Colloquial Usage of Linguo

When used in informal contexts (or sometimes when spoken), Linguo tends to be shortened to make communication quicker. Described on this page are the ways in which this happens. Note that the language described on this page is never required, and may be critiqued by some.

Pronoun Dropping
In most circumstances, the pronoun that one would normally use is clear from the context, so any pronoun (be it the subject, object, indirect object, etc.) may be omitted.

Example 1:

If asked

Habegzas to le li?

Mo li le habegzas.

would be acorrect response, but could be shortened to

''Le habegzas. (or even a simple habegzas'')

because is clear from context that the subject is mo, the object li, and the indirect object le.

Example 2:

If asked

Somas to sibabzam?

Mo sibabzam somas would be a correct response, but could be shortened to

sibabzas or sibabzam

because the subject is clear from context.

Pro-Verb
the proverb is often dropped, even in cases where it is normally required (such as with modal verbs).

For example, one may say

Mo volas (or simply volas) instead of the longer Mo fer volas.

Questions
Phrases such as Somas set... that are used for questions are often shortened to set. The meaning of these questions is unchanged.

Conjunctions
The conunction set, which is used to introduce noun clauses, is often omitted when it is clear that it has been used.

This is similar to English.

Consider the following sentences:

Lo dizas set lo sibabzas vs. Lo dizas lo sibabzas.

In English, these would most likely be translated as:

He said that he's hungry vs. He said he's hungry.

This conjunction may be freely ommited when it is clear what one is speaking of.