Alexander Gode and Hugh E. Blair
Interlingua: a grammar of the international language
New York, Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1955 (2nd edition)
ISBN 0-8044-0186-1
(summarized extracts)
Grammatical Words. , Personal Pronouns, Alternative Comparisons., Verbs., Numerals., Word Building.
GRAMMATICAL WORDS, section 134, pages 51-55: a: to; at ab: (prep) since, from alias: otherwise, in another manner; alias; at another time alibi: elsewhere ali(c)-: any-, some- alicubi: somewhere; anywhere alicun: some, any; a few; alicun cosa: something, anything alicuno: someone, somebody; anyone, anybody aliquando: sometime; at any time aliquanto: somewhat, to some degree alique: (pron) something, anything; (adv) somewhat alora: then; in that case, consequently alto: top; in alto: up; upwards; upstairs; on top ambe: (adj) both; ambes: (pron) both an: (inter part) --; an il habe le libro?: has he the book?; (conj) whether ancora: (adv) still, yet; (interj) encore anque: also, too; anque io: me too; non solo ... ma anque: not only ... but also ante: (prep) before, in front of; earlier than; above; (adv) before, ahead; earlier; forward; ante que: before ante-heri: day before yesterday a pena: hardly, scarcely apud: near, with, at, by assatis: (adv) enough; rather, fairly, quite assi: thus, so; assi ... como: as ... as avante: before, in front, ahead; forward basso: bottom; a basso: down, downward; in basso: down, below, downward; downstairs bastante: (adj) enough, sufficient; (adv) enough, sufficiently ben que: although bis: twice; encore cata: (adj) each; cata uno: each (one) causa: cause; a causa de: because of certo: certainly circa: around, about; approximately como: how; as, like; como si: as though, as if comocunque: however, in whatever way con: with, together with; by means of concernante: concerning contra: (prep) opposite, facing; against; (adv) opposite, facing; on the contrary cuje: whose -cunque: -ever de: from, since; of, belonging to; made of; with, by means of; de (+inf): to deman: tomorrow; deman matino: tomorrow morning; deman vespere: tomorrow night depost: (adv) afterwards, later; (prep) after, since; depost que: since, from the time that desde: (prep) since, from dum: while, as long as; until; provided that, if only dunque: therefore durante: during; durante que: while, whilst e: and; e ... e: both ... and ecce: lo!, see!, behold!; here is, here are ergo: therefore, accordingly, consequently, then, ergo esque: (inter part) esque ille ha le libro?: has he the book? et cetera, etc.: and so forth, and so on, et cetera, etc. etiam: also, likewise, too; even, even yet, yet; non solmente ... sed etiam: not only ... but also ex: out of, from excepte: except, excepting extra: adv) without, on the outside; besides, in addition, extra; (prep) outside of, without, beyond; except, excepting; besides, in addition to foras: (adv) out of doors, outside, out; from without; (prep) beyond, except; foras de: outside of, without; foras de se: beside oneself forsan: perhaps, maybe gratis: gratis, free of charge haber: to have; il ha: there is, there are heri: yesterday hic: here; de hic a (un hora): (an hour) from now; usque (a) hic: up to here, thus far; up to now, hitherto; hic juncte: herewith hodie: today ibi: there ibidem: in the same place; ibidem; ibid.; ib. idem: the same (thing); idem; id. igitur: (adv/conj) then, therefore, thereupon il: (impers pron) it illa: she, her illac: there ille: he, it; him; that, the former illes: they; them illo: it in: in, into infra: (adv) below, underneath, beneath; (prep) below, under, beneath insimul: together inter: between, among interim: meanwhile, in the meantime intertanto: meanwhile, in the meantime intra: (adv/prep) within intro: inwardly, internally, on the inside, in io: I ipse: myself, yourself, himself, etc.; hodie ipse: this very day iste: this, the latter ita: thus, so; just so, yes; and so, consequently; accordingly