Weekly Vocab #2

   This week's exercises brought to you by the indirect relative and the
letters F (for forest) and M (for mushroom).

   Vocab:

   1. forest
   2. mushroom (edible)
   3. to look for something
   4. To find something after searching for it
   5. base, bottom
   6. moss
   7. basket, bag
   8. pine needles, leaves of a conifer
   9. each
   10. always

   Sentences (1 per word, for now):

   1. The forest is in that direction. (or "over there", said while
pointing to it)
   2. I like mushrooms very much!
   3. I often go searching for mushrooms in the forest.
   4. She kept the mushroom that I tripped over.
   5. At the base of which tree did you find that mushroom?
   6. There is no moss on the base of that tree.
   7. Put the mushroom in the basket.
   8. These baskets, the handles of which are made of pine needles, are useful.
   9.  That is the woman to whom I give each of the mushrooms.
   10. I always go looking for mushrooms is the forest through which we
walked today.

   I understand that some of these sentences are complex, and could imply a
bunch of new vocabulary on their own. Don't feel like you have to do each
one - I feel that one sentence on it's own might be enough! And don't be
afraid to twist the vocab or sentences around to fit your needs. The point
is to give you a reliable exercise to help with vocab and grammar creation,
not make you cry or pull your hair out.

   But do try to get in something with an indirect relative in it!
Suggesting new sentences for those might not be bad, since my efforts to
create indirect relatives are 1) weird, and 2) dependent on English
morphology. Some languages will have more frequent indirect relatives, and
others none at all.

   Aidan

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