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Pronunciation

Listed in form:

letter : example ; ipa

5 vowels, 2 intermediates, 16 consonants, 0 diacritics, 23 total letters

(work in progress)

c : ch in "cheese"; /t͡ʃ/
a: short a as in "father"; /a/
e: long e in "bell" or "bet". a little longer when stressed (as in e- prefix); /e/; /ei̯/
i: e in "sleet"; /i/
o: o in "rope"; /o/
u: u in "flute"; /u/
g: hard g as in "garden"; /ɡ/
j: J in "John"; /d͡ʒ/
y: y in "you"; /j/ when a consonant
r: slightly trilled if possible; /r/
k: /k/
l /l/
m /m/
n /n/
p /p/
t /t/
v /v/
s /s/
h /h/
b /b/
d /d/
t /t/
z [z] //in process of removal, nearly complete.
Diphthongs
Note: y/w is a consonant if preceding a vowel in the word.
Ay : like y in "Sky"; [ai̯]
Ey: like ay in say ; [ei̯]
Oy : like oy in "Toy"; [oi̯]
Aw : like ow in "now"; au̯
Uy : ooey --- rare. possibly extinct?

Grammar

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Articles -

Internasia has no "the" or "a". Use one/that/those/this/who/etc if necessary.

Pronouns

mo - me or I

ma - my
moy - we/us
may - our
emo - you
emoy - you (plural)

lo - gender neutral third person/he/she

lino - she/her
lico - he/him
laso - it
loy - they/them

Mem- - self.

Lino vidi lina memo : She sees herself.
Lico havi lica propra suoy : He has his own shoes.

Add -a to create the possessive, or use de.

Other Pronouns:

this: cilo; these: ciloy; ecilo - that; eciloy - those; Esena personoy - all people; Unoy - some Uno - one/a

Common Affixes

e- : not

-isto : professional/doer of

-ino : female

-ico : male

-eta : lesser/small

-ega :greater

-eyo : place

Nouns

Nouns always end in -o or (if plural) -oy

Nazo : (a) nose
Brako: (an) arm
Brakoy: arms

Sentence & paragraph construction

Word order is [SVO]

Descriptors

Adjectives, adverbs, and modal verbs end in -a. Adjectives typically come before the noun they modify

A cheerful fire is blazing on the hearth.
Gaya fayro forta isi brulia en fayreyo
Seven little sisters were walking in a row.
Sep egranda fratinoy ise marsia en horizontalo
Some beautiful roses are blooming in our garden.
Unoy bela rozoy isi floria en may jardeno
The little girl was playing with her kitten.
Egranda idino ludade kun lina katido.

Tenses

al kuri : to run
kuri : runs (is running)
kure : ran
kuru : will run
kuro : a run (noun)
kurio : running (noun)
isi kuri: is running
ise kuri: was running
ise kuru: was going to run
isi kuru: is going to run
"Pugnu hi!": "Punch him!"
"Savu mo!" : "Save me!"
"Longa vivu rey." : "Long live the king"
lico ise pugne : he was punched
lico prea pugne : he has punched
lico isu pugne : he will be punched
lico ise dolorige de laso : he was hurt by it.
lico isi dolorigea : he is hurt (adjective)
lino dolorige laso : she hurt it
lino isu prea pugne : she will have punched (she will have (already) punched)
lico isi pugne : he is punched
mo isi kapte : I am being caught
mo igu kapta : I will become caught
fermi : to close
fermea : closed
fermia: closing
dansio: dancing (the activity)
Mi ise manje per tio monstro : I was eaten by that monster
estu kaptea : it will be caught
Cu emo helpi mo, mo lernu pli rapida : If you help me, I will learn faster.
Mo cupova fari tio : I could do that.
Mo cuebla fari tio : I might do that //fut. tense?
Mo devega fari tio : I must do that.
Mo deva fari tio : I should do that

Conditional

Cu emo helpi mo, mo pli rapida lernu.
If you help me, I would learn faster.
Cu emo helpe mo, mo isu pli rapida lerne.
If you helped me, I would have learned faster.
Cu emo isu helpi mo, mo isu kontenta
If you would help me, I would be happy.
Cu emo helpi mo, mo isu kontenta.
If you help me, I will be happy.
Cu emo instrui mo, mo pli rapida lernu.
If you teach me, I will learn faster.
Mo pova fari ecilo.
I can do that.
Mo cupova fari ecilo
I could do that.
Mo ebla fari ecilo
I might do that.
Mo devega fari cilo.
I must do this.
Mo deva fari ecilo.
I should do that. / I ought to do that.
Mo cuisu fari ecilo, ekay
I would do that, but
Mo cuisu fare ecilo
I would have done that
Mo citempa estu sanigisto ekay
I would be (now) a healer but
Mo cupova iri?
Can I go?

Numbers

ze (0), un (1), du (2), tri (3), kwar (4), kwin (5), ses (6), set (7), ok (8), nay (9), unze (10), trizeze or tri de duzeo (300), kwin de trizeo(5000), kwar de sesze (4,000,000), du de nayzeo (2,000,000,000), un de nayzeo(1,000,000,000), punto ze kwar (.04)

First: una
Second: dua
23: dutri
343: trikwartri
2001: duzezeun || du de trizeo i un
5500.4: kwinkwinzeze punto kwar. // add fractions

Time

Monday: unatago Tuesday: duatago Sunday: setatago January: unamonato June: sesamonato 21st of May: duuna de kwinmonato yesterday: pretago tomorrow: epretago after tomorrow: eprea epretago today: citago

Negatives/reversals

e-: reverses a word.

