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<a href="#Introduction">Intro</a>
<a href="#contents">Contents</a>
<a href="lessons12.htm#1urek">1</a>
<a href="lessons12.htm#2urek">2</a>
<a href="lessons34.htm#3urek">3</a>
<a href="lessons34.htm#4urek">4</a>
<a href="lessons56.htm#5urek">5</a>
<a href="lessons56.htm#6urek">6</a>
<a href="lessons78.htm#7urek">7</a>
<a href="lessons78.htm#8urek">8</a>
<a href="lessons910.htm#9urek">9</a>
<a href="lessons910.htm#10urek">10</a>
<a href="vglossary.htm"><b>Glossary</b></a>
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<h2><a name="Introduction">Introduction</a> <font size=-1><a href="#contents">[To Index]</font></a></h2>
Emai!
<p>The <i>Practical Course</i> is designed to provide a working knowledge of Verdurian— the language of 70 million people in the Caďinorian Plain of Almea, a widely used lingua franca outside the Plain, and the most important and rewarding language in Almean studies.
<p>The idea throughout is to provide a growing core of competence in real Verdurian. By contrast with the <a href="verdurian.htm"><i>Reference Grammar</i></a>, the <i>Practical Course</i>
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<li> is ordered progressively, from the easiest and most important to the harder and more obscure features of the language.
<li> doesn't assume any grammatical or linguistic knowledge.
<li> contains readings and exercises to assist in learning.
<li> is not exhaustive!</ul>
Each of the ten <b>lessons</b> contains:<ul>
<li> a reading, drawn from everyday Verdurian life
<li> vocabulary (new words introduced in the lesson)
<li> notes on pronunciation
<li> cultural notes— to assist in providing a context for the language
<li> grammatical explanations
<li> exercises— generally open-ended, rather than relying on rote translation. </ul>
<p>The vocabulary for the lessons is fairly limited, but you can find it all and learn more words in the <a href="ver2eng.htm"><i>Verdurian-English</i></a> and <a href="eng2ver.htm"><i>English-Verdurian</i></a> dictionaries.
<p>The key to language learning is to relax and enjoy it. Use the language— don't worry about making mistakes; the University grammarians are not going to track you down and punish you. Try it out as much as you can: recall words as you walk down the street; make notes to yourself; translate headlines in the paper. Use it to read about things that interest you, whether it's fiction, or news, or comics. Study with a friend if you can. By all means speak to any Verdurians you meet, or correspond with other Verdurian speakers by e-mail. The best place to meet Verdurian speakers on this planet is the <a href="http://zbb.spinnwebe.com">Zompist BBoard</a>.
<p>When you've worked through the lessons, you'll be ready to look through the <a href="verdurian.htm"><i>Reference Grammar</i></a> for further details. The <i>Grammar</i> contains suggestions for further reading. I've also posted <a href="vtexts.htm">a set of graded short texts</a>, and <a href="vpoetry.htm">an introduction to Verdurian poetics</a>. Also see the <a href="http://www.almeopedia.com/index.php/Category:Sfahe">growing collection of Verdurian texts</a> on Almeopedia.
<p>Students of <a href="native.htm">Caďinor</a> may be interested in Exez's <a href="http://www.almeopedia.com/index.php/Category:Ca%C4%8Finor">translations of the readings</a> into Caďinor.
<p>—<a href="contact.html">Mark Rosenfelder</a>
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<h2><a name="contents">Detailed Contents</font></a> </h2>
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<p><a href="#Introduction"><b>Introduction</b></a>
<p>1 <a href="lessons12.htm#1urek"><b>Ke ei?</b></a> <img src="greenball.gif" align=absmiddle> Who are you?
<p><i>Sentence order. Articles. Questions and negatives. To be. Possessive pronouns.</i>
<p>2 <a href="lessons12.htm#2urek"><b>So malsfaom</b></a> <img src="greenball.gif" align=absmiddle> The barbarian
<p><i>Pronouns. Gender. Verbs. Double negatives.</i>
<p>3 <a href="lessons34.htm#3urek"><b>Ne meršán</b></a> <img src="greenball.gif" align=absmiddle> At the market
<p><i>Declension II adjectives. Plurals. Numbers 1 to 10. The accusative.</i>
<p>4 <a href="lessons34.htm#4urek"><b>Piro er meď</b></a> <img src="greenball.gif" align=absmiddle> Father and son
<p><i>Verbs in -n. Past tense. Pronoun objects.</i>
<p>5 <a href="lessons56.htm#5urek"><b>Maris žanmei Susane</b></a> <img src="greenball.gif" align=absmiddle> Susana's future husband
<p><i>Declension I adjectives. The imperative. Reflexive verbs. The genitive.</i>
<p>6 <a href="lessons56.htm#6urek"><b>Veturea Vyatán</b></a> <img src="greenball.gif" align=absmiddle> A voyage to Vyat
<p><i>The dative. Prepositions. Adverbs. Aspect markers. Comparatives. Verbs in -c.</i>
<p>7 <a href="lessons78.htm#7urek"><b>Im prusin</b></a> <img src="greenball.gif" align=absmiddle> In the bar
<p><i>Verbs in -r. Sentence complements. Impersonal expressions. 'There are.' Nouns in -e and -i.</i>
<p>8 <a href="lessons78.htm#8urek"><b>Prosizel Errukán</b></a> <img src="greenball.gif" align=absmiddle> An expedition to Erruk
<p><i>Future tense. Dénuo. Ne, im, u. Nouns in -u and -ë. Impersonal tu. Formal 'you'.</i>
<p>9 <a href="lessons910.htm#9urek"><b>Kiel colir culanulei?</b></a> <img src="greenball.gif" align=absmiddle> How do you get some cake?
<p><i>More on questions. The conditional. The partitive. Preposition + verb.</i>
<p>10 <a href="lessons910.htm#10urek"><b>E lenge racont</b></a> <img src="greenball.gif" align=absmiddle> It's a long story
<p><i>Nouns in -y and -ia. Masculines in -a. 'No longer', 'only'. Word formation.</i>
<p><a href="vglossary.htm"><b>Glossary</b></a>
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<a href="lessons12.htm#1urek">1</a>
<a href="lessons12.htm#2urek">2</a>
<a href="lessons34.htm#3urek">3</a>
<a href="lessons34.htm#4urek">4</a>
<a href="lessons56.htm#5urek">5</a>
<a href="lessons56.htm#6urek">6</a>
<a href="lessons78.htm#7urek">7</a>
<a href="lessons78.htm#8urek">8</a>
<a href="lessons910.htm#9urek">9</a>
<a href="lessons910.htm#10urek">10</a>
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<a href="vglossary.htm">Glossary</a>
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