Descriptors describe other words. They are placed before the words they describe. They may modify any part of speech.
GOGI PEKA
Good person
GOGI BIKI
See well (in a good way)
DEZU GOGI
Very good
They may also be placed after DIZA.
KIKU DIZA GOGI.
You are good.
You may also omit DIZA from sentences like this.
KIKU GOGI.
You are good.
DESA makes a word have it's opposite meaning. This is one of the ways Zese manages to have a small lexicon.
DESA GOGI
Bad
DETU signifies the answer of a concept. It can be used to negate a verb.
KIKE DETU BIKI TOZU.
I don't see a building.
DEZU can mean either 'very' (to a great extent), or 'big'.
TOZU DEZU GOGI.
The building is very good.
TOZU DEZU.
The building is big.
Translate the sentences below. When you come up with a translation, select the text in the black box under the sentence you translated.
I like machines.
KIKE GOTA TOSE.
Plants do not talk.
PAPA DETU KASA.
I want food.
KIKE GOPA PIDI.
The person builds a large building.
PEKA TUKO DEZU TOZU.
KIKU DIPA DESA GOGI TOSE.
You have a bad machine.
DESA DEZU PEPE DIPA PIDI.
A small animal has food.
PEKA KASA GOGI KABO.
A person says a good word.
KIKE SAKI TOSE.
I hear a machine.