Yuna = young. eyuna (e'yuna) = old.
eisi yuna = Isn't young.

Sen-: without, or lacking.

Utila = useful.
senutila = useless/without use.
eutila = harmful

Gender

Patro = parent
Patroy = parents
Patrego = grandparent
Patrino = mother (formal)
Patrinego = grandmother
Maho = mother/mom (informal)
Patrico = father (formal)
Paho = father/dad (informal)
Homido = (human) child
Homidino = a (human) girl child.
Ineta = girl
Iceta = boy
Frato = sibling
fratico = brother
Ma idina = my daughter.
ma idico = my son
Woman : homino or simply ino
Man: homico or simply ico.
Feminine: ineza
Masculine: iceza
Masculinity: icezo
icega : macho.
inega: (full/overflowing of feminine virtues)

Interrogative (What)

Demonstrative (That)

Indefinite (Some)

Universal (Each, every)

Negative (No)

Kind of, sort of

Cuasa tipo de?

(what kind of?)

ecilo tipo de

(that kind of, such a)

Unoy tipo de

(some kind of)

Esena tipo de

(every kind of)

Ne tipo de

(no kind of)

Reason

Cuasa pro?

(why?/What for?)

Pro ecilo

(therefore/ for that)

Pro unoy kazo

(for some reason)

(for all reasons)

Pro Esena kazoy

Pro ne kazo

(for no reason)

Sena kazo

(lacking/without cause)

Time

Cutempa?

(when?)

Ecilo tempo

(then/that time)

Untempo

( once)

Esena foyo

(always)

Pro esena foyo

(forever)

netempa

(never)

Place

Cueya?

(where?)

ecilo eyo

(there/that place)

Unoy eyo

(somewhere)

Esena eyo

(everywhere (adj.))

Ne eyo

(nowhere)

Motion

Al cueya?

([to] where, whither)

Al tio eyo

([to] there, thither)

Al unoy eyo

([to] somewhere)

Al esena eyo

([to] everywhere)

Al esena eyoy

(to all places)

Al ne eyo

([to] nowhere)

Manner

Cu vi faris?

(how did you?)

Mi faris ti de ci tio maniero

(i did it like this/ i did it this way)

Unoy maniero

(somehow)

En esena maniero

(in every way)

en ne maniero

(no-how, in no way)

Demonstrative pronoun

Cuasa? (what?)

ecilo

(that)

Unoy aso

(something)

Esena aso

(everything)

Ne aso

(nothing)

Amount

Cu nombro?

(how much?)

Ci tio nombro.

(this much)

Unoj (some)

Ne multa

(some, a little, a bit)

esena

(all)

(zero/none)

individual

Cuula?

(Who?)

Unoy persono (someone)
Unoy uloy (some people)

Esena, esena, esena uloy

every, all, everyone

nobody

neulo

Prepositions/prep phrases

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- epre : after

- pre : before

- al (to)

- en: in

- nemema: other

- sur: on

- En eyo de (instead of : lit. in place of)

- de (of)

- dum (while/during)

- del (out of, made out of)

- jis (alpre),

- ye

- ne enhavi (not including, except, besides)

- kun (with)

- Ne grava ke (no matter that)

- per (with, by means of)

- pro (for)

- pri (about)

- epro (because)

- sen (without)

- citempa (now)

".*y": \[[ \t.\n",\s\d\w]*\],\n

Sample Text (English/Internasia/Esperanto)

In many places in China there were temples of the dragon king. During times of drought, people prayed in the temples, that the dragon king would give rain to the human world. At that time the dragon was a symbol of the supernatural. Later on, it became the ancestor of the highest rulers and symbolised the absolute authority of the feudal emperor. The emperor claimed to be the son of the dragon. All of his personal possessions carried the name dragon and were decorated with various dragon figures. Now everywhere in China dragon decorations can be seen and there circulate legends about dragons.

Internasia:

En multa lokoy de Cinio ise temploy de ecilay drako-rejo. En tempoy de senpluvo, personoy preje en temploy ke drako-rejo donu pluvo al homa mundo. En ecilo tempo drako ise simbolo de sumnaturuyo. Pli eprea, laso ije prapatro de pley alta regantoy kay simbolea absoluta awtoritato de fuda imperiestro. Imperiestro pretende al isi filo de drako. Esena de lica vivbesonasoy porte nomo draka kay ise ornamitea kun diversa drakofiguroy. Citempa eseneyoy en Cinio, draka ornamitoy ebla isi videa kay legendoy sirkuli pri drakoy.

- Esperanto text

En multaj lokoj de Ĉinio estis temploj de drako-reĝo. Dum trosekeco oni preĝis en la temploj, ke la drako-reĝo donu pluvon al la homa mondo. Tiam drako estis simbolo de la supernatura estaĵo. Kaj pli poste, ĝi fariĝis prapatro de la plej altaj regantoj kaj simbolis la absolutan aŭtoritaton de feŭda imperiestro. La imperiestro pretendis, ke li estas filo de la drako. Ĉiuj liaj vivbezonaĵoj portis la nomon drako kaj estis ornamitaj per diversaj drakofiguroj. Nun ĉie en Ĉinio videblas drako-ornamentaĵoj kaj cirkulas legendoj pri drakoj.