V OL A P U K AN EA SY M ET HO D o r Acqm nnm n u: U N IV E RSA L LA N G U AG E CONSTRUCT ID BY J OHAN N M ARTIN SCHLEY ER PREPARED FOR THE ENGLISH- SPEAKING PUBLIC ON TH. BASIS OF ALF RED KIR CHHOF F S HILPSB 0011 With the addition of a Key to the Ex ercises a nd a Vola piik- l u lll h an d English - Volapiik Vocabulary KLAS AUGUST QNDERFELT Lu an n“: or T a u Mum/A ux “ Puua e Li nu x! N IL WA US E] x u n 1 . o . a u 9 . n . n . Co ri hte 1887 c. N . C SP R . Z AHN py g d . by A A H H . 422394 H. H. IN "! A 00 mann a AND OTERBOTYPQRC s aw/mm . N E N CO T T S . PAG E IN TRODUCT ION A PH BE Pron unciation an d Accent L A T, CHAPTER I Articles and Cases Exercise I H P E II Personal Pronouns an d erbal endin s C A T R V g , G en de In fi nitives Ne at1on s rs, , g Exercise II P R III eminine Noun s Ad ectives Pron omi CHA TE F , j , nal Inflections efle ive Possessive emon , R x , , D strative and elative Pron ouns om arison R , C p , ' Cardinal Num ei als Exercise III H P E R IV uestions iminutives Au men t C A T Q , D , g ati es In erro ti e Pronouns and Ad verbs v , t ga v Exercise IV P E V erb enses Ad verbs of efi nite ime CHA T R V T , D T and of Place Exercise V P VI Passive Voice Binar Numbers Ne CHA TER , y , g ative D erivatives Exercise VI P E V II - Im erative Mod e Oi din al Iterative CHA T R p , , and ractional Numerals Tim e b Hour F , y Exercise VII C P E VIII Sub unctive Con ditional an d Dur HA T R j , i Mod e Multi licative an d Distributi e a t ve , p v N um erals Exercise V III P E IX Partici les eflex ive an d eci rocal CHA T R p , R R p Verb Forms Ex ercise IX P E X Word orm ation oots om oun ds CHA T R F R , C p , Derivati ves Ex ercise X P E XI W ord ormation Derivatives con timf wd CHA T R F , Exercise XI P E XII rder of Words Treatm en t of Words CHA T R O , from Existing Lan guages Exercise XII CHAPTE R XIII Hints an d Cautions for Translating from the English Exercise XIII CHAPTER XIV An alysis of E nglish Aux iliary Verbs Exercise XIV CHAPTER XV Recapitula tion in Systematic Arrange ment List of D erivative Prefi x es List of D erivative Suffi xes Example of Word Formation KEY to the Exercises — VOLAPUK English Vocabulary — ENG LISH Volapuk Vocabulary P re fa ce to th e S e c on d E d ition . That the fi rst ed ition Of this manual was ex hausted within ten days of its u lication is suflicient evi ence that the nee of an international p b , d d la nguage is felt as much o n this side of the Atlantic as it is in the Old Worl and that the eo le Of the Unite States are fallin into line with d , p p d g “ " th t o V e rest for the rapid propaga i n of olapiik . No chan has een ma e in the oo for the new edition exce t ge b d b k , p corr h al errors ecting a few typograp ic . As there appears to be some misunderstanding as to the man ner of usin the E xercises I ta e the O ortunit to Offer the follo in su g , k pp y w g g gestions Each exercise consists of two arts one in V ola u for translation p , p k into En lish and one in En lish for translation into Vola u . The correct g , g p k translations of oth these arts ill be foun in the Ke to the Exercises b p w d y , e innin on a e 82 but shoul onl be ma e use of al l” the stu ent b g g p g , d y d , d has written out his own translation of oth' arts as a means of testin its b p , g ss f be in s tis e that the written translation is correct correctne . A er a t g fi d , retranslate this into the ori inal lan ua e in ritin ithout refe rrin g g g w g , w g s I h s ill m st i r ns to the book before the ta k is done . f t ere a re t i akes n t a lation he same rocess shoul be re eate until the a lication of each , t p d p d pp ch r is thorou hl mas r apte g y te ed . m a nu aux s a ar 1888. , J y LIN D R E E F LT . IN T R O D U CT IO N . HE need of a means Of communication between persons of d ifferent ’ natio ties unsc uainted ith each other s lan ua e has ee n un i nali , q w g g , b s ll l nd ex nemed for nearl 200 ears and over ft ifferent at ver a y fe t a p y y , fi y d tem ts at solvin the ro lem constructin an arti cial la n ua e for p g p b , by g fi g g this ur ose have een ma e e innin with one the cele rate G er p p , b d , b g g by b d man hiloso her ei niz a out the ear 1700. F ew if an ofthese ro p p L b b y , y , p “ ect ho e er had a n ractical value ein either asi ra hic j s, w v , y p , b g p g p s stems meant to be rea onl or lan ua es accessi le onl tothe hi hest y , d y , g g b y g intelleete or sim l some existin lan ua e more or lea in eniousl ma , p y g g g g y ” e The ad tion of one Of the ex istin Euro ean i ioms for in e . tilst d . op g p d t r national intercourse as atin was use once amon the learne and , L d g d , F rench amon i lomats and courtiers is also im on i le for two o g d p , p b p wer ful reasons national riva lr and the innumera le difi culties that the stu , y b dy Of all mo ern lan ua es resen s e en in on irre ularities im er ec d g g p t , d p d g g , p f ns and ncun ruities of all in s tio i g k d . F i nall in 1879 after t ent ears of reliminar stu ies of a l r e y, , w y y p y d a g num er of lan ua es ohann M artin Schle e r a oman atholic ries b g g , J y , R C p t of onstance in a e n u lishe an outline of a lo ical ell arran e C B d , p b d g , w g d and e tremel sim le s ste m of internationa l lan ua e hich e name x y p y g g , w h d Vola ik and hich i s fa ir to ecome hat the na me in icates pi , w b d b w d , a ” n he or Not h t ever entere the n la guage Of t w ld . t at i d mi d Of the wildest enthusiast that Vola piik would ever displace a single one Of the i ioms now existin the o nl o ect Of its inve ntor ein to furnis a d g , y bj b g h lan e easil learne nd ca a le of ex ressin all in s of i eas t guag , y d a p b p g k d d wi h ss s n o the social commercia l and n l clearne and preci io . f r , i tel ectual inter course o in f mank d . It is useless to even refer to the immense advantages that would accrue to the me rchant the traveler the scientist and to all see ers afte r , , k info ma ion if such a l n ua e ere foun satisfactor enou h to i su r t , a g g w d y g n re ts u e s a o tion hat “1 . Schl er has succeeded immeas ra l i niv r al d p . T ey u b y bet than an of his re ecessors an one who examines the structure ter y p d , y o la iik must a mit and that it is sufi cien t for the uses to hich it l VO p d , w may be put has bee n abundantly proved by the phe nome nal rapidity with hich it has s rea to e ver corner of the lo e since it rst e an to w p d y g b , fi b g s a tention i 1884 I s n erf t O a attract univer a l t n .