Reference grammar of Lidepla

- Sikom yu (you) bu (not) pregi (to ask for), me (I) bu (not) ve ("future tense") lai (to come). – As you don't ask (for it), I won't come.

e) sudden circumstance: ewalaa

- Me (I) zai ("continuous marker") somni (to sleep) ewalaa baji (to ring) gro (much). – I'm sleeping, and suddenly it rings a lot.

f) opposition: yedoh

- Me (I) koni (to know, to be acquainted) yu (you) yedoh me (I) bu (not) koni (to know, to be acquainted) yur (your) sista (sister). – I know you, however I don't know your sister.

Numerals[edit]

1. Words denoting a number (with all such words the basic form of noun is used) 1.1. basic numerals[edit]

a) units

nol (0)

un (1), dwa (2), tri (3), char (4), pet (5), sit (6), sem (7), ot (8), nin (9), shi (10)

a) tens

dwashi (20), trishi (30), charshi (40) ... ninshi (90) (written as one word)

b) hundreds

sto (100), dwasto (200), tristo (300) ... ninsto (900) (written as one word)

c) thousand: mil (1000) (written in several words)

d) million: milion (1.000.000) (written in several words)

e) numbers

shi-un (11), shi-dwa (12), shi-tri (13) ... shi-nin (19)

dwashi-un (21), petshi-sem (57)

22 957 = dwashi-dwa mil ninsto-petshi-sem

1.2. Fractions: -fen

- un dwafen – 1/2

- sem shifen – 7/10; 0,7

- tri koma pet – 3,5

Deriven worda[edit]

1.3. Adjectives:

a) -ney: un-ney (the first), dwa-ney (the second), tri-ney (the third) ...

b) -ple: unple (single), dwaple (double) ...

1.4. Adverbs:

a) -nem: un-nem (firstly), dwa-nem (secondly) ...

b) -plem: dwaplem (twice), triplem (three times as much) ...

1.5. Nouns:

a) -ka: unka (one), dwaka (two) ...

b) haf (half), para (pair)

1.6. Pronouns[edit]

a) mucho (many, much)

b) pluri (several)

c) kelke (some)

d) idyen (a little, a few)

e) shao (little, few)

- Me (I) vidi (to see) mucho (many, much) flor (flower). – I see a lot of flowers.

- Ta (he/she) hev (to have) shao (little, few) kalam (pencil). – He/she has few pencils.

f) zuy mucho = maiste, zuy shao = minim

- Lu (he) hev (to have) minim bonbon (sweet). – He has the smallest amount of sweets.

g) kwanto (how many. how much)

h) tanto (so, to such extent)

2. Date[edit]

2.1. days of the week: numeral + di

a) undi (Monday)

b) dwadi (Tuesday)

c) tridi (Wednesday)

d) chardi (Thursday)

e) petdi (Friday)

f) sitdi (Saturday)

g) semdi (Sunday)

2.2. months

a) januar = mes-un (January)

b) februar = mes-dwa (February)

c) marto = mes-tri (March)

d) april = mes-char (April)

e) mey = mes-pet (May)

f) yuni = mes-sit (June)

g) yuli = mes-sem (July)

h) augusto = mes-ot (August)

i) septemba = mes-nin (September)

j) oktoba = mes-shi (October)

k) novemba = mes-shi-un (November)

l) desemba = mes-shi-dwa (December)

- dey trishi-un de mes-shi-dwa – the 31st of December

- dey 21 mes 9 yar 1945 – 21.9.1945

3. O'clock: klok

-klok dwa – two o'clock

- klok sem sin pet – five before seven o'clock

- klok sit e haf – half past six Exclamations[edit] 1. Greetings[edit]

1.1. Swasti

! – (universal greeting) Be happy! Let the peace be on the Earth!

1.2. Compound greetings

a) Hao sabah! – Good morning!

b) Hao dey! – Good afternoon!

c) Hao aksham! – Good evening!

d) Hao nocha! – Good night!

1.3. Simple greetings

a) Salam! Heloo! Ola! – Hello!

b) Namastee! Nihao! – Hello! How do you do!

1.4. Bye

a) Chao! – Bye!

b) Adyoo! – Good bye!

2. Politeness words[edit]

2.1. Thankfulness

a) Danke! Shukran! – Thank you!

b) Danke gro! – Thank you very much!

c) Bi hao! – You are welcome!

2.2 Excuse

Skusi! – Excuse me!

2.3. Request

a) Plis – please (when asking)

b) Bi karim – be kind

2.4. Swaagat! – Welcome!

3. Interjections[edit]

a) Afsos! – Alas!

b) Kamon! – Come on!

c) wel – well