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Lingwa de planeta/Nouns and adjectives - keys
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3.1
hope - nada
knowledge - jansa
help - helpa
request - prega
joy - joisa
question - kwesta
answer - jawaba
coming - laisa
song - gana
journey - safara
3.2
fond of traveling - safarishil
fond of asking questions - kwestishil
believable - kredibile
hopable - nadibile
amorous - lubishil
hopeful - nadishil
3.3
The book is big enough. - Kitaba es basta gran.
The child is too small. - Kinda es tro syao.
Where's the flower? - Wo es flor?
The flower was rather beautiful. - Flor bin aika jamile.
What will the house be like? - Kwel ve bi dom?
The house will be very good. - Dom ve bi muy hao.
3.4
This kid is small, but quite understanding. - Sey kinda es syao, bat aika samajishil.
That person was very good. - Toy jen bin muy hao.
I don't like this house: it's too small. - Me bu pri sey dom: it es tro syao.
You don't need to talk to such a person: they will not be a good friend to you. - Bu treba shwo a tal jen: ta bu ve hao amiga fo yu.
That house is big enough for us to live in. - Toy dom es basta gran fo ke nu mog jivi in it.
This child is too fond of asking questions. - Sey kinda es tro kwestishil.
3.5
There is a small house there. - Dar ye syao dom.
There are no flowers here. - Hir flor yok.
We will have a child. - Nu ve hev kinda.
They had such a book. - Ta hev-te tal kitaba.
3.6
my child - may kinda
my child's book - kitaba de may kinda / may-kinda-ney kitaba
your book - yur kitaba
own house - swa-ney dom
our child's friend - amiga de nuy kinda / nuy-kinda-ney amiga
their time - ley taim
his flower - suy flor / luy flor
3.7
huge - gro-gran
gorgeous - gro-jamile
be in dire need - gro-nidi
ardently desire - gro-yao
little person - jen-ki
little flower - flor-ki
3.8
I have a friend. - Me hev un amiga.
They are an excellent person. - Ta es gro-hao jen.
They are very hardworking and understanding. - Ta es muy gunshil e samajishil.
They have a small child. - Ta hev un syao kinda.
My friend wants to be with the child, wants to see how their child lives. - May amiga yao bi kun kinda, yao vidi komo suy kinda jivi.
But they can't, because they have to work. - Bat ta bu mog bikos ta mus gun.
They don't have time to play with their child. - Ta bu hev taim fo plei kun swa-ney kinda.
When they arrive, the child is asleep. - Wen ta lai, kinda somni.
My friend hopes that when the child is big, they will be able to read books to them and talk about them with them. - May amiga nadi ke, wen kinda es gran, ta ve mog lekti kitaba fo ta e shwo om li kun ta.
My friend's child can't understand why their father can't play with them. - May-amiga-ney kinda bu mog samaji way suy patra bu mog plei kun ta.
The child cannot sit without playing. They want to run, sing, dance. - Kinda bu mog sidi sin plei. Ta yao lopi, gani, dansi.
Also my friend has a father. He is very old. - Yoshi may amiga hev patra. Lu es muy lao.
They don't remember what their name is. - Ta bu remembi komo ta nami.
They do not see and therefore (because of this) cannot read and write. - Ta bu vidi e por se ta bu mog lekti e skribi.
They need to sleep. - Ta nidi somni.
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