jam: already, at once, right away; just now, a moment ago; indeed, surely; non ... jam: no longer jammais: ever, at any time; non ... jammais: never; jammais!: never! justo: just, exactly; justo nunc, justo ora: just now, right now juxta: (adv) near, near by; (prep) near, near to, next to la: her le: (art) the le: (pron) him les: them lo: it; lo que: that which, what loco: place; in loco de: instead of; in su loco: instead longe: far; away, far away; de longe: from afar, from a distance lontan: distant, far-off lor: their lore: their ma: but; no solo ... ma anque: not only ... but also malgrado: in spite of maniera: manner, way; de maniera que: so that me: me melio: (adv) better; tanto melio: so much the better melior: (adj) better; le melior: the best mesme: same; myself, yourself, himself, etc. (as in "the king himself") mesmo: likewise; even; hodie memso: this very day; ora mesmo: right now mi: my mie: mine minus: less; minus; a minus que: unless; al minus: at least; totos minus ille: all but him; le minus: the least multo: very; much nam: for nemo: no one, nobody ni: neither, no, also not nihil, nil: nothing nimie: (adj) too much, too many nimis: (adv) too, too much no: (adv) no non: not; no; si non: if not; except; unless it be nondum: not yet nonne: (inter part) is it not?; il es ver, nonne?: it is true, isn't it? nonobstante: (prep) despite, in spite of; (adv) nevertheless nos: us, we nostre: our, ours nulle: (adj) not any, no; null, worthless, without legal force nullemente: in no way, not at all nunc: now nunquam: never nusquam: nowhere o: or; o ... o: either ... or olim: once, formerly; at a future time, sometime (in the future) omne: (adj) all; each, every; de omne mano: from every hand; de omne latere: from every side; in omne caso: in any case; omne cosa: everything; omnes: (pron) all on: one ora: now parte: part; a parte: apart, aside; in parte: in part; del parte de: on the part of; de parte a parte: through and through; in nulle parte: nowhere passato: ago pauc: (adj) little, not much; few; un pauc (de): a little; pauc a pauc: little by little; in pauc: shortly, before long pauco: (adv) little per: through; during, throughout; by, through, by means of; per perque: (adv/conj) why; because plus: more; plus; le plus: the most; de plus: furthermore, besides; de plus in plus: more and more; in plus: furthermore, in addition, also; al plus: at best; plus o minus: more or less; non ... plus: no more; no longer pois: (adv) afterwards, thereafter; (conj) for; pois que: since, as, because post: (adv) behind, back, backwards; afterwards, after; (prep) behind; after; post que: since, because postea: afterwards, thereafter postquam: (conj) after; as soon as potius: rather, sooner presso: (adv/prep) near, close; a presso de: at the home of; in care of; with, among presto: presto, quickly, quick as a wink preter: (adv) past, beyond; (prep) past, along, alongside of; beyond; except, excepting; in addition to pridem: long ago pro: for, in favor of; in exchange for, in place of; pro (+inf): (in order) to proque: (adv/conj) why; because qual: which; what; le qual: which; that; who qualcunque: any, whatever quando: (adv/conj) when quandocunque: whenever quante: (and) how much, how many quanto: (adv) as much as; as far as; quanto ... tanto: the ... the; quanto a: as for quare: wherefore, why quasi: almost, nearly; in a certain sense, in a way; quasi que: as if que: (interr pron) what; (rel pron) who, whom, which, that qui: who, whom; de qui: whose quia: because, for quicunque: whoever, whomever, whosoever quo: (adv) whither, where; wherefore; (conj) so that, in order that re: about, concerning retro: back, backwards; ago; a retro: backwards salvo: save, but, but for; salvo que: save that, but that satis: enough; rather, somewhat; esser satis: to be enough; haber satis: to have enough; satis de (tempore, etc.): enough (time, etc.) se: (refl pron) himself; herself; itself; themselves