Lingwa de planeta/Simple sentence - keys

1.1
 * we live - nu jivi
 * they (pl.) live - li jivi
 * he hopes - ta nadi / lu nadi
 * she hopes - ta nadi / ela nadi
 * they (pl.) know - li jan
 * I know - me jan
 * you talk - yu shwo
 * you all talk - yu oli shwo
 * I talk - me shwo

1.2
 * Do you love? - Ob yu lubi?
 * I don't love. - Me bu lubi.
 * Doesn't she love? - Ob ela bu lubi?
 * She doesn't know. - Ela bu jan.
 * Doesn't he hope? - Ob lu bu nadi?
 * He lives. - Lu jivi.
 * Don't you understand? - Ob yu (oli) bu samaji?
 * We hope. - Nu nadi.
 * Do they talk? - Ob li shwo?
 * They don't know. - Li bu jan.

1.3
 * Did you love? - Ob yu lubi-te?
 * I will love. - Me ve lubi.
 * Will he understand? - Ob ta ve samaji? / Ob lu ve samaji?
 * Does she hope? - Ob ela nadi?
 * She hoped. - Ela nadi-te.
 * She won't hope. - Ela bu ve nadi.
 * We will live. - Nu ve jivi.

1.4
 * I didn't know. But you talked. Now I know. - Me bu jan-te. Bat yu shwo-te. Nau me jan.
 * She believes and hopes. - Ela kredi e nadi.
 * They don't see and don't hear, but they talk. - Li bu vidi e bu audi, bat shwo.
 * They don't understand, but they work. - Ta bu samaji, bat gun.
 * I talk so you understand. - Me shwo dabe yu samaji.
 * She hopes because she loves. - Ela nadi bikos ela lubi.
 * You don't know or don't understand. - Yu bu jan o bu samaji.
 * She didn't think, she did knew. - Ela bu dumi-te, ela ya jan-te.
 * Don't you believe? Yes, I do believe! - Ob yu bu kredi? - Doh, me kredi ya!

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