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Lingwa de planeta/Simple sentence - keys
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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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