Lingua Sistemfrater

The following is in English, Esperanto Facila ( uea.facila.org ), Interlingua, and Frater.            TREASURE ISLAND Ef: LA INSULO RIĈAĴOJ ia: LE INSULA TRESOR F: NESIA DOLAMULTI Robert Louis Stevenson THE OLD SEA-DOG AT THE ADMIRAL BENBOW Ef: LA MALJUNA "HUNDO DE LA MARO" ĈE LA "ŜIPARESTRO BENBO" ia: LE CAN VETERE DEL MAR A "COMMANDANTE BENBOW" F: KANI PALEO MARI A "STRATEGO BENBO" I remember him as if it were yesterday, F: Mi rememoras lin, kiel estus hieraŭ,  ia: Io le memora, como si il esserea heri, F: mi memor ili, omo es probable bsera. As he came plodding to the inn door, Ef: kiel li malrapide iris al la pordo de la gastodomo,  ia: como ille venive al porta del albergo, F: intem ili aribe pas a portik de otel, His sea-chest following behind him in a hand-barrow - Ef: la skatolo poste en portilo-- ia: sua coffro del mar sequente post ille in un carretta del mano - F: konten mari ili, an paso poste ili in organporta - The sab...

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More fun with the Moon alphabet   Dr Moon Page (deafblind.com)

O stela, leban in sel, Ni abe foto e bel. Kia ni es - mi deman - Na, omo kristal leban? O stela, leban in sel, Ni abe foto e bel.

Frater has an alphabet of only eighteen letters. Here's a little experimenting:

(Last updated 2024-11-30) Introduction Much of Frater's vocabulary is taken from scientific terms. You can use these words to improve your scientific vocabulary in you own language. ANU "year" The Frater word ANU comes from the Latin word ANNUS meaning "year." In the original Latin, the word had two N's in it. In longer words the A changed to an E. And so you can find the word root in these English words: ANNUAL "every year." Annual plants need to be planted once every year. PERENNIAL "through the years" - Perennial plants only have to be planted once, and they come up every year after that.  BIENNIAL "every two years" - don't mix this one up with: BIANNUAL "twice a year." (BI means "two" in Frater also.) CENTENNIAL "hundred years." In Frater we also have ANU DANSA, meaning "leap year," and ANU NEO, meaning "new year." AUTO "self" AUTO comes from the Greek word mean...

Some translations of T-shirts I have seen: Admit it - Life would be so boring without me. -> aksep berita - bio abe interesne tak abene mi. Common sense is not a gift - It's a punishment, because you have to deal with everyone who doesn't have it. -> reson abe ne tauma - es puni, akaus ni nesesa abe relasion kon antroptuta, na abe ne ili. I hate when I go out in public, and the public is there. -> mi filo ne, temkia mi paso a plas kon antrop multi, e abe antrop multi. I'd grow my own food if I could find bacon seeds. -> mi kultur probable alimen auto, si mi inergo eureka sperma ot karnioleo. I may be left handed, but I'm always right. -> mi usa jurtuta mani destrane, sed mi abe jurtuta destra. I may look like I'm doing nothing, but in my head I'm quite busy. -> mi abe espresen, na mi akto nul, sed in sefal mi abe akto multi. I'm not getting old - I just can't remember stuff because my brain is full. -> mi esaribe ne paleo - mi memor ...