CHAPTER TWO

A dialog:

(a knock is heard)

Djansan:  Dor ten cel!    
          Door exist(has) person.
		  There is someone at the door.

Salisan:  Go ja xaw.      
          I go see
           I'll go see.

(Sally goes to the door and opens it)

D:  Da kwi?             
    (3d person) who?
    Who is it?

S:  Da Balusan!
    (3d person) bear-person!
    It's Mr. Bear.

S:  Ciq ven, Balusan.
    Invite come, bear-person
    Please come in, Mr. Bear.

D:  Goda djoy zi ven, Balusan. Kyu zi bon? 
    I-plus-s/he joyful you come, bear-person. "?" you good
    We're glad you came, Mr. Bear.  How are you?

B:  Bon, bon. Kyu Zi?
    Good, good. "?" you
    Good, good.  And you?   

S:  Goda bu pobon. Ciq stu.
    I-plus-s/he not opposite-good.  Invite sit.
    We're not bad.  Please sit down.    

D:  Kyu bwa?  Ten pani, biru, kola
    "?" drink? Have water, beer, cola.
    How about a drink?  We have water, beer, cola.

B:  Go bu fo biru! Go tro grobeli. Pani kay pikaw jel bon.
    I not need beer! I too big-belly. Water with little-amount ice good
    I don't need beer!  I'm too fat.  Water with a little ice would be good. 

(D brings the drink)

B:  Tre fala!
    Very thank
    Many thanks!

					GRAMMAR POINTS

	Like Mandarin "3you", the word 'ten' means 'have' and
'exist'.

	'San' is from Japanese, but it simply means 'person,' with
no implication of formality.

	'Ciq' means invite, and is used for most polite imperatives.

	There is no need to introduce a clause with 'that' as in: 
"Goda djoy zi ven, Balusan."

	'Kyu' means 'question' and is used to introduce yes-no
questions, exactly as Esperanto 'Chu.'

	'Po' as in 'pobon' works like Esperanto 'mal,' but note that
there are opposites in frequent use, like 'pi' and 'gro' 
It is certainly possible to use 'pogro,' but I felt that since
it is the current trend in Esperanto to use words like 'olda'
for the sake of brevity, Ceqli should have the same option.