TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Preface; Essentials of the history of the international language in general; of Volapûk and Esperanto; causes of their failure; origin, development, and definition of Ido; aim of this text book. . . . 1
Summary of the Ido Grammar. . . . 9
Comparative Texts of Esperanto and Ido. . . . 12
Principle of Translation. . . . 17
Prayer on the Acropolis, by Ernest Renan. . . . 17
PART I—ACCIDENCE
Alphabet and Pronunciation—§§ 1-7. . . . 19
Parts of Speech
Article—§§ 8-9 . . . . 21
Substantives—§§ 10-11 . . . . 22
Adjective—§§ 12-15 . . . . 22
Pronoun—§§ 16-31 . . . . 23
Adverb—§§ 32-34 . . . . 28
Verb—§§ 35-40 . . . . 28
Numeral—§§ 41-47 . . . . 30
Preposition—§ 48 . . . . 32
Conjunction—§§ 49-51 . . . . 33
Interjection—§ 52 . . . . 33
PART II—DERIVATION AND WORD FORMATION
Introduction: Origin of the Ido vocabulary; principles of reversibility . . . . 34
Immediate Derivation—§§ 53-58. . . . 36
Mediate Derivation—§§ 59-68. . . . 40
Formation of Words by Composition—§§ 69-74. . . . 51
PART III—SYNTAX
Order of the Parts of a Sentence: Normal order; logical posi- tion of the particle ne; facultative accusative; inversion; interrogation—§§ 75-77 . . . . 54
Punctuation: Period; comma; comma in rudimental clauses; other punctuation marks—§ 78. . . . 57iii
