Faleni · Lesson 7: Feelings & health

Past the core course, and the payoff of Faleni's design shows: this whole lesson adds no new grammar. Every feeling word belongs to the m- family (mind & feeling), so once you know the prefix you can half-guess the word, and every health word is either one you've met or a compound you can already build (pa kose doctor = person + fix). You'll say how you feel, ask why, and get through a visit to the doctor.

Hear these first

Tap each word to hear it, say it aloud, then reveal the meaning.

Tap a word to hear it, say it aloud, then reveal the meaning.

How do you feel? The m- family

Every word for a feeling starts with m (the mind & feeling family), so a new one is rarely a surprise. To ask, use jefe (how):

• we ha mati jefe?: How do you feel? (you do feel how?)
• wa ha masu: I'm happy. · wa ha moli: I'm sad.

Here's the feeling family at a glance, all guessable once you hear the m-:

Negate any of them with he (Lesson 2):

• wa ha he moli: I'm not sad. · wa ha maji: I'm calm.

Asking why uses jesa (why); answer with uka (because):

• we ha moli jesa?: Why are you sad?
• uka wa ha mame: Because I'm lonely.

Love, like & hate

• mu covers love and like: wa ha mu we: I love you. · wa ha mu sope: I like dogs.
• Its opposite is maja (hate): wa ha maja lika: I hate the cold.
• A ready-made compound from your cheat-sheet: kipa mu: start + love = fall in love.

More or less: feelings can compare

Feelings take the same comparison you learned for size (Lesson 4 / Numbers): nelo (more), nela (most), ame (than).

• wa ha masu nelo ame neke: I'm happier than yesterday.
• wa ha maji nela: I'm the calmest.

Faleni has no separate word for very: reach for nelo (more) or compare.

Not feeling well

Three states you'll want first, lunu (tired) you already know from Lesson 2:

• wa ha lefa: I'm sick. · wa ha lunu: I'm tired. · wa ha lulu: I'm well.

Where it hurts uses the body (p- family). There's no special word for pain: you say a part feels bad, mati lo (feel + bad):

• pika head · pele belly/stomach · pipu throat · piko heart · pete ear · pefa tooth
• pika wa ha mati lo: My head hurts. (my head feels bad)
• pele wa ha mati lo: My stomach hurts.

At the doctor

Every "medical" word is a kose (fix) compound you already know how to read:

• pa kose: doctor (person + fix) · te kose: medicine (thing + fix) · tepe kose: hospital (building + fix)
• wa ha meni pa kose: I need a doctor. (meni = need)
• wa ha ka nosa tepe kose: I go to the hospital.
• we ha melo kepi wa?: Can you help me? (melo = can, kepi = help)

Getting better uses ke (make) and nesi (soon):

• te kose ha ke lulu we: Medicine makes you well.
• we ha lulu nesi: You'll be well soon.

A little conversation: at the doctor

A: fofu, wa ha lefa.: Excuse me, I'm sick. B: we ha mati jefe?: How do you feel? A: pika wa ha mati lo, hi wa ha lunu.: My head hurts, and I'm tired. B: we ha meni kumi hi te kose.: You need sleep and medicine. A: wa ha lulu nesi ho?: Will I be well soon? B: awe. we ha lulu nesi.: Yes. You'll be well soon. A: fife! la ka!: Thanks! Goodbye!

Practice

1. Listen & choose

Tap 🔊, listen, then pick what it means.

2. Read & understand

Read each aloud, then reveal the meaning.

• wa ha mafa uka wa ha lunu.
• pele we ha mati lo ho?
• we ha melo kepi wa? wa ha lefa.

3. Say it in Faleni

Translate to Faleni: 1. I'm happy today. 2. Why are you worried? 3. My throat hurts. 4. I love my family. 5. You'll be well soon.

Next

You can now talk about how you feel and handle being unwell, all without a single new rule. Keep going: Lesson 8, Work, study & getting around turns to your job, your studies, and finding your way across town. Meanwhile, browse the dictionary (every word has a 🔊) and keep the compound cheat-sheet close, the m- feelings and kose fixes are just the start of what you can already build.