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Eccentricities: Xekri is all very dark shades, not merely ones dark enough to qualify as black; likewise blabi is all very light shades. Nukni is often understood to be #FF00FF, whereas zirpu is presumably included to have all the colors of the rainbow. Pink is not a basic color, and pink things might be either blabi (if very light) xunre (if reddish) or nukni (if hot pink).  
Eccentricities: ''Xekri'' is all very dark shades, not merely ones dark enough to qualify as black; likewise ''blabi'' is all very light shades. ''Nukni'' is often understood to be #FF00FF, whereas ''zirpu'' is presumably included to have all the colors of the rainbow. Pink is not a basic color, and pink things might be either ''blabi'' (if very light) ''xunre'' (if reddish) or ''nukni'' (if hot pink).  


'''Read the statements. (What other things in the pictures are''' crino''',''' blanu '''or''' blabi'''? What things are''' xunre''',''' pelxu '''or''' xekri'''? What things are''' cicna''',''' narju '''or''' grusi'''? What things are''' nukni''',''' zirpu '''or''' bunre'''?)'''[no pictures yet]
'''Read the statements. (What other things in the pictures are''' ''crino''''',''' ''blanu'' '''or''' ''blabi'''''? What things are''' ''xunre''''',''' ''pelxu'' '''or''' ''xekri'''''? What things are''' ''cicna''''',''' ''narju'' '''or''' ''grusi'''''? What things are''' ''nukni''''',''' ''zirpu'' '''or''' ''bunre'''''?)'''[no pictures yet]




New Words:
New Words:


xekri - x1 is black/extremely dark-colored
''xekri'' - x1 is black/extremely dark-colored


blabi - x1 is white/very-light colored
''blabi'' - x1 is white/very-light colored


grusi - x1 is gray
''grusi'' - x1 is gray


xunre - x1 is red
''xunre'' - x1 is red


pelxu - x1 is yellow (except pelxu noticeably covers a larger range of colors than english "yellow")
''pelxu'' - x1 is yellow (except ''pelxu'' noticeably covers a larger range of colors than english "yellow")


crino - x1 is green
''crino'' - x1 is green


blanu - x1 is blue
''blanu'' - x1 is blue


bunre - x1 is brown
''bunre'' - x1 is brown


cicna - x1 is cyan
''cicna'' - x1 is cyan


narju - x1 is orange
''narju'' - x1 is orange


nukni - x1 is magenta/fuchsia
''nukni'' - x1 is magenta/fuchsia


zirpu - x1 is purple/violet
''zirpu'' - x1 is purple/violet


ti - this
''ti'' - this


ta - that nearby
''ta'' - that nearby


tu - that over there
''tu'' - that over there

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ti crino

tu blanu

do blabi [note - used as a normal color term covering the range of colors it normaly does, unlike english "white" which is used for skin tones that are actually "pink"]

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Eccentricities: Xekri is all very dark shades, not merely ones dark enough to qualify as black; likewise blabi is all very light shades. Nukni is often understood to be #FF00FF, whereas zirpu is presumably included to have all the colors of the rainbow. Pink is not a basic color, and pink things might be either blabi (if very light) xunre (if reddish) or nukni (if hot pink).

Read the statements. (What other things in the pictures are crino, blanu or blabi? What things are xunre, pelxu or xekri? What things are cicna, narju or grusi? What things are nukni, zirpu or bunre?)[no pictures yet]


New Words:

xekri - x1 is black/extremely dark-colored

blabi - x1 is white/very-light colored

grusi - x1 is gray

xunre - x1 is red

pelxu - x1 is yellow (except pelxu noticeably covers a larger range of colors than english "yellow")

crino - x1 is green

blanu - x1 is blue

bunre - x1 is brown

cicna - x1 is cyan

narju - x1 is orange

nukni - x1 is magenta/fuchsia

zirpu - x1 is purple/violet

ti - this

ta - that nearby

tu - that over there