Reference grammar of Lidepla

- Yu (you) mog (can) resolvi (to solve) sey (this) taska (task) enikomo (anyhow). Yu mog resolvi sey taska enikomo. – You can solve this task anyhow.

d) degree: koygrad (to some degree), nulgrad (not in the least)

- Me (I) sol (only) koygrad (to some degree) samaji (to understand) yu (you). Me sol koygrad samaji yu. – I understand you only to some degree.

e) other: olosam (anyway), otrekas (otherwise)

4.4. Other[edit]

a) frequence: sempre (always), oftem (often), rarem

(rarely), pinchanem (usually), neva (never)

- Lu (he) sempre (always) tardi (to be late). Lu sempre tardi. – He is always late.

b) time: nau (now), poy (then, later), sun (soon), turan (suddenly), tuy (right now), yeri (yesterday), sedey (today), manya

(tomorrow)

- Sedey (today) meteo (weather) es (is) hao (good). Me (I) bu (not) jan (to know) kwel (what) meteo (weather) ve ("future tense") bi (to be) manya (tomorrow). Sedey meteo es hao. Me bu jan kwel meteo ve bi manya. – Today the weather is good. I don't know what the weather will be like tomorrow.

c) yo (already), haishi (still, as yet), snova (again)

- Me (I) yo (already) jan (to know) om (about) to (that). Me yo jan om to. – I know about that already.

- Lu (he) haishi (still) safari (to travel). Lu haishi safari. — He still travels.

d) supposition: shayad (perhaps), mogbi (maybe), musbi (must be), semblem (seemingly), sertem

(certainly), zaruu (without fail), ouran (casually), verem (actually)

- Shayad ta (he / she) bu (not) ve ("future tense") lai (to come). Shayad ta bu ve lai. – Perhaps he / she will not come.

- Musbi ta (he / she) he ("past tense") fogeti (to forget). Musbi ta he fogeti. – He must have forgotten about it.

e) addition, confirmation: yoshi (also), toshi (too)

- Me (I) hev (to have) blan (white) kamila (camilla).Yoshi (also) me (I) hev (to have) rude (red) rosa (rose). Me hev blan kamila. Yoshi me hev rude rosa. –– I have a white camilla. Also I have a red rose.

- Lu (he) toshi (also, too) hev (to have) rosa (rose). Lu toshi hev rosa. – He has a rose too.

f) non-exactness: hampi (almost), sirke

(about, approximately), vaika (just, at least), kwasi (as if)

- Hampi (almost) oli (everybody) lai (to come). Hampi oli lai. – Nearly everybody comes / came.

- Me (I) hev (to have) sirke (approximately) dwa (two) litra (litre) milka (milk). Me hev sirke dwa litra milka. – I have about two litres milk.

- Dai (to give) ba ("imperative") vaika (at least, just) fo (for) un (one) minuta (minute)! Dai ba vaika fo un minuta! – Give (it to me) at least for one minute!

- Ela (she) kwasi bu (not) merki (to notice) me (I). Ela kwasi bu merki me. - She behaves as if she didn't notice me.

g) exceptiveness: sol (only), sim (simply), rek (just, straight), yus (just)

- Sol ela (she) mog (can) samaji (to understand) me (I). Sol ela mog samaji me. – Only she can understand me.