Lingwa de planeta/Nouns and adjectives - keys

3.1

• hope - nada
• knowledge - jansa
• help - helpa
• request - prega
• joy - joisa
• question - kwesta
• answer - jawaba
• coming - laisa
• song - gana
• journey - safara

3.2

• fond of traveling - safarishil
• fond of asking questions - kwestishil
• believable - kredibile
• hopable - nadibile
• amorous - lubishil
• hopeful - nadishil

3.3

• The book is big enough. - Kitaba es basta gran.
• The child is too small. - Kinda es tro syao.
• Where's the flower? - Wo es flor?
• The flower was rather beautiful. - Flor bin aika jamile.
• What will the house be like? - Kwel ve bi dom?
• The house will be very good. - Dom ve bi muy hao.

3.4

• This kid is small, but quite understanding. - Sey kinda es syao, bat aika samajishil.
• That person was very good. - Toy jen bin muy hao.
• I don't like this house: it's too small. - Me bu pri sey dom: it es tro syao.
• You don't need to talk to such a person: they will not be a good friend to you. - Bu treba shwo a tal jen: ta bu ve hao amiga fo yu.
• That house is big enough for us to live in. - Toy dom es basta gran fo ke nu mog jivi in it.
• This child is too fond of asking questions. - Sey kinda es tro kwestishil.

3.5

• There is a small house there. - Dar ye syao dom.
• There are no flowers here. - Hir flor yok.
• We will have a child. - Nu ve hev kinda.
• They had such a book. - Ta hev-te tal kitaba.

3.6

• my child - may kinda
• my child's book - kitaba de may kinda / may-kinda-ney kitaba
• your book - yur kitaba
• own house - swa-ney dom
• our child's friend - amiga de nuy kinda / nuy-kinda-ney amiga
• their time - ley taim
• his flower - suy flor / luy flor

3.7

• huge - gro-gran
• gorgeous - gro-jamile
• be in dire need - gro-nidi
• ardently desire - gro-yao
• little person - jen-ki
• little flower - flor-ki

3.8

• I have a friend. - Me hev un amiga.
• They are an excellent person. - Ta es gro-hao jen.
• They are very hardworking and understanding. - Ta es muy gunshil e samajishil.
• They have a small child. - Ta hev un syao kinda.
• My friend wants to be with the child, wants to see how their child lives. - May amiga yao bi kun kinda, yao vidi komo suy kinda jivi.
• But they can't, because they have to work. - Bat ta bu mog bikos ta mus gun.
• They don't have time to play with their child. - Ta bu hev taim fo plei kun swa-ney kinda.
• When they arrive, the child is asleep. - Wen ta lai, kinda somni.
• My friend hopes that when the child is big, they will be able to read books to them and talk about them with them. - May amiga nadi ke, wen kinda es gran, ta ve mog lekti kitaba fo ta e shwo om li kun ta.
• My friend's child can't understand why their father can't play with them. - May-amiga-ney kinda bu mog samaji way suy patra bu mog plei kun ta.
• The child cannot sit without playing. They want to run, sing, dance. - Kinda bu mog sidi sin plei. Ta yao lopi, gani, dansi.
• Also my friend has a father. He is very old. - Yoshi may amiga hev patra. Lu es muy lao.
• They don't remember what their name is. - Ta bu remembi komo ta nami.
• They do not see and therefore (because of this) cannot read and write. - Ta bu vidi e por se ta bu mog lekti e skribi.
• They need to sleep. - Ta nidi somni.

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