David's PCV Book

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FC: David's English to Fon Language Workbook Miniki, Benin

1: Merry Christmas to our World Traveler Love, | Emily & Joe | Mom & Dad | Brian & Krista

2: Hi! My name is David. I am a Peace Corps Volunteer. ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________

3: I am from America. I can speak English and French. ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________

4: In America, we have houses in many sizes and styles. ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________

5: The homes have different rooms. _______________________________________ | Kitchen _____________ | Living Room _________ _________ | Bathroom ___________ | Bedroom ____________

6: This is my family. ______________ ______________ ______________

7: These are my parents. ______________ ______________

8: This is my girlfriend, Amber. I miss her a lot. _________________________________________________

9: Amber cooks delicious food. ____________________________________________________________ Sometimes she even makes me cookies. _____________________________________________________________

10: This is my older brother, Brian, and his girlfriend, Krista. ___________________________________________

11: They like to play soccer. ______________________ ______________________

12: This is my sister, Emily, _____________________________ and her husband, Joe. _____________________________ They have been married for four years. _____________________________ _____________________________

13: They own a music store. _____________________________ | He plays the guitar and she plays the cello. ________________________________

14: Everyone in my family loves to garden. _______________________________ | Krista works hard while _________________________ Brian takes pictures. __________________________

15: We grow many different vegetables: _______________________________________ | Tomato __________ Cucumber __________ Okra __________ Beans __________ Corn __________ Pumpkin __________ Melons __________

16: We grow flowers, too. ____________________

17: This oak tree was planted when I was born. __________________________ __________________________ | Now it is 23 years old, just like me! __________________________

18: In the spring, we plant seeds. __________________________________________ | Some plants arrive early. _____________________

19: In the summer, the plants grow and we try to stay cool. _________________________________________ _________________________________________

20: We harvest the crops in the fall using big machines. _____________________________________________________

21: In winter, the snow makes everything white. __________________________________________________________________________

22: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 | One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Eleven Twelve Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen Sixteen Seventeen Eighteen Nineteen Twenty | __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ | Thirty Forty Fifty Sixty Seventy Eighth Ninety One Hundred Two Hundred One Thousand One Million One Zillion Pi | 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 200 1,000 1,000,000 ?? 3.14159... | __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________

23: January February March April May June July August September October November December | morning noon afternoon evening day night breakfast lunch dinner | __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ | __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________

24: Red _________ | Yellow _________ | Blue _________ | Orange _________ | Green _________ | Purple _________ | Brown _________ | Gray _________ | Black _________ | White _________ Square _________ | Circle _________ | Triangle _________

25: ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ __________________________________________________________________ ______________________ | Other Useful Phrases | Please Thank you I'm sorry I don't understand Can you speak more slowly? Where is ...? What are you doing? Watch out for the giant spider! The meal is very tasty. Is it safe to eat? I cannot locate my pants. I swear it was like that when I found it.