One may OPTIONALLY (never obligation), and SO LONG AS THIS DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH EUPHONY AND CLARITY, elide following words:
1) the article lo before a word beginning with a vowel:
| l’abro, l’abros | the tree, the trees |
| l’eldo, l’eldinos | the hero, the heroines |
| l’aventuros d’Artur | Arthur’s adventures |
2) the preposition de and the word ke (pronoun or conjunction), and also the object pronoun, before a word beginning with a vowel:
| l’aventur d’et boy | this boy’s adventure |
| l’orelos d’un asno | an ass’s ears |
| l’okos d’un fem k’il vidir | the eyes of a woman he saw |
| m’amar tu as mi t’amar? | do you love me as I love you? |
| il dicar k’il t’amar | he says that he loves you |
3) the two-syllable (one syllable after elision) or at most three-syllable (two syllables after elision) ADJECTIVE, when this PRECEDES the noun to which it relates, NEVER WHEN IT FOLLOWS IT:
| et(a) dom | this house |
| yen(a) floros | those flowers |
| nus(a) let(a) kamos | nice little rooms |
| un gran(a) bel(a) klezo | a big beautiful church |
| mi ricir ta gentil(a) brif | I received your kind letter |
| let(a) domos e klezos grana | small houses and large churches |
4) the ending o of the NOUN, but ONLY IN THE SINGULAR. The plural’s designation os MAY NEVER BE ELIDED (see “NOUN”)
5) the ending at of the past participle, when used as a noun suffixed with in (feminine):
| l’akuzat; l’akuzin | the accused (m; f) |
| ma libat; ma libin | the beloved (m; f) |
| ma benamat; ma benamin | my much beloved (m; f) |
6) the suffix er and other suffixes, to reduce the length of a few feminine nouns (cf. 5, above):
| biblioteker; bibliotekin | librarian (m; f) |
| matematist; matematin | mathematician (m; f) |
| korespondent; korespondin | correspondent (m; f) |
7) in poetry, any word may be elided, when this is suggested by the rhythm or by the musicality of the verse. The poet is of course granted extra freedom in this matter, as his muse may suggest to him.