secundo: (prep) (following) after; along, by; according to; secundo que: according as sed: but semper: always si: (adv) thus, so; yes; si ... como: as ... as si: (conj) if; whether; si non: if not; except, unless it be sia: be, may be, let there be; sia ... sia: be (it) ... or be (it); whether ... or; qual que sia: whatever, whatsoever sin: (prep) without sol: (adj) sole, alone, only; viver sol: to live alone; sentir se sol: to feel lonesome, lonely solo: (adv) only, merely; non solo ... ma anque: not only ... but also su: his, her, its sub: (prep) under, below, beneath subinde: immediately after, just after, forthwith; repeatedly, frequently, often, from time to time subito: suddenly, unexpectedly subtus: (adv) below, beneath, underneath sue: his, hers, its super: (prep) on, upon; on top of; over, above; about, concerning, on; (adv) above, on top; super toto: above all supra: (prep) above, over; (adv) on the top, above sur: on, upon; on top of tal: such, such a; tal e tal: such and such talmente: (adv) so; un libro talmente belle: so beautiful a book, such a beautiful book tamen: yet, however, nevertheless, notwithstanding tante: (adj) so much, so many; tante per cento: so much per hundred, percentage; tante ... como: as much, as many ... as tanto: (adv) so, so much; tanto ... como: as much ... as; in tanto que: inasmuch as; tanto plus ... que: all the more ... that; quanto ... tanto: the ... the tarde: (adv) late; plus tarde: later; later on; al plus tarde: at the latest te: you, thee; yourself, thyself tosto: presently, soon, promptly; plus tosto: rather, sooner; si tosto que: as soon as tote: (adj) all; every, each; tote le (homines): all (men); totos: all, everyone; de tote (le) corde: wholeheartedly; tote (le) duo: both totevia: yet, still, nevertheless toto: (n) all, everything; le toto: the whole; super toto: above all; ante toto: before all; post toto: after all; del toto: at all; in toto: entirely, wholely, in toto toto: (adv) all, quite, wholely trans: across, over, beyond, on the farther side of troppo: too, too much; troppo (de) (libros, etc.): too many (books, etc.); troppo (de) (aqua, etc.): too much (water, etc.); de troppo: superfluous, in the way, de trop tu: your, thy tue: yours, thine tunc: then ubi: (adv) where; (conj) where; when; as soon as; wherewith; in which; a ubi: where, whither; de ubi: from where, whence ubicunque: wherever ubique: everywhere; anywhere, wheresoever, wherever ultra: (adv) on the other side, beyond, farther; (prep) on the farther side of; beyond, past; besides; ultra illo: besides, moreover; ultra que: aside from the fact that un: a, an; le un le altere: on another, each other; le unes les alteres: one another, each other uno: (indef pron) one unquam: ever, at any time usquam: somewhere usque: (prep) (all the way up) to, up to; till, until; usque nunc: up to now verso: towards, to via: (adv) away; off; via!: go away!, begone!; (prep) by way of, via vice: (n) turn, stead; time (as in "three times"); alicun vices: sometimes; un vice: once; on one occasion; formerly; un vice que: once, once that; in vice de: instead of; a vices: at times; altere vice: a second time; plure vices: several times, repeatedly viste: considering; viste que: considering that voluntarie: willingly, readily, gladly, with pleasure vos: you; yourself, yourselves vostre: your, yours ya: (adv) indeed, certainly, of course; ya (io lo crede): (I) do (believe it)
PERSONAL PRONOUNS, section 54, page 21: OBJ POSS POSS SUBJ PREP OBJ REFL ADJ PRON 1p sg io ......me...... mi mie 2p sg tu ......te...... tu tue 3p sg m ille......... le se su sue 3p sg f illa......... la se su sue 3p sg n illo, il..... lo se su sue 1p pl nos..................... nostre..... 2p pl vos..................... vostre..... 2p pl m illes........ les se lor lore 2p pl f illas........ las se lor lore 2p pl s illos........ los se lor lore on uno..........................
