Welcome to Philonski's third and final lesson in Cheespeke.
(Yeah, I know, it was dragging on a bit, wasn't it?) We won't
pretend you'll be fluent in Cheespeke after this brief course,
but you will certainly be better at it than if you'd never even
heard of it. Possibly. If you're interested in buying the full
version, just send a mere �499.99 to Philonksi, and she'll take
your money and run, you sucker.
The three main modal verbs you'll come across when talking to /
arguing with / seducing Cheesecakes are: VOLENU (to want),
DABLENU (to have to, must) and KAPLENU (to be able to, can).
These are conjugated in the present tense as follows:
VOLENU
volo
voles
vola
volos
volen
DABLENU
dabo
dabes
daba
dabos
dablen
KAPLENU
kap
kapes
kapa
kapos
kaplen
The modal verbs are conjugated and used with an infinitive, which
goes to the end of the clause. Note that VOLENU and DABLENU can
also be used with nouns, with the sense "I want sth" or
"I need sth". But that's pretty obvious. Have a look at
some phrases using these verbs as modals.
David vola met me o li shina gilenu. David wants to go
to the cinema with me.
Ey volo met sa gilenu, da ey no kap. I want to go with
him, but I can't.
Ey dabo met me copa aklenu. I've got to go shopping
with my friend.
David kapa met os aklenu, da no vola. David can come
shopping with us, but he doesn't want to.
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