Charles E. Sprague

“ No mutobs lifön al fidön, sod fidön al lifön, we must not live to eat, but eat to live.
The English verb-noun in -ing must be translated by the infinitiv. Fidön zesüdos al lifön, eating is necessary for living. ”

“ I shall buy a book (for what ?) to study Volapük. Osegolob adelo al spatön, I shall go out to walk (for walking) to-day.
Eblibob in zif al lemön klotis, I have remained in the city in order to buy clothes. ”