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Grammatical Words - IALA

This is the list of Grammatical Words according to authoritative Interlingua grammar. For the beginners, usually the standard Latinate style words are recommended. Consistency will help you avoid confusion until you have learned for some months. Grammatical Words A = 1) to, 2) at Ab prep. = 1) since [time], 2) from [place] Ali(c)- = any-, some- Alias = otherwise, in another manner; alias; at another time Alibi = elsewhere, somewhere else alicubi = somewhere; anywhere alicun = some, any; a few; alicun cosa = something, anything alicuno = someone/body; anyone/body aliquando = sometime; at any time aliquanto: somewhat, to some degree alique (pron): something, anything alique X (adv): somewhat X alora: then; in that case, consequently alto: top > in alto: up; upwards; upstairs; on top ambe: adj both; ambes: pron both an: interrogative particle; conj  whether X an il habe le libro?: has he the book? ancora: adv still, yet; interj encore anque: also, too; anq...

Grammatical Articles - IAC

We will discuss the grammatical articles and their use. Points 1. Definite Lo, La 2. The Use of Lo, La 3. Indefinite Un, Una 4. The Use of Un, Una 5. Plural Forms 6. Article + Possessives / Adjectives 7. Prepositional De and Å 8. Pronominal Usage of Articles Definite Article Interlingua Classica has nouns ending with -o/a. This is reflected in the case of the articles Lo and La as well.  For the plural nouns, the articles are Los and Las.  Articles change based on gender and plurality. Examples lo patro 'the father' los patros 'the fathers' la matra 'the mother' las matras 'the mothers' la tabula 'the table' las tabulas 'the tables' Articles change if the noun is in the accusative case. La matra mangia lom mangom. 'The mother eats the mango.' La matra crea lams tabulams. 'The mother creates the tables.' The Use of Definite Articles To specify nouns Yo ama florams. 'I like flowers.' (general) Ubi pote yo trovar flor...

Numbers - IALA

We will learn about Numbers Interlingua (IALA). Cardinal Numbers The simple CARDINAL NUMERALS are: 0 zero 1 un 10 dece 2 duo 20 vinti 3 tres 30 trenta 4 quatro 40 quaranta 5 cinque 50 cinquanta 6 sex 60 sexanta 7 septe 70 septanta 8 octo 80 octanta 9 nove 90 novanta Note: From cinquanta on the tens are regularly derived from the ones by means of the suffix -anta. 100 cento 1,000 mille 1,000,000 million 1,000,000,000 milliardo 1,000,000,000,000 billion 1,000,000,000,000,000 billiardo 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 trillion 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 trilliardo 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 quatrillion 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 quatrilliardo 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 quintillion 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 quintilliardo Note: From 1,000,0005 on, the higher powers of a million are formed regularly by means of the suffix -illion added to the stem of the multiplicative corresponding to the exponent. The numeral representing a thousand times a...