Interlingua For Beginners

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...

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...

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...

Interlingua Classica's grammar overview is as below. Nouns : 1) Have two genders and three cases. Pronouns 1) Have two genders and five cases Adjectives : 1) In agreement with nominal cases and genders.  2) For genitival adjectives only genders. Verbs : 1) Generally has all English tenses and aspects. Including progressive. 2) Only differentiate between plural and singular with obligatory pronouns. 3) Have gerund. Used like in English like active participle in progressive aspect (tense). 4) Verbal activity gerund is replaced with infinitive. 5) Conditional is like English with some details. 6) Subjunctive is like English. 7) Subjunctive tenses will be in agreement with the indicative ones in a same sentence. Adverbs : 1) Have singular and plural forms. Numbers: 1) In agreement with nominal cases and genders Linguistic and verbal expressions: 1) Can be translated as is from English.

 We will discuss about Verbs in autnhoritative grammar. Infinitives Gerundial Nouns Gerundial nouns or nominal infinitives are infinitives that function as nouns that signify activities. This is equivalent of English gerundial noun in functions.6 Example: le venir del estate 'the coming of summer' Pensar es existir 'Thinking is existing' le susurrar del motor 'the droning of the motor' Iste viagiar de un pais al altere es fatigante 'This traveling from one country to another is fatiguing' le ir e venir del clientes... 'the coming and going of customers' Le faceres del formicas es interessante a observar 'The doings of ants are interesting to watch' Prepositional + gerundial noun form like in English such as by, without, for, of, before + sewing is also done with nominal infinitive: Illes le condemnava sin audir su defensa 'They condemned him without listening to his defense' Per rumper le osso on potera forsan rectificar su gamba...

 The vowels and consonants of Interlingua Classica: Vowels Monophthongs No. Orthography IPA Note 1 a /a/ Like a in English diphthong ou (about) 2 i y (Greek loanword) /i/ Like English short ee 3 u /u/ Like English short oo 4 e /e/ Like English short eh 5 o /o/ Like English short oh [ɪ, ʊ, ɛ, ɔ] can optionally be used as allophones for [i, u, e, o] especially before nasals in closed syllables. Diphthongs No. Orthography IPA Note 1 æ /e/ Not actually a diphthong 2 au /aw/ ...