Nouns - IAC
We will discuss nouns in Interlingua Classica. General View on Nouns Nouns can end in -o/a. Nouns have grammatical genders: masculine and feminine. Example Tabula 'table' Una tabula 'a table' Floro 'flower' Lo floro 'the flower' Uso 'use, usage' Real genders or sexes Real genders or sexes of living beings can be in masculine -o and feminine -a. It works as in English (lion, lioness, actor, actress, etc.). Example Asino 'male donkey' Asina 'female donkey' Italiano 'male Italian' Italiana 'female Italian' Grammatical Cases IAC has grammatical cases shown by the ending of the word. Nominative: -o/a Genitive: de, do, da, etc. + -o/a Dative: å, ålo, åla, etc. + -o/a Ablative: prepositions + -o/a Accusative: -om/am Vocative: -u/e Example do Deo 'God's, of God' ålo Deo 'to God' Illo invia unoms floroms å la matra suo. 'He sends his mother flowers, He sends flowers to his mother' Illa recipe lo...