The short grammar of Lidepla

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LdP follows the principle of facultative precision in expressing grammatical meanings. It means that it is not obligatory to indicate a grammatical meaning if it may be inferred from the context. E.g. it is not obligatory to use tenses or plural form, but for precision it is possible.

Word order

Word order is direct: subject — predicate — object. An accusative particle "den" placed before the object makes it possible to change its place, e.g. for the sake of emphasis.

Nouns

Most nouns end in -a or consonants.

The basic noun form does not convey the grammatical meaning of singularity. To specify

singularity, use "un" one. In order to specify plurality, the plural form of noun may be used. Its

ending is -(e)s. If a noun ends in a vowel, add -s; otherwise add -es:

man man (male human) - manes men

gina woman — ginas women

boy boy - boys boys.

When speaking generally about a group or class of uniform objects, plural endings are not used: Bobra es animal. - Beavers are animals.

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