Another way this features is in agentive nouns, which again treats S and A the same way and P differently, requiring an extra 'se':

lo rarpa
"the runner"

lo mavba
"the lover"

lo se mavba
"the loved one"

(4/4)

#ConlangApril 11: Lodbau is nominative–accusative. It has case markers, which can usually be elided and determined by a default word order, but can included to be more explicit or to change the order. For example (default order):

Mi rarpa.
"I run."

Mi do mavba.
"I love you."

(1/4)

Mi xa rarpa.
I'm running.

Mi ba rarpa.
I will be running (and may or may not have started already).

Mi piu rarpa.
I ran (and am done now).

Mi xia rarpa.
I run (and wasn't running before, and won't be after).

Mi bia rarpa.
I will run (and haven't started yet).

(2/6)

With the case markers made explicit, we have, respectively:

Fa mi rarpa.

Fa mi fe do mavba.

The latter can equally be written:

Fe do fa mi mavba.

That is, the same marker 'fa' is used to mark both S and A: the nominative, whereas 'fe' marks P: the accusative. (2/4)

Mi puvu rarpa.
I was running a long time ago.

The tense markers can also be combined to create new tenses.

Mi puba rarpa.
I will have been running.

Mi bapu rarpa.
I was going to be running.

(4/6)

There, we had the sentence:

Mi rarpa puni mi takla do.
I run before I talk to you.

This can equally be phrased:

Mi rarpa pu lonu mi takla do. (8/8)

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Mi rarpa puni mi takla do.
I'm running before I talk to you.

We can also use 'se' to switch around how the sentences connect.

Mi rarpa sepuni mi takla do.
I run, before which I'm talking to you. (6/6)

Depending on its grammatical position, 'koima' is also useful for many other wh- questions.

Do gotxu koima?
Where are you going?

Do gotxu fi koima?
Where are you coming from?

Do rarpa mahi koima?
Why are you running?

We use 'loma' for 'which'. (5/8)

We also have 'vi' for near past/future, 'va' for intermediate and 'vu' for remote past/future. (Spaces are optional, and often left out between related particles).

Mi puvi rarpa.
I was running recently.

Mi puva rarpa.
I was running a decent time ago.

(3/6)

There are other aspect markers, too, such as xua and xuo, which represent the beginning and end of an action.

Mi xua rarpa.
I start running.

Mi xuo rarpa.
I stop running.

These various markers can also be used with 'ni' to connect two sentences together to show how they relate in time. (5/6)

#ConlangApril 12: Lodbau has various tense and aspect markers. The main ones are pu, xa, ba, piu, xia and bia. If none are present, the tense and aspect are left unspecified.

Mi rarpa.
I run. / I ran. / I will run. / etc.

Mi pu rarpa.
I was running (and may or may not still be).

(1/6)

Mo resnu.
I'm a person.

And we have the even broader 'voima'.

Voima?
What's up?

A possible answer is:

Mo lo mi dalge leu pu rarpa gotxu koivu.
My dog ran away.

Either-or questions can be asked with 'joima'.

Mi gotxu lo ledzu joima ranta?
Do I go left or right?

(7/8)

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