Lingwa de planeta/Simple sentence - keys

1.1

  • we live - nu jivi
  • they (pl.) live - li jivi
  • he hopes - ta nadi / lu nadi
  • she hopes - ta nadi / ela nadi
  • they (pl.) know - li jan
  • I know - me jan
  • you talk - yu shwo
  • you all talk - yu oli shwo
  • I talk - me shwo


1.2

  • Do you love? - Ob yu lubi?
  • I don't love. - Me bu lubi.
  • Doesn't she love? - Ob ela bu lubi?
  • She doesn't know. - Ela bu jan.
  • Doesn't he hope? - Ob lu bu nadi?
  • He lives. - Lu jivi.
  • Don't you understand? - Ob yu (oli) bu samaji?
  • We hope. - Nu nadi.
  • Do they talk? - Ob li shwo?
  • They don't know. - Li bu jan.


1.3

  • Did you love? - Ob yu lubi-te?
  • I will love. - Me ve lubi.
  • Will he understand? - Ob ta ve samaji? / Ob lu ve samaji?
  • Does she hope? - Ob ela nadi?
  • She hoped. - Ela nadi-te.
  • She won't hope. - Ela bu ve nadi.
  • We will live. - Nu ve jivi.


1.4

  • I didn't know. But you talked. Now I know. - Me bu jan-te. Bat yu shwo-te. Nau me jan.
  • She believes and hopes. - Ela kredi e nadi.
  • They don't see and don't hear, but they talk. - Li bu vidi e bu audi, bat shwo.
  • They don't understand, but they work. - Ta bu samaji, bat gun.
  • I talk so you understand. - Me shwo dabe yu samaji.
  • She hopes because she loves. - Ela nadi bikos ela lubi.
  • You don't know or don't understand. - Yu bu jan o bu samaji.
  • She didn't think, she did knew. - Ela bu dumi-te, ela ya jan-te.
  • Don't you believe? Yes, I do believe! - Ob yu bu kredi? - Doh, me kredi ya!


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