Each Lufkan sentence consists of a verb phrase followed by one or more noun phrases (the subject of the sentence, then whatever objects are necessary for the verb). Each sentence is ended with a period.

Tense

A verb by itself is in the present tense, such as komgo ma sirta (I buy the shirt). A verb is used in other tenses by following with the appropriate modifier:

In the imperative case, the ta (you) is usually ommitted.

Relative Clauses

The above example of the ce tense involves a more complicated object for the verb dirgo, a sentence describing what is said. It is clear that this is distinct from the preceding pa because the verb kamgo indicates the exisiting noun phrase is over. Another example is the famous blessing:

However, we sometimes want to use such a clause to modify a noun. To keep the noun phrase going we use the small word ke:

Questions

The small words de and ne are used to indicate "yes" (or "true") and "no" (or "false"), respectively. They are used in Lufkan for asking and answering simple questions:

ja (what) and ju (which) are used to indicate unknowns in a question (and so their presence indicates a question):

Note the difference between capra roszu (the red hat) and kolzo capra rosza (the hat is red). In fact the use of the adjective roszu is really a short way of saying capra ke speso rosza (the hat which has the aspect red).

(We can also ask the unusual question jo capra pallu rosza, seeking the aspect in which Paul's hat is red. Perhaps cengo capra pallu rosza, if Paul's hat was burning with a red flame.)

Negation

The small word zu is used to negate the meaning of a sentence, by placing it after the verb part:

We can be more specific about what is not true: