Interlingua For Beginners

 We will discuss about pronouns in Interlingua Classica. Table of Pronouns English | Subject | Prepositional | Accusative | Genitive | Vocative 1 | Vocative 2 -> (I) | yo, ya | mo, ma | mom, mam | mio, mia | mu, me | myo, mya (You) | tyo, tya | to, ta | tom, tam | tuo, tua | tu, te | toyo, taya (He/she/it) | illo, illa, illeo, illea | illo, illa, illeo, illea, so, sa, seo, sea | lom, lam, leom, leam, som, sam, seom, seam | suo, sua, sueo, suea | illu, ille, illeu, illee | illyo, illya, illeyo, illeya (We) | nuos, nuas | nos, nas | noms, nams | nostro, nostra | nus, nes | nyos, nyas (You polite) | vuo, vua | vo, va | vom, vam | votro, votra | vu, ve | vyo, vya (You all) | vuos, vuas | vos, vas | voms, vams | vostro, vostra | vus, ves | vyos, vyas (They) | illos, illas, illeos, illeas | illos, illas, illeos, illeas, sos, sas, seos, seas | loro, lora, loreo, loreas | loms, lams, leoms, leams, soms, sams, seoms, seams | loro, lora, loreo, lorea | illus, illes, illeus, illees | illyo...

We will discuss about adjectives according to Interlingua Classica grammar. Points 1. Preface for Adjectives 2. Nominal Agreement for Adjectives 3. Placement of Adjectives 4. Comparative Adjectives 5. Comparative Prepositions 6. Absolute Superlative 7. Special Comparative Vocabulary (Irregular Words) 8. Article + Adjective 9. Adjective as Subject/Object 10. Adjective vs Noun Pairs by Final Syllable Difference 11. Adjective with Final Syllables other than O/A 12. Preface to Adjectival Formation General View Adjectives usually have the endings -o and -a. They are inflected according to the gender, number, and case of the noun they modify. Examples La flora parva esse bella. "The little flower is beautiful." Las floras parvas essen bellas. "The little flowers are beautiful." La femina brillianta esse bella. "The smart woman is beautiful." Los hominos brilliantos essen bellos. The smart men are handsome. Lo libro parvo esse bello. "The little book is beau...

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...

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.