- Treba (it's necessary) shwo (to talk). – It's necessary to talk.
- Es (is) garme (hot). – It's hot.
5. Negation: negation particle bu is placed before the verb group.
- Lu (he) bu (not) somni (to sleep). – He doesn't sleep / isn't sleeping.
- Me (I) bu (not) wud (would) yao (to want) resti (to remain) dar (there). – I won't stay there.
If there is at least one negative word in the phrase, the whole phrase gets a negative meaning. If there are several of them, that only emphasizes the negative meaning.
- Lu (he) bu (not) samaji (to understand) nixa (nothing), neva (never)! – He doesn't understand anything, ever!
6. General question: the particle ob (is placed before the phrase):
- Ob yu (you) lubi (to love) me (I)? – Do you love me?
Possible answers: ya (yes), non (no), doh
a) Ob yu lubi me? – Ya, me lubi. Non, me bu lubi. – Do you love me? – Yes, I do. No, I don't.
b) Ob yu bu lubi me? – Ya / non, me bu lubi. Doh, me lubi. – Don't you love me? – No, I don't. Yes, I do.
Other ways to make a general question:
a) "bu ver?" (is placed after a phrase, with a comma):
- Es (is) hao (good) meteo (weather), bu (not) ver (really)? – The weather is good, isn't it?
Possible answers: ver (yes, it's true), bu es ver (no, it isn't true).
b) Repeating of the verb with "bu" particle:
- Yu lai-bu-lai? – Are you coming (or not)?
7. Special question
In a special question the question word is put in the beginning of the phrase, the word order doesn't change. The inversion can occur only in the phrase with the verb "bi / es/ bin": Wo (where) es (is) may (my) kalam (pencil)? – Where is my pencil?
hu – who: Hu (who) somni (to sleep)? – Who sleeps?
kwo – what: Kwo (what) yu (you) vidi (to see)? – What do you see?
kwel – what sort of, which: Kwel (what) flor (flower) yu (you) pri (to like)? – What flower do you like?