ALTERNATIVE COMPARISONS, section 37, pages 14f: parve : plus parve : le plus parve minor : le minor minime small : smaller/least : smallest/least magne : plus magne : le plus magne major : le major maxime great : greater : greatest bon : plus bon : le plus bon melior : le melior optime good : better : best mal : plus mal : le plus mal pejor : le pejor pessime bad : worse : worst
VERBS, sections 80ff, pages 29ff: model: | -ar -er -ir --------------------+------------------------------------------------- INFINITIVE | crear vider audir PRESENT PARTICIPLE | creante vidente audiente PAST PARTICIPLE | create vidite audite IMPERATIVE | crea! vide! audi! PRESENT | crea vide audi PAST | creava videva audiva PRESENT PERFECT | ha create ha vidite ha audite PAST PERFECT | habeva create habeva vidite habeva audite FUTURE | creara videra audira FUTURE PERFECT | habera create habera vidite habera audite CONDITIONAL | crearea viderea audirea CONDITIONAL PERFECT | haberea create haberea vidite haberea audite Passives are formed from the corresponding tenses of ESSER plus past participle. The following alternative forms are available: es = esse (singular/plural) son = esse (plural) era = esseva sia = esse (optional irregular subjunctive) ha = habe va = vade
NUMERALS, sections 118ff, pages 42ff: 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 cento 100 Comma for decimal point. mille 1.000 million 1.000.000 -illion/-illiardo de cosas. milliardo 1.000.000.000 ^^ billion 1.000.000.000.000 billiardo 1.000.000.000.000.000 trillion 1.000.000.000.000.000.000 trilliardo 1.000.000.000.000.000.000.000 quatrillion 1.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000 quatrilliardo 1.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000 quintillion 1.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000 quintilliardo 1.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000 1me prime= + -esime 2nde secunde 3tie tertie half = medie / medietate 4te quarte 5te quinte adverbial numerals: ordinal -e > -o 6te sexte 7me septime 8ve octave 9ne none 10me decime last ultime simple simple / simplice double duple / duplice triple triple / triplice quadruple quadruple quintuple quintuple sixfold sextuple sevenfold septuple eightfold octuple ninefold nonuple tenfold decuple 100fold centuple
WORD BUILDING, sections 135ff, pages 56ff (Summary; examples and some notes omitted.) (Note: use of the mark ' for pronunciation indicates (a stress on the vowel or syllable preceding the mark.) Nouns derived from Nouns ------------------------ -ada 1. 'product made from ...'; 2. 'series of ...' -age (pronun. -aje) 'collection of ...' (Note: -agi- before -a- or -o- of additional suffix) -alia 'worthless collection of ...' -ano 1. 'native, citizen, or inhabitant of ....'; 2. 'language of ...'; 3. 'adherent or follower of ...' (fem. -ana in senses 1,3) (Note: used with names of places and persons. In the case of place names not ending in -a or -o as also of all names of persons, the euphonic variant -iano is to be preferred.) -ario I. 'person concerned with or characterized by ...'; II. 1. 'collection of ...'; 2. 'place containing ...' -astro 1. 'inferior or worthless ...'; 2. 'related through remarriage of a parent' (fem. -astra) -ata 'contents of or quantity contained in one ...' -ato 'function, status, rank, jurisdiction, period of office, or territory of a ...' -eria (pronun. -eri'a) 1. 'place where ... is made, worked, kept, or sold'; 2. 'art, craft, trade, or practice of working with ...'; 3. 'behavior of a ... or like that of a ...' -ero 'one who works with or deals in ...' -ese 1. 'native, citizen, or inhabitant of ...'; 2. 'language of ...' -essa 1. 'female ...'; 2. 'wife of a ...' -eto 'grove of ... trees' -etto, -etta 'little, small, or minor ...' -ia (pronun. -'ia) 'country, province, or region of the ...s, or named for' (Note: used with names of peoples and persons.) -ia (pronun. -i'a) 1. 