- Boy (boy) kel janmog (to know how) gani (to sing) gro-hao (greatly) na es (is / are) hir (here). - The boy who can sing beatifully is here.
3.3. predicative:
a) with the particle ke:
- May (my) opina (opinion) es (is) { ke ("that") yu (you) es (is / are) verem (truly) jamile (beautiful) }. – My opinion is that you are really beautiful.
Word
1. Noun
Examples: jen (human), arda (earth), flor (flower), animal (animal).
1.1 Number
a) The basic form of a noun doesn't convey the number:
- jen – a human / many humans
- un (one) jen – a human
- dwa (two) jen – two humans
- mucho (many) jen – many humans
- jenes – humans
b) plural form (the stressed vowel doesn't change):
if the word ends with a voweclass="underline" + s: un kitaba (a book) – kitabas, un tabla (a table) – tablas
if the word ends with a consnant: + es: un flor (a flower) – flores, un animal (an animal) – animales
1.2. Case:
a) There are no special case forms.
b) The change of the word order is indicated by the particle den:
- Den sey (this) flor (flower) me (I) pri (to like). – I like this flower.
- den dom (house) sobre (above) – above the house
c) Nominative marker is da (used only when necessary):
- Mata (mother) samaji (to understand) me (I) sam (same) hao (good, well) kom (as) da yu (you). – Mother understands me as well as you do.
- Mata (mother) samaji (to understand) me (I) sam (same) hao (good, well) kom (as) den yu (you). – Mother understands me as well as you.