Vocabulary

	alehala	to make art
	bama	angry [for a reason, but not something that can be blamed on anybody and not something that it’s possible to do anything about]
	dihomedal	panel
	eth	to be about [as in “a book about birds”]
	Dóo	“Well….”
	néde	to want

	íi	also; too

Sentences

1. Bíi ril thi Sha dihomedaleth wa.

“Sha has a panel.”

2. Bíi aril eth dihomedal alehala wa.

“The panel will be about making art.”

3. Bíi ril thi ra óowamid dihomedaleth wa.

“The dragon doesn’t have a panel.”

4. Bíi ril bama óowamid wa.

“The dragon is angry.”

5. Bíi ril di óowamid, “Dóo, ril néde lehóo dihomedaleth íi wa!”

“The dragon says, ‘Well, I want a panel too!”

In Láadan, emotions (like joy and sadness and anger) have a number of different forms. We will be discussing the forms one at a time as we learn them.

Complete the following sentences by adding the appropriate ending to the Láadan word that follows the sentence.

Example:

Bíi ril néde le dihomedaleth wa.

“I want a panel.”

1. Bíi ril néde le _________ wa. [a cape; cape — rimáayo]

2. Bíi ril néde le _________ wa. [a comb; comb — don]

3. Bíi ril néde le _________ wa. [a guitar; guitar — lalen]

4. Bíi ril néde le _________ wa. [a rocking chair; rocking chair — lolin]