'state, quality, status, or jurisdiction of (a, an) ...' 2. 'art, science, or practice, also profession, establishment, etc. of (a, an) ...' (Note: used mostly with compounds.) -ica 'science or study of the ...' -ico 'one skilled in the art or science of ...' -iera 1. 'that which contains, covers, or protects ...'; 2. 'field, mine, quarry, etc. where ... grows or is found' -iero 'tree, bush, plant, etc. bearing or producing ...' -il 'place where ...s are kept' (Note: used with names of animals.) -ina 'substance made from, characterizing, related to, etc. ...' (Note: used mostly as technical [chemical] suffix.) -ismo 1. 'state or practice of being a ...'; 2. [Med.] ' abnormal condition resulting from excess of ...'; 3. 'doctrine or practice of, or concerned with ...'; 4. 'something characteristic of ..., or of the language of ...' -ista 1. 'one who practices the art or science of ...'; 2. 'adherent of the doctrine of...' -ita 1. 'inhabitant, citizen, or native of ...'; 2. 'member, adherent, or partisan of' -ite 'rock or other mineral containing ..., resembling ..., characterized by ..., related to ...' (Note: used mostly in technical [mineralogical] terms.) -itis 'inflammatory disease of the ...' (Note: used with names of parts of the body, chiefly in technical [medical] term.) -oide 'something like, or shaped like ...' -osis 'abnormal or diseased condition, state, or process of the ..., caused by ..., characterized by ..., etc.' (Note: used chiefly in technical [medical] words.) Adjectives derived from Nouns ----------------------------- -al 'pertaining to ..., characteristic of ..., etc.' -an 'pertaining to ...'; esp. 'native of ...' (Note: used with names of places and persons. In the case of place names not ending in -a or -o as also of all names of persons, the euphonic variant -ian is to be preferred.) -ari 'pertaining to ..., consisting of ..., etc.' -ate 'having a .... or ...s' -esc 1. 'like, similar to, or characteristic of a ...'; 2. 'in the manner or style of ...' -ese 'pertaining to'; esp. 'native to ..., of ...' (Note: used with names of places.) -ic 'of, pertaining to ..., characterized by ...' -ifere 'bearing, producing, yielding' -ific 'making, causing ...' -in 'of, pertaining to, etc., ...' (Note: used particularly with names of animals.) -ista pertaining to ...ism or ...ists' (Note: not distinct from nouns in apposition.) -oide 'like ..., shaped like ...' (Note: used chiefly in technical term.) -ose 'having, abounding in ..., characterized by' (Note: -ion plus -ose > -iose.) -otic 'pertaining to ...osis' Verbs derived from Nouns and Adjectives --------------------------------------- -ar 1. 'to make use of ....; to apply, give, etc. ...'; 2. 'to render ..., to make ..., etc.' -ificar 'to make, render ...; to convert into ...' -isar 1. 'to make into ...'; 2. 'to apply ...; to make use (of the principles) of ..., etc.'; 3. 'to render ..., to make' Nouns derived from Adjectives ----------------------------- -essa 'state or quality of being ...' -ia (pronun. -'ia) 'state or quality of being ...' (Note: used chiefly with adjectives in -nte.) -ia (pronun. -i'a) 'state or quality of being ...' (Note: used chiefly with technical compounds.) -ismo 1. 'state or quality of being ...'; 2. 'doctrine or practice concerned with what is ...'; 3. 'something characteristic of the ... people or their language' -ista 'adherent of the doctrine or practice concerned with what is ...' -itate 'state or quality of being ...' (Note: synonym of -itude, but preferred when the base is already a derivative.) -idude 'state or quality of being ...' Adjectives derived from Adjectives ---------------------------------- -ette 'somewhat ...; pretty ...' Derivations from Verbs ---------------------- -ada n 'continued or prolonged action of ...ing' -age n 'action or process of ...ing' -eria n 1. 'place where ... is done'; 2. 