Lingwa De Planeta (Lidepla) Grammar With Examples

For adjectives which are longer than 2 syllables and end in -ente or -ante, abstract nouns end in -ensia or -ansia correspondingly:

presente — present

presensia — presence

abundante — abundant

abundansia — abundance Other suffixes

The suffix -yuan means "employee, worker, organization member":

kafeeyuan — cafe worker

partiayuan — party member

polisyuan — policeman

shopyuan — shop worker

koalisionyuan — coalition member

The suffix -nik (when it is added the word's last vowel may be dropped) denotes a person as bearer of some characteristic feature or adherent of something:

batalnik — scrapper

fobnik — coward

shwonik — chatterer

novnik — novice

sindomnik — homeless person

fishnik — enthusiastic fisherman

ginnik — womanizer

sportnik — lover of sport

pyannik — drunkard

safarnik — confirmed traveller

The suffix -inka denotes one small part of something:

ramla — sand

ramlinka — grain of sand

snega — snow

sneginka — snowflake

pluva — rain

pluvinka — drop of rain

The suffix -menga denotes a certain multitude, gathering of uniform objects:

moskamenga — swarm of flies

jenmenga — crowd

The suffix -tot (from tota — a whole) means a whole, aggregate, system:

antra — gut

antratot — intestine Compound words with jen, man, gina

auslanda — foreign countries

auslandajen — foreigner

auslandagina — female foreigner

auslandaman — male foreigner

samtaimjen — contemporary

samtaimgina — female contemporary

samtaimman — male contemporary

jadu — sorcery

jadujen — sorcerer/sorceress

jadugina — sorceress, witch

jaduman — sorcerer

lao — old

laojen — old person

laogina — old woman

laoman — old man Names of countries, peoples and languages

Names of countries are written with a capital letter and are close to how they sound in the official language of the country:

Espania — Spain

Jungwo — China

Portugal — Portugal

Rusia — Russia

Nipon — Japan

Doichland — Germany

Frans — France

Ingland — England.

In case the country has two names or two official languages, it may have also an alternative name, especially if those names are not similar to each other:

Suomi / Finland — Finland

Bharat / India — India

But:

Belgie — Belgium (based on Dutch, the country's name in the two other official languages, German and French, sounds similar).

Composite names are translated into LdP:

Unisi-ney Statas de Amerika (USA) — The United States of America.

A compound word from country's name and 'jen' (man) denotes an inhabitant/subject of the country (written with a hyphen):

Suomi-jen — an inhabitant of Finland

Rusia-jen — an inhabitant of Russia

Jungwo-jen — an inhabitant of China

USA-jen — a person living in the USA

These compound words should not be mixed with words for etnicity (a Russian, a Finn).

For ethnicity and the corresponding language a special word is used. It is close to how people refer to themselves. It plays the role of noun as well as adjective. "jen" and "lingwa" may be used for precision. Examples:

ruski — Russian; a Russian; the Russian language

me es ruski (jen) — I am Russian

me shwo ruski (lingwa) — I speak Russian

ruski fabula — a Russian fairy tale

inglish — English; an Englishman/-woman; the English language:

me bu shwo inglish — I don't speak English

doiche — German; a German; the German language:

doiche exaktitaa — German punctuality

amerikan — American (expressing the culture and national values of the USA); an American:

fama-ney amerikan poeta — a famous American poet

ta es amerikan, ta shwo inglish — he/she is American; he/she speaks English

espaniol — Spanish; a Spaniard; the Spanish language

portuges — Portuguese; a Portuguese; the Portuguese language:

me shwo espaniol, yoshi me samaji portuges — I speak Spanish; also I understand Portuguese

han — Chinese (ethnic); a Chinese; the Chinese language

Ta es han (jen), ta shwo han (lingwa). — He/she is a Chinese; he/she speaks Chinese.

Me es Jungwo-jen, bat me bu es han (jen). — I live in China, but I am not a Chinese.

hindi — Hindu (ethnic); a Hindu (ethnic); Hindi

suomen — Finnish; a Finn; the Finnish language

ukrainska — Ukrainian; a Ukrainian; the Ukrainian language

Ela es ukrainska jen, ela shwo ukrainska. — She is a Ukrainian; she speaks Ukrainian.

ukrainska-ruski lexikon — a Ukrainian-Russian dictionary

nihon — Japanese; a Japanese; the Japanese language

romale — Gipsy; a Gipsy; the Gipsy language:

jamile romale gana — a beautiful Gipsy song.

A hint on how to pronounce proper names:

If a proper name ends in several consonants and produces a difficult consonant cluster together with a following word, it's recommended to insert a neutral sound (which however isn't written).

For example, it's recommended to pronounce:

Doichland-jen

as if it were written

Doichlanda-jen.AdjectivesAdjective endings

Most of adjectives end in -e:

forte — strong

basike — basic