized consonant" or "sibilant harmony." You'll find an explanation of these terms when they first appear. You can also look them up at any time in the  glossary section.
	Click on Vocabulary in the left menu panel for a cumulative list of vocabulary by Samala to English and English to Samala.
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	Click here to see PDF versions of files relating to the lessons:
	Lesson 1
	Lesson 2		Exercises for Lessons 1 and 2
	Lesson 3,		Exercises for Lesson 3
	Lesson 4		Exercises for Lesson 4
	Cumulative Vocabulary through Lesson 4

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Contents of the Lesson section

1  The vowels of Samala Consonants   Counting to 10 in Samala   Some phrases and greetings   Sentences without verbs     2  Glottalized consonants Sibilant harmony   Person markers with verbs   Person markers with nouns   Sound rules 1 and 2   Simple sentences   Demonstratives:  "this" and "that"   Cumulative Vocabulary so far     3  Vocabulary — some opposites Vowel plus y and w — 1   Aspirated consonants   Plural marker iy–   Dual marker i–   Yes/No questions with he   Negative marker ini–     4  Vocabulary Unmarked plurals with verbs   Object nouns   More about object nouns   Command forms   Negative command forms   Practice exercises

5  Vocabulary Vowel plus y and w — 2   Modifiers:  waha, yila, nono and kp   Possessive phrases   Subject and object nouns in the same sentence   Future tense with no–   Commands with tani– "please"   Prefix classes     6  Vocabulary Vowel plus y and w:  combinations that English lacks   Ambiguity:   multiple possible meanings   Equivalent of "to have" — s–wil + possessed noun   Marking nouns as plural:   the suffix –wun   Making nouns from verbs:   the agentive prefix al–     7  Vocabulary and minor sound rule The past tense marker –wa   CVC reduplication   hi with names   Marking verbs from nouns:   the suffix –i   Two ways of saying "to have"   A few more prefixes     8  Vocabulary More about CVC reduplication   Sound rules and CVC reduplication   Prefix:  sili– "wanting to"   Question words:  kune – suku – taka   "What" forms with al–   "What" forms with  al– and third-person verbs   "What" forms as adjectives   Special forms of the verbs hik and wil

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