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International-English Vocabulary.


VORT-AR-O POR ANGL-O-J.


All that is written in the International tongue can be understood by this Vocabulary. If several words together express one idea they must be written in one, but disjoined from each other by a hyphen; for instance, frat-in-o, being one idea, is composed of three words, which must be separately looked for in the Vocabulary.

A


a expresses an adjective; f. in. hom—man, hom-a— human
acid sour, acid
achet to buy
ad indicates the duration of an action: f. in. ir — go, ir-ad — to walk; danc — a dance, danc-ad — dancing
adiaŭ adieu, good-bye
aer the air
afer affair, business
agl the eagle
agrabl agreeable
agh the age
ajn... ever; f. in. kiu — who, kiu ajn — whoever
ajh indicates a thing, having some quality or peculiarity, or being made of some thing; f. in. mal-nov — old, mal-nov-ajh — old things; frukt — fruit, frukt-ajh — made of fruits
akompan to accompany
akr sharp
akv water
al to; f. in. al li — to him (indicates also the (dative)
ali other
almenaŭ at least

alt high, tall
alumet a match
am to love, like
amas a crowd, mass
amik friend
an a member, an inhabitant, an adept; f. in. regn — state, kingdom, empire, regn-an — inhabitant of an empire, etc. Paris-an-a a Parisian.
angul an angle, a corner
anghel an angel
anim the souç
ankaŭ also, too
ankoraŭ still, yet
anstataŭ instead of
ant indicates the participle present (active)
antaŭ before
apart separate
aparten to belong
apenaŭ scarcely, hardly
apud near, nigh to
ar indicates a collection of objects; f. in. arb — a tree, arb-ar a forest; shtup — step, stair; shtup-ar — staircase, stairs, ladder.
arb a tree
arghent silver
as indicates the present in verbs

at indicates the participle present (passive)
atend to wait for, expect
or, either
aŭd to hear
aŭskult listen to
aŭtun autumn
av grandfather
avar avaricions
azen an ass, a donkey

B


babil to prate, to chatter, to prattle
bak to bake
bala to sweep
balanc to waddle, string, sway
baldaŭ soon
ban to bathe
bapt to bapti\e
bar to bar (a door), to stop (a passage)
barb the beard
barel barrel, cask
baston stick
bat to beat, to flog
batal to fight, to struggle
bedaŭr to pity, to regret, to repent
bel beautiful, handsome
ben to bless, consecrate, hollow
benk trench
best an animal, a beast
beson to want