Grammaire de Lidepla

Me yao ke yu go adar (not "Me yao yu go adar"). — I want you to go there.

Me he vidi ke lu stan dar (not "Me he vidi lu stan dar"). — I saw him standing there.

Topic subclauses

One of the ways of building a sentence is to mention the key word of your idea (topic) and then to comment on it:

Sey winda, treba shanji it tanto kway kom posible. — This window, it should be changed as soon as possible.

Sey aksham, ob yu sal go a koylok? — Are you going to go anywhere this evening?

Impersonal sentences

Impersonal sentences do not have a subject:

Pluvi. — It rains.

Bikam-te klare ke treba akti kway. — It became clear that one should act quickly.

Sembli ke problema fo diskusi yok. — It seems that there are no problems to discuss.

Lai-te a may kapa ke... — It came to my mind that....

The particles ti, na

The optional particles ti and na are used to delimitate semantic groups. Ti is a marker of a noun group, na marks an end of a semantic group:

In skay gao ti blan badal floti. — In the high sky white clouds float.

Oli gwerjen kel akompani-te shefa na he tabahi. — All the warriors that accompanied the chief have perished.

The construction ti... na allows to place subordinate clauses before a noun:

Me kwesti lu om ti lu jivi na planeta. — I asked him about the planet on which he lives.

Me bu yao diskusi ti yu shwo na kwesta. — I don"t want to discuss the question that you mention.

The first element ti may be dropped if no ambiguity arises:

Ta jivi na planeta. — The planet on which he lives.

Me dumi na kwesta. — The question I am thinking about.

Eventi pa septemba na konferensa. — The conference to take place in September (or: The conference that has taken place in September).

The constuction with ke after a noun

A modifying group (containing subject) may be placed after a noun and "ke":

Dom ke nu jivi. — The house in which we live.

Jen ke me shwo. — The man I am talking about.

Dao ke yu go — The way you are going.

The constructions with ti... na and ke let us avoid subordinating conjunctions.

Punctuation

Separated with commas are:

1) homogeneous parts of the sentence

2) various parenthetical or explanatory clauses. Separation of subordinate clauses is optional.

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