I am walking from my house to the building where I work.
Ma
I
maca
walk
novi
now
li
from
domo
house
di ma
of mine
an
to
batamo
building
ose
where
ma
I
taraba.
work
There are no articles (the, a) in Langodima. Novi indicates present tense. You can possess nouns by putting "di (pron)" after it. Pronouns do not have cases.
I accidentally killed a man in 2008.
Ma
I
se
tense indicator
bisá
killed
acidentun
accidentally
jano
person
doni
in
2008.
Se indicates past tense. The accented a is only used for past tense, and it stresses the last sound. An adjective ending in u (acidentu) can be turned into an adverb by adding an n. Adverbs come after the verb. The year 2008 is pronounced dusmilu etsu.
We will not go to sleep tonight.
Tas
We
non
not
be
tense indicator
spata
sleep
le
this
nulito.
night
Non comes before the verb to negate it. Be indicates future tense.
Do you want to eat this apple?
Voga-sa
Do you want
mona
eat
le
this
pomeno?
apple
To ask a question, the verb comes before the pronoun. Voga means want.
Yoyleland is 2,763 miles away.
Yoylelando
Yoyleland
esa
is
ogji
far/away
dusmilu
two thousand
cescentu
seven hundred
sisdiku
sixty
fesu
three
milo
mile
The kind man is giving food to homeless people.
Jano
Person
dobru
kind
geba
give
novi
now
enzo
food
an
to
gi
(plural)
jano
person
sin
without
domo
house/home
The meeting happened on Sunday, July 9, 2023.
Uniro
Meeting
se
tense indicator
pasá
happened
9 (nevu)
nine
di
of
mezo
month
7 (cesu)
seven
di
of
2023, (dusmilu dusdiku fesu)
2023,
garo
day
7 (cesu)
seven
She thinks nobody cares about her, but that's not true.
Na
She
krora
believe
gje
that
nonunu
nobody
bespoka
care
na,
her
mas
but
la
that
non
not
esa
is
rektu
true
The women did not want to get on the bus which was missing a wheel.
gi
(plural)
Femo
woman
non
not
se
(past tense)
vogá
wanted
vasa
go
joci
up
doni
in
buso
bus
ki
which
mangja
miss
cirkulo
wheel
The word gi is NEVER capilatized. If a sentences starts with gi, the following word is capitalized.
The police have arrested this man 4 times for misdemeanors.
Le
this
masko
man
se
(past tense)
prizoná
be arrested
gi
(plural)
policio
police
katsu
four
feco
time
du
for
gi
(plural)
krimo
crime
malu
small
Don't ask for green tea. They don't have any.
Non
No
demanda
ask for
caj
tea
groni.
green
Nas
they
non
not
kama
have
nui.
any
I'm gonna buy a new mattress, because I don't like the old one anymore.