'art, craft, trade, or practice of ...ing; also: the product of such work' -amento, -imento n 'action or result of ...ing' -ante, -ente, iente adj '...ing, that ...s' (Note: identical with present participle.) -ante, -ente, -iente n 'one who or that which is ...ing or ...s' -antia, -entia, -ientia n 'state or quality of ...ing' -abile, -ibile adj 'that can be ...ed; that is worthy to be ...ed' -ation, -ition n 'action or result of ...ing' -ative, -itive adj 1. 'tending to ...'; 2. 'having the function of ...ing' -ator, -itor n 'one who, or that which ...s' -atori, -itori adj 'pertaining to, or serving for, the action of ...ing' -atorio, -itorio n 'place where, installation or instrument with which ...ing is done' -atrice, -itrice n 'a woman who ...s' -atura, itura n 'action or result of ...ing' -ate, -ite adj 1. '...ed, being ...ed'; 2. '...ed, having ...ed (Note: identical with the past participle.) General Prefixes ---------------- ad- (v) 'to, toward, into' (Note: by extension, 'change into, increase of intensity, etc.'.) ante- (n, adj, v) 'preceding in time or space' anti- (n, adj) opposed to, against; opposite' (Note: ant- before 'h' and vowels.) auto- (n, adj) 'self' (Note: aut- before vowels.) circum- (adj, v) 'about, around' co- (n, adj) 'joint, fellow' con- (n, adj, v) 'with, together, jointly, mutually' (Note: 'n-' mutates under certain condition.) contra- (n, v) 'against, opposing; counter or contrary to' dis- (n, adj, v) 1. 'apart, separately; divided, scattered'; 2. 'not ..., contrary or opposite of' ex- (n) 'former' extra- 1. (n, adj, v) 'outside; outside the scope of'; 2. (adj) 'highly, unusually, very' gran- (in names of kinship) 'grand-, great-' (Note: for further reduplication, the prefix 'pro-' is available.) in- I. (v) 'in, into'; II. (n, adj) 'not ...; lacking; lack of' (Note: 'n-' mutates under certain conditions.) inter- (n, adj, v) 'between, among' intra- (adj) 'inside, within' intro- (v) 'inwards, to the inside' mis- (v) 'badly, wrongly' non- (n, adj) 'not ..., lack or absence of' per- (v) 1. 'through, throughout'; 2. 'thoroughly, extremely, very' post- (n, adj, v) 'behind, after in time, location, or order' pre- (n, adj, v) 'before in time, position, or rank' pro- 1. (n, adj) 'in favor of, on the isde of'; 2. (v) 'forward, forth' re- (v) 1. 'back, backwards'; 2. 'again' retro- (v) 'back, backwards' sub- (n, adj, v) 1. 'under, underneath'; 2. 'subordinate; subdivision of'; 3. 'slightly, slight' (Note: 'b-' mutates under certain conditions.) super- (n, adj, v) 1. 'over, above'; 2. 'very; excessively, too much' trans- (n, adj, v) 1. 'beyond, across; surpassing' 2. 'though, across' ultra- (n, adj, v) 'beyond' vice- (n) 'one who takes the place of' Technical Prefixes ------------------ a- 'not ...; without ...; lacking ...' (Note: an- before 'h' and vowels.) amphi- 1. 'both, on both sides'; 2, 'around, about' ana- 'again' apo- 1. 'off, away'; 2. [Chem.] 'formed from, related to' cata- 1. 'down, downwards'; 2. 'against, reflected' (Note: cat- before 'h' and vowels.) dia- 1. 'through'; 2. 'away, apart' (Note: di- before vowels.) dys- 'bad, badly, not well' ecto- 'outside, external' (Note: ect- before vowels.) en- 'in, into' (Note: em- before, 'b', 'm', 'p', 'ph'.) endo- 'within' (Note: end- before vowels.) ento- 'within, inside' (Note: ent- before vowels.) epi- 'on, upon' (Note: ep- before 'h' and vowels.) exo- 'without, outside' (Note: ex- before vowels.) hyper- 'over; beyond; too much' hypo- 1. 'below, beneath, under'; 2. 'to a lower degree; somewhat'; 3. [Chem.] 'indicating a lower state of oxidation, or a lower position in a series of compounds' meta- 1. 'behind'; 2. 'beyond, transcending, higher'; 3. 'after, subsequent to' (Note: met- before 'h' and vowels.) para- 1. ' besides, alongside'; 2. 'amiss, faulty, wrong'; 3. 'resembling; modification of' (Note: par- before 'h' and vowels.) peri- 'around, about' syn- 'with, together; alike' (Note: syl- before 'l'; sym- before 'b', 'm', 'p', and 